Guest Lecture: Patrizia Ruthensteiner

18. November 2026, 15.00 Uhr Tangible Music Lab & Online

Tangible Music Lab lädt zum Gästevortrag: Matter in Motion: Choreographic Instruments & Spatial Composition.

Patrizia Ruthensteiner is a composer, performer and instrument inventor based in Vienna (AT). Her practice explores hybrid formats that structurally interlink sound, choreography and sculptural instruments, investigating alternative relationships between nature, technology and cultural systems.Through invented media she traverses unfamiliar sonic landscapes. Her work includes the development of sonic sculptures that can be activated through movement. She works with strings, electromagnetics, bell chimes, springs, natural materials, membranes and resonance phenomena. She has worked with ensembles, dance companies and collectives such as The Black Page Orchestra, Liquid Loft and Instrument Inventors Initiative. Alongside her solo practice, she has developed long-term collaborations, including the duo Magnetoceptia with Dewi de Vree (NLD). She received the BMWKMS START Scholarship for Media Art, as well as the Composition Scholarship. She won the competition ‚Manifestation of Profane and Secular Power’ by the Kunsthistorisches Museum Vienna.
Her projects have been presented internationally at festivals and institutions, including Musikverein Wien (AT), Kunsthistorisches Museum Wien (AT), Impulstanz Festival (AT), Künstlerhaus Wien (AT), Wuzhen Festival (CN), Gaudeamus Festival (NLD), Festival Novas Frequências (BRA), Mekudeshet (ISR), Casa da Música (PRT), WORM (NLD), Simultan Festival (RO), NEXT Festival (SVK), Fonoteca Nacional (MEX), Goldsmiths, University of London (UK), Smallforms (AT), Äquidistanz Festival / MOOZAK (AT), Unsafe+Sounds Festival (AT), Club Radiokoje / czirp czirp (AT) and Klangmanifeste (AT). 

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www.patriziaruthensteiner.com
magnetoceptia.wordpress.com
www.instagram.com/patrizia_ruthensteiner

ROTOR #25 with Tobias Leibetseder, Photo by Tilman Porschütz

Part of the Arcus Aëris work cycle, developed in collaboration with Elektramusic Berlin – Paul Clovel. Supported by Tangible Music Lab, University of Art and Design Linz and BMWKMS. Special thanks to Stefan Voglsinger and Amann Studios for their technical advice.