At the beginning of 16. SONOHR-Radio- and Podcast Festival 16 sound enthusiasts roamed the city centre of Bern with microphones and explored the world of ascents and descents – biographically, geographically, sociologically… and, in any case, artistically through sound.
Accompanied by the two SOUNDMARKERS Florian Hohnhorst and Ruben Kurschat, a collective audio walk was created – and performed at the SONOHR Festival on 28 February 2026 at 5.30 p.m. and on 1 March 2026 at 2 p.m.
Even audio walkers unable to attend the festival in Bern were invited to take part in the audio exploration. The starting point was the main door of any public building in an urban area, be it in London, Porto or Munich. All that was needed: a smartphone, headphones and the SIGNAL messenger app.
Although the festival is over, you can still listen to the audio walk, even though the experience of a live event in a group differs from that of an individual audio walk. https://en.guidemate.com/guide/Ascents-Descents-69b02f303f6314165e2bc06b
Ascents And Descents took place for the first time on the Berlin Hörspielfestival on 20 September 2025 where the SOUNDMARKERS Johanna Steindorf and Ruben Kurschat where invited to accompany a group of ten audio enthusiasts to develop a colaborative audio walk within only 180 minutes.https://de.guidemate.com/guide/Aufstiege-Abgaenge-68ce78956ee562456ed55066
Credits
Credits for Ascents & Descents At SONOHR 2026 in Bern
“Der Traum vom Fliegen”| "Dream of Flying"
Adrian Hoenicke
Anna Morf
“The Other Side”
Caroline Cuénod
Candice Savoyat (https://soundcloud.com/candice-savoyat)
“Brief encounters in transition”
Andrea Balmer
Noah Pilloud
"Dead geese”
Marc Berman (https://soundcloud.com/marcberman)
Tjitske
“From the bottom to the top with silence in between”
Valerio Scamuffa
“How to disappear”
Cheyenne Mackay (http://cheyenne-mackay.ch)
Lucia Vasella
“In and out Corridors”
Laura Bachmann
Sarah Frosh
“Looping on an attraction place”
Elisa Haeni (http://audiocollagen.ch)
Rachel Maisonneuve
Concept & Facilitation of Workshop:
Ruben Kurschat & Florian Hohnhorst www.soundmarker.de
credits for Aufstiege & Abgänge at Berliner Hörspielfestival 2025 in Berlin
"Sockel - Wipfel"
Katharina Bihler (www.liquidpenguin.de)
"Auf und Ab"
Martin
"Internationale Spezialitäten"
Patricia Breves
"Gedankentrubel"
Laura Mello (@lauramello_sound)
"Das Experiment"
Nora Lessing
"Der summende Baum"
Stefan Gläsel
"Hin und Her"
Liya Baston
"Rendevouz mit Beton"
Martina Weber (www.geraeuschkulisse.org)
"Zwischen"
Sven Happel
"Falle"
Marta Kalka
Concept & Facilitation of Workshop:
Ruben Kurschat & Johanna Steindorf www.soundmarker.de
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