We often think of musical instruments as tools. Instrument Room invites you to see them differently: as prostheses, sculptures, and bodies that encapsulate musical intelligence...

We bring together works by Svetlana Maraš (Serbia/Switzerland), Tristan Perich (USA), Maryanne Amacher (USA), Fabio Machiavelli (Italy) and Natasha Pirard (Belgium) in an immersive set-up.

The vast area of KANAL becomes a living space where the featured artists explore the interzone between contemporary music, sound art and experimental practice through self-built electro-mechanical instruments, resonant objects and spatial sound environments.

Here, composition and instrument design become inseparable, and listening becomes a physical experience. Instrument Room turns KANAL into a landscape of sound where visitors are invited to move freely through performances, installations and listening environments. Rather than unfolding on a single stage, the works are activated throughout the building, with instruments exhibited and performed, shifting between concert, sound installation and exhibition.