CTM 2017 – Fear Anger Love

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CTM Festival's 18th edition took place from 27 January – 5 February 2017 in various Berlin venues including HAU – Hebbel am Ufer, Berghain, YAAM, Heimathafen Neukölln, SchwuZ, and Kunstraum Kreuzberg/Bethanien.

Under the title Fear Anger Love CTM 2017 focused explicitly on radical forms of musical expression and dissonant emotions found in or through music and examined the diverse strategies that are applied to unleash or harness them.

Over 250 artists and professionals from 32 different countries contributed to over 150 performances and projects that made up the CTM 2017 programme, which also included the premiere of five commissioned works, two of which were supported through the CTM 2017 Radio Lab. The 8-day Transfer programme encompassed the Discourse series of artist talks and film screenings, the 5th edition of the collaborative MusicMaker’s Hacklab for music technology, a Research Networking Day rebooted through guest curation by Dahlia Borsche (Humboldt University's Department of Musicology), a Meet & Greet for Collaborative Networks, a Network Speed Dating session, and the CTM exhibition, curated by Carlos Prieto Acevedo, which focused on music and sound art in Mexico. 

As always, the CTM festival was held in parallel to and in collaboration with transmediale – festival for art and digital culture which took place at the Haus der Kulturen der Welt. CTM and transmediale also hosted the P2P Vorspiel initiative together with over 35 local venues and organisations and launched with an opening event on 20 January at ACUD Macht Neu.

»One of the world’s leading experimental music festivals«
→ Crack Magazine, Emma Robertson

»Das CTM ist die wohl bedeutendste Veranstaltung für digitale und elektronische Kultur in Deutschland«
→ Die Tageszeitung, Julian Weber

»Sondant en profondeur la production musicale contemporaine, le festival berlinois CTM s’est montré plus aventureux que jamais lors de cette édition 2016 particulièrement bigarrée.«
→ Les Inrockuptibles, Jérôme Provençal

»CTM is the quintessential experimental music festival.«
→ Resident Advisor, Matt Unicomb

»Das Berliner CTM ist eines der weltweit wichtigsten Festivals für elektronische und experimentelle Musik.«
→ Der Spiegel, Dennis Pohl

»In these peculiar times, CTM Festival is a rare and unifying force for good in an otherwise oversaturated market«
→ The Quietus, Karl Smith

»Le line-up du festival CTM est encore en avance de son temps«
→ Trax, Lucien Rail

»The festival has enormous scope«
→ Stray Landings, Laurel Uziel and George McVicar

»The festival has made a name for itself for programming and curating some of the most brave, bold and brilliant music and art around«
→ Creative Boom, Emily Gosling

»Fameux raout berlinois sondant en profondeur l'océan des musiques actuelles«
→ Les Inrocks, Jérôme Provencal

»Mittlerweile gehört das CTM zu den bedeutendsten Festivals seiner Art weltweit«
→ TIP Berlin, Thomas Winkler

»Very progressive in terms of gender representation«
→ Here You Are Berlin, Camille Darroux

»Across the nine days, the festival delivered on its promise to champion diversity.«
→ Crack Magazine, Dan Cole und Josie Thaddeus-Johns