CTM Radio Lab

Commissioned Radio & Hybrid Live Works

Two projects are produced under the CTM 2026 Radio Lab, an ongoing initiative that seeks unusual explorations of the artistic possibilities of radio and live performance or installation mediums, under the yearly festival theme. Following a premiere at CTM 2026, the work will be broadcast via Deutschlandfunk Kultur and ORF in spring and autumn 2026 respectively. The Radio Lab is a project by Deutschlandfunk Kultur – Hörspiel / Klangkunst and CTM Festival in collaboration with ORF Ö1 Kunstradio, and the sound art initiative tekhnē, which is co-funded by the Creative Union programme of the European Union.

Commissioned Work

21s

Emiddio Vasquez’s piece is a dense confabulation radio drama set in the historic epicentre of UK garage amid geopolitical tensions, military presence, international party tourism, and local noise.

Commissioned Work

The Core

Khrystyna Kirik and Mark Bain create a collective experience of embodied listening to the earth under siege, translating the effects of environmental destruction due to war on Ukraine.

The Radio Lab is a project by Deutschlandfunk Kultur – Hörspiel / Klangkunst and CTM Festival in collaboration with ORF musikprotokoll im steirischen herbst, Ö1 Kunstradio, and the sound art initiative tekhnē, which is co-funded by the Creative Europe programme of the European Union. Views and opinions expressed are however those of the author(s) only and do not necessarily reflect those of the European Union or the European Education and Culture Executive Agency (EACEA). Neither the European Union nor EACEA can be held responsible for them.