Katharina Pfennich
About me
I am a sound artist and sound designer. I first studied Fine Art at Newcastle University and worked as a sound artist before continuing a Masters in Sound Design at ZHdK in Zurich. Growing up in an international and diverse environment, I have lived in Austria, France, the UK, Canada and Switzerland. I soon discovered an interest for documenting and manipulating sonic environments and have explored this through my practice as a sound artist and sound designer.
Filmography
To continue knowing (you) – Beth Barnes (2025)
Sound Designer & Re-Recording Mixer – Short
Songs of my Father – Rishi Pelham (2025)
Sound Editor – Short
Hotel Excelsior – Talkhon Hamzavi, Jessy Moravec, Liliane Ott (2025)
Sound Editor – Fiction
Diary of a Woman – Simon Aeby (2025)
Sound Designer & Re-Recording Mixer – Fiction
Behind the Glass – Olga Dinnikova (2025)
Sound Designer – Fiction
Girls & Gods – Arash Riahi & Verena Soltiz (2025)
Sound Editor – Documentary
Der Prank – Benjamin Heisenberg (2025)
ADR Editor – Fiction
Il Canto del Respiro – Simona Canonica (2025)
Sound Editor – Documentary
Who Runs the World – Aiyana De Vree (2024)
Sound Designer – Short
When We Were Sisters – Lisa Brühlmann (2024)
Assistant Sound Editor – Fiction
Les Courageux – Jasmin Gordon (2024)
Assistant Sound Editor – Fiction
Brunaupark – Felix Hergert & Dominik Zietlowl (2024)
Assistant Sound Editor – Documentary
Schlafende Pferde – Julius Weigel (2024)
Sound Designer – Short
Der Wert der Dinge – Tobias Luchsinger (2024)
Sound Designer – Documentary
The Whole World Blind – Finbar Somers & Sean Mackey (2023)
Sound Designer & Re-Recording Mixer – Short [Dolby Atmos]
Im Rhythmus der Zeit – Maren Stoppel (2023)
Sound Designer & Re-recording Mixer – Documentary [Dolby Atmos]
Theory of Change – Dennis Stauffer (2023)
Dialogue Editor & Sound Designer – Documentary
Moter – Dorentina Imeri (2022)
Sound Designer – Short
Time Stranger – Lara Jacobs (2022)
Sound Designer – Short [Dolby Atmos]
Sound Art & Exhibitions
Let the Mountain come to You – La Strada Graz (AT, 2026)
Field recording & soundscape composition with Nana-Franziska Schottländer
Erforsche den Gletscher – Dachstein Eispalast (AT, 2024–2029)
Field recording, sound design & mix for the exhibition
Der Berg klingt, singt und rinnt – Dachsteingletscher (AT, since 2024)
Soundwalk (App: „Walk with Me“)
Signal vom Dachstein – Schloss Trautenfels (AT, 2024–2025)
Sound installation presented within a museum exhibition setting
Klanglandschaft – La Strada (online, 2024)
Digital soundscape as part of the La Strada Festival
Cavescape – La Strada (online, 2023)
Digital soundscape as part of the La Strada Festival
Signal vom Dachstein – La Strada Graz (AT, 2022)
Quadraphonic sound installation
Ouvertüre 5: Meteorologie – Signal am Dachstein (AT, 2021)
Field recording & artist talk on the glacier
Soundinstallation in a Gondola – Ramsau am Dachstein (AT, 2021)
5.1 sound installation in a moving gondola and on the glacier
Dachsteinloch – Ramsau am Dachstein (AT, 2021)
Sound recording inside a cave system
Interludes I, II, III – Cluny, Newcastle (UK, 2019)
Soundscape series as part of a live concert
More Time Than Life II – Unit 8 Copeland Park, Peckham (UK, 2018)
Self-generating sound installation, duration: 6 days
More Time Than Life I – Newcastle University Degree Show (UK, 2018)
Self-generating sound installation, live-audio-stream, duration: 16 days
animo – Concordia University, Montreal (CA, 2017)
Robotic installation using pneumatics, an EEG-headset & Max/MSP
The Font – Tic Space, Newcastle University (UK, 2016)
Underwater sound installation
Education
2021-2024
2020-2021
2014-2018
2017
2013-2014
MA Sound Design at ZHdK, CH
Sound Engineering Course at akademie-media Salzburg, AT
BA Fine Art Newcastle University, UK – First Class Honours
6 Months Exchange at Concordia University, CA
Foundation Studies at UCA Canterbury, UK - Distinction