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.
Upcoming Projects
CORE | Aiyana de Vree [in post-production]
Mix
Short
Let the Mountain come to You | Nana-Franziska Schottländer
Field Recording & Sound Art
Art Installation
Cavescape | Maren Stoppel
Sound Design
Documentary
Filmography
Behind the Glass | Olga Dinnikova [completed]
Sound Design
Fiction
Diary of a Woman | Simon Aeby [completed]
Supervising Sound Editor, Re-recording Mixer
Fiction
Im Rhythmus der Zeit | Maren Stoppel & Valentin Schneider [2024]
Sound Design & Mix
Documentary / Dolby Atmos
Der Wert Der Dinge | Tobias Luchsinger [2024]
Sound Design
Documentary
Who Runs the World | Aiyana de Vree [completed]
Sound Design
Short
The Whole World Blind | Finbar Somers & Sean Mackey [2023]
Sound Design & Mix
Short
Schlafende Pferde | Julius Weigel [2023]
Sound Design
Short
Theory of Change | Dennis Stauffer [2023]
Sound Design
Documentary
Moter | Dorentina Imeri [2022]
Sound Design
Short
Time Stranger | Lara Jacobs [2022]
Sound Design
Short | Dolby Atmos
Schillerbalkon | Antchi von Moos & Fabienne Steiner [completed]
Sound Design
4 Episodes | Documentary
Selected Exhibitions and Projects
Erforsche den Gletscher | 2024 - 2029
Field Recording and Sound Design
Dachstein Eispalast | Austria
Der Berg klingt, singt und rinnt | 2024
Soundwalk
Dachstein Glacier | Austria (App: Walk with Me)
Signal vom Dachstein | 1 June to 31 Oct 2024
exhibition at Schloss Trautenfels | Austria
Click Here for more information on the event
Klanglandschaft | January 2024 [online]
https://www.lastrada.at/signal-vom-dachstein-blog
Cavescape | July 2023 [online]
https://www.lastrada.at/signal-vom-dachstein-blog
Signal vom Dachstein | La Strada Graz [30/07 - 06/08/2022]
Steiermark-Relief-Raum, Naturkundemuseum Graz
Quadrophonic Sound Installation
Ouvertüre 5: Meteorologie | Signal am Dachstein [September 2021]
From Hallstatt across the Glacier, Austria
Field recording and artist talk.
Sound Installation inside the Gondola | Signal am Dachstein [June 2021]
Ramsau am Dachstein, Austria
5.1 Sound Installation inside a moving gondola.
Dachsteinloch | Signal am Dachstein [May - June 2021]
Ramsau am Dachstein, Austria
Sound recording of a cave inside the Dachstein massif.
Interludes I, II, III [2019]
Cluny - Newcastle
3 commissioned soundscape interludes.
More Time Than Life III - Dawn Chorus [2019]
NewBridge Project - Newcastle
Self-generating audio installation, Duration: 1h
More Time Than Life II [2018]
Unit 8 Copeland Park, Peckham
Self-generating audio installation, Duration: 6 days
More Time Than Life I [2018]
Newcastle University Fine Art Degree Show
Self-generating audio installation, live audio broadcast. Duration: 16 days
animo [2017]
Concordia University, Montreal/Canada
Robotic installation: pneumatics, EEG headset, Max Msp.
The Font [2016]
Tic Space, Newcastle University
Underwater sound sculptures.
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