Ankunftsschichten – The City as a Tool
“Ankunftsschichten” (Arrival layers) is a guided soundwalk that transforms Munich into an instrument. Led by Bülent Kullukcu and Anton Kaun, a live composition emerges as we walk, made up of urban sounds, breath, footsteps, gestures, and more. The artists record the participants’ sounds and actions, sampling and manipulating them in real time. They direct the audience through gestures and create a new live score from them at every stop. The audience co-composes along with singing, laughter, every step, every pause, every breath.
At selected stops, sound, live performance, and imagery come together: Short film projections of the analog-digital installation film “Echos & Wege” react to their surroundings, reflect the locations, or deliberately challenge them. In six episodes, the film depicts people and objects in the urban landscape, shot precisely at the locations along the route. They tell stories of arrival, work, transit, and memory, of the realities of migrant life then and now.
“Ankunftsschichten” views public space as a social resonance chamber and focuses on anti-fascist listening: the project makes sounds that are too often overlooked audible. It sharpens awareness of diversity and community and fosters broad participation through accessible design. Each run concludes with a collective “Concert of Collected Sounds”—a unique live track consisting exclusively of the sounds and noises of this route. “Ankunftsschichten” is a city walk, a concert, and a film all at once: a temporary echo of Munich, composed by everyone who joins in.
Bülent Kullukcu and Anton Kaun live and work in Munich.
