Title of the workshop: Electric Kitchen
Instructors: SONA Sound mix-abled company (Josephine Stamer, Adriani Botez & Marcus Zilz)
Date: February 28, 2026 (Saturday), 2:00 PM – 5:00 PM
Location: Un-Label Studio
Language: German spoken language
The workshop “Electric Kitchen”
The Electric Kitchen works like musical cooking in a group.
Together, we throw ingredients into a pot: synths, guitars, beats, scratching, crackling, snippets of radio plays or oriental flutes. All the sounds you create can be heard through headphones and are sent to a separate mixing desk. The rotating Electric Chef then mixes these sound ingredients into what will be heard through the speakers in the room, and continually encourages you to spice up the sound mix with your instruments. They become the chef of these different sounds, tasting and refining them, and serving them up fresh, course by course, directly into your ears – a must-try on site!
No musical experience is required for the Electric Kitchen.
When booking your ticket, please indicate if you will be bringing any instruments and which ones.
The workshop is open to professional and semi-professional artists with and without disabilities from various performing arts disciplines, including:
- Dancers, choreographers, and performers
- Actors, musicians, directors, and dramaturgs
- Cultural professionals and other interested individuals
Instructors
Josephine Stamer
Josephine Stamer explores technical, sonic, and choreographic elements in various formats and collective settings. She studied Applied Theatre Studies in Gießen and is currently completing a Master’s in Sound and Reality at the Institute for Music and Media in Düsseldorf, focusing on epistemic media and performative sound methods. She performs with the choir Chor ΓΛΩΣΣΑ (Glossa), develops choreographic and technical scores, and was co-composer for the Karl-Sczuka-Grant in collaboration with the Goethe-Institut. In the band EZB with Thomas Meckel, she sings and plays various instruments in genres ranging from experimental and pop to children’s music and Krauthouse. As js bach, she uses her collection of mobile recordings to create sound-diary compositions in PureData.
Adriani Botez
Adriani Botez, born in Romania, has lived in Germany since the age of 16. After studying business, he works as an analyst at DEG in the KfW banking group. As a blind person, he actively engages in many socio-cultural initiatives to promote inclusion. Since this year, he is also on the board of KulturNetz Köln e.V., representing the independent scene in matters of cultural participation. He contributed to the strategy for the project Match my Maker, led HACKademies, and works on the development of the open-source screen reader software NVDA. At SONA, he serves as accessibility expert and advisor, supporting public outreach for visually impaired communities. Adriani has played guitar for many years and co-founded the monthly Modulationskreis for electronic music in Cologne.
Marcus Zilz
Marcus Zilz founded the animation studio hi&Moinsen in 2013 with filmmaker David Jansen after studying at the Cologne University of Media. He has numerous releases on the electronic label Supermoll and has worked internationally as a sound designer and musician with festival premieres and awards. Since 2012, he has performed at festivals, clubs, and on radio as a musician and performance artist at the intersection of art and entertainment, radio drama, and Dada. He founded the label collective Baumusik and Mount Wobble, supporting socially and ecologically sustainable artistic projects. His works have been presented worldwide, including at Berlinale and Cannes.
Access:
All event spaces are wheelchair accessible. Assistance dogs are welcome.
- Accessible for wheelchair users, step-free access
- Barrier-free restroom with shower and toilet, including a hoist for wheelchair users
- Garden access via stair lift for wheelchair users
- Automatic door opener
- 3 designated accessible parking spaces directly in front of the venue
- 1 additional accessible parking space provided by the City of Cologne around the corner
- Public transport: The barrier-free stop “Lenauplatz” on Line 5 is located 100 meters away
If needed, we can provide the following support services—please indicate your requirements when registering:
- On-site work or mobility assistance (provided by Un-Label if required)
Further information
Address: Un-Label Studio | Hosterstr. 1-5 | 50825 Cologne-Neuehrenfeld
The accessible Lenauplatz stop on KVB line 5 (Dom / Hbf – Ossendorf) is located right next to the building at Hosterstraße 1-5.
Departure times (KVB)
Participation fee: €15 | €20 | €25 (self-assessed) per participant, per weekend
For questions and further information, please contact:
Email: masterclasses@un-label.eu
Phone: +49 (221) 5501544
Photo: © Beate Michna from the project ‘Elektrische Küche’, Christian Knieps, SONA
