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Soundwalk Collective is an international experimental sound art collective founded in 2001 by Stephan Crasneanscki, who was joined by Simone Merli in 2008. The group is based in Berlin and New York.[1][2] They have engaged in collaborations with other musicians such as the American singer Patti Smith on the Perfect Vision Trilogy.[3][4][5]

Soundwalk Collective on stage in Mexico City.

Work

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Composition

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Soundwalk Collective’s musical work emerges from a multidisciplinary approach rooted primarily in psychogeography and in the exploration of recording and synthesis. Elements of observation of nature, non-linear narrative, ethnography, and anthropology are intertwined in their work.[citation needed]

In order to develop this approach, they have travelled across the world, from cities to remote locations, for extended periods of investigation and fieldwork to source the materials that form the core of their work.[6][7][8][9]

Notable collaborations

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Since their foundation, Soundwalk Collective have collaborated with numerous artists, including singer, songwriter and poet Patti Smith, jazz musician Mulatu Astatke, photographer Nan Goldin, film director Jean-Luc Godard, composer Philip Glass, film director Abel Ferrara, and singer and actor Charlotte Gainsbourg.[10][11][12][13][14]

Other notable collaborators include musician and producer Brian Eno,[15] musician and performer FKA twigs,[16] actor Willem Dafoe, vocalist and composer Lyra Pramuk, electronic music producer Atom TM, DJ and music producer Nina Kraviz, filmmaker Kaan Müjdeci, filmmaker and photographer Wim Wenders, filmmaker Werner Herzog, and filmmaker and musician Jim Jarmusch.

They have also written original scores for contemporary dance choreographer Sasha Waltz[17] and collaborated with Italian fashion brand Bottega Veneta on a special performance in 2025[18] and on the score for the brand's Fall–Winter 2026 fashion show.[19]

Their collaboration with American sound artist Bernie Krause led to the creation of a sound piece for Fondation Cartier in Paris in 2025.[20]

Exhibitions and installations

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Soundwalk Collective have performed and exhibited at Opéra de Lyon, CTM Festival, KW Institute of Contemporary Art, Barbican Centre, Berghain, Centre Georges Pompidou, Florence Gould Hall, Mobile Art by Zaha Hadid in Hong Kong, Tokyo, New York; MUDAM, MuCEM, Museo Madre, New Museum, The Foundation Carmingac, Louvre Abu Dhabi, Palazzo Reale in Milan, La Triennale, Radialsystem V, documenta14 in Athens and Kassel, Funkhaus in Berlin, Manifesta12 in Palermo.[21][1][22][8][23]

The collective also collaborated with photographer Nan Goldin on the touring exhibition This Will Not End Well, composing sound for several of Goldin's video installations.[24] The exhibition was presented at Moderna Museet in Stockholm, the Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam, the Neue Nationalgalerie in Berlin, Pirelli HangarBicocca in Milan, and the Grand Palais in Paris.[25] In 2025, a live performance of the score for Goldin's Memory Lost was presented at the Théâtre Antique during Rencontres d'Arles.[26]

Selection of solo exhibitions:

Venice Biennale

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In 2022, Soundwalk Collective composed the sound installation for A Roof for Silence, an artwork by architect Hala Wardé presented at the Lebanese Pavilion during the 17th International Architecture Exhibition – La Biennale di Venezia in 2022.[32][33]

Soundwalk Collective composed the soundtrack for the documentary All the Beauty and the Bloodshed, directed by Laura Poitras and centered on the life and work of Nan Goldin; the film was awarded the Golden Lion at the Venice Film Festival in 2022.[34][35]

In 2026, Soundwalk Collective participated in the Holy See Pavilion at the 61st Venice Biennale, The Ear Is the Eye of the Soul, curated by Hans Ulrich Obrist and Ben Vickers, at the Giardino Mistico dei Carmelitani Scalzi (Mystical Garden) in Venice. The collective shaped the exhibition’s sound environment and site-specific audio installations throughout the garden pavilion.[36][37]

Correspondences

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Correspondences is an ongoing collaborative project between Soundwalk Collective and musician and writer Patti Smith. The project brings together sound and spoken word and has been presented in exhibition and installation formats at international cultural institutions, including the Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo, Onassis Stegi in Athens, Neuer Berliner Kunstverein (n.b.k.) in Berlin, LUMA Arles, Kurimanzutto in New York, Mendes Wood DM in São Paulo, the Medellín Museum of Modern Art (MAMM), and MUDE – Museu do Design e da Moda in Lisbon.[38][39][40][41][42][43]

Invisible Landscape

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Invisible Landscape is a sound installation project by Soundwalk Collective that forms part of the collective's ongoing work with site- and context-specific sound. The project has been presented in exhibition contexts, including at Biennale Son in Switzerland, and incorporates recorded voices by invited artists as part of its installation-based approach to sound.[44][45]

Discography

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Albums[46]

  • Nyc: Lower East Side (2004)
  • Kill The Ego (2008)
  • La Brulure (2009)
  • Medea (2013)
  • Berghain: Surface Vibration & Resonances (2013)
  • Last Beat (2014)
  • Sons of the Wind (2014)
  • Killer Road (2016)
  • Khandroma (2016)
  • Before Music There Is Blood (2017)
  • Transmissions (2017)
  • Kreatur (2017)
  • Death Must Die (2018)
  • What We Leave Behind – Jean-Luc Godard Archives (2018)
  • What We Leave Behind – The Remixes (2018)
  • What We Leave Behind – Jean-Luc Godard Archives – Artist Edition (2019)
  • The Peyote Dance (2019)
  • Mummer Love (2019)
  • Oscillation (2019)
  • The women's march (2019)
  • The Time of the Night – Fondation Carmignac (2020)
  • Peradam (2020)
  • A Roof For Silence (2021)
  • Memory lost / sirens (2021)
  • Lovotic (2022)
  • The Perfect Vision (2022)
  • All The Beauty And The Bloodshed (2023)
  • It's All Breaking Apart (2024)
  • Correspondences vol. 1 (2024)
  • Correspondences vol. 2 (2025)

References

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  1. 1 2 3 Mutter, Zoe. "Audio-Technica brings the jungle to Times Square". AV Magazine. Retrieved 2022-10-15.
  2. ↑ "Palais the Tokyo – CD". Palais De Tokyo. Retrieved 2022-09-11.
  3. ↑ Murray, Robin (2019-09-04). "Soundwalk Collective Re-Unite With Patti Smith For New Album 'Mummer Love'". Clash Magazine Music News, Reviews & Interviews. Retrieved 2022-10-15.
  4. ↑ Lavin, Will (2020-07-13). "Patti Smith and Soundwalk Collective announce final album in 'Perfect Vision' trilogy". NME. Retrieved 2022-10-15.
  5. ↑ "Patti Smith and Soundwalk Collective Invoke Icons of French Poetry". Frieze. 22 November 2022. Retrieved 2023-01-12.
  6. ↑ Staff, XLR8R (2018-10-17). "Soundwalk Collective Returns with 'Death Must Die' LP". XLR8R. Retrieved 2022-10-15.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  7. ↑ "Transmissions". www.documenta14.de. Retrieved 2022-10-15.
  8. 1 2 Cummings, Damien (2021-09-06). "Soundwalk Collective on "the silence of the underground"". Exberliner. Retrieved 2022-10-15.
  9. ↑ "SOUNDWALK COLLECTIVE – Palais de Tokyo". palaisdetokyo.com. Retrieved 2022-10-15.
  10. ↑ "Willem Dafoe And Charlotte Gainsbourg Reunite On New Album About The Future Of Robot Sex". Stereogum. 2022-02-11. Retrieved 2022-10-15.
  11. ↑ "Jean-Luc Godard: Mixed by Soundwalk Collective". Crack Magazine. Retrieved 2022-10-15.
  12. ↑ Rugoff, Lazlo (2022-02-11). "Willem Dafoe, Charlotte Gainsbourg, Lyra Pramuk feature on new LP". The Vinyl Factory. Retrieved 2022-10-15.
  13. ↑ "Soundwalk Collective become the machine on "LOVOTIC"". The FADER. Retrieved 2022-10-15.
  14. ↑ Akingbehin, Richard. "Soundwalk Collective and Charlotte Gainsbourg work with Atom™, Lyra Pramuk, Willem Dafoe on new album, LOVOTIC". Resident Advisor.
  15. ↑ Helfand, Raphael (2022-11-23). "Brian Eno remixes Patti Smith and Soundwalk Collective's "Peradam"". The Fader. Retrieved 2026-09-08.
  16. ↑ "FKA Twigs and Brian Eno among artists included in the Vatican's sound-based 2026 Venice Biennale pavilion". The Art Newspaper. 2026-04-14. Retrieved 2026-09-08.
  17. ↑ "Sasha Waltz & Guests brings »Kreatur« to Sibiu". Sasha Waltz & Guests. Retrieved 2022-10-15.
  18. ↑ "Patti Smith Gets Back on Stage for Bottega Veneta". L'Officiel USA. Retrieved 2025-07-10.
  19. ↑ Diallo, Habi (2026-03-03). "Louise Trotter finds sensuality in structure for Bottega Veneta AW26". Dazed. Retrieved 2026-09-04.
  20. ↑ ""Être Nature" Tour — Fondation Cartier pour l'art contemporain". Fondation Cartier. Retrieved 2025-11-07.
  21. ↑ admin (2021-08-19). "Berlin's Ctm Festival Of Music And Arts Reveals First Line Up". Ransom Note. Retrieved 2022-10-15.
  22. ↑ "Soundwalk Collective: Resonance". Alcantara. Retrieved 2022-10-15.
  23. ↑ "Soundwalk Collective share single feat. Charlotte and Lyra Pramuk • WithGuitars". Retrieved 2022-10-15.
  24. ↑ "Nan Goldin – This Will Not End Well". Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam. Retrieved 2026-02-04.
  25. ↑ "Nan Goldin: This Will Not End Well". Staatliche Museen zu Berlin. Retrieved 2026-09-04.
  26. ↑ "Nan Goldin". Les Rencontres d'Arles. 2025-07-08. Retrieved 2026-09-08.
  27. ↑ Yerebakan, Osman Can (2025-03-13). "Patti Smith's Poetic Voice Mixes the Sounds of the Amazon's Destruction for an Ongoing Collaboration". ARTnews.com. Retrieved 2025-07-10.
  28. ↑ "Evidence – Soundwalk Collective & Patti Smith – Centro Cultural de Belém".
  29. ↑ "Correspondences". Museo de Arte Moderno de Medellín (in Spanish). Retrieved 2025-07-16.
  30. ↑ "피크닉 piknic". www.piknic.kr (in Korean). Retrieved 2025-07-16.
  31. ↑ "Soundwalk Collective & Patti Smith:CORRESPONDENCES | Exhibitions". MUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY ART TOKYO. Retrieved 2025-07-10.
  32. ↑ "A Project by Hala Wardé: A Roof for Silence". e-flux. Retrieved 2026-02-09.
  33. ↑ "17th International Architecture Exhibition". La Biennale di Venezia. Retrieved 2026-02-09.
  34. ↑ "All The Beauty And The Bloodshed Soundtrack". The Vinyl Factory. Retrieved 2026-02-04.
  35. ↑ "Review: All the Beauty and the Bloodshed is a groundbreaking documentary". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 2026-02-04.
  36. ↑ "The 10 Best National Pavilions at the 2026 Venice Biennale". Artsy. Retrieved 2026-05-25.
  37. ↑ "The Holy See Pavilion: The Ear Is the Eye of the Soul". Artnet News. Retrieved 2026-05-25.
  38. ↑ "CORRESPONDENCES". Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo. Retrieved 2026-02-04.
  39. ↑ "Correspondences: Soundwalk Collective & Patti Smith". Onassis Stegi. Retrieved 2026-02-04.
  40. ↑ "Stephan Crasneanscki and Patti Smith. Cry of the Lost | Prince of Anarchy". Museumsportal Berlin. Retrieved 2026-09-04.
  41. ↑ "A AMAZONIA". Mendes Wood DM. Retrieved 2026-09-04.
  42. ↑ "CORRESPONDENCES, Soundwalk Collective & Patti Smith". LUMA Arles. Retrieved 2026-09-04.
  43. ↑ Baratto, Romullo. "Lisbon Architecture Triennale 2025 Examines the Technosphere and Human Impact on Earth". ArchDaily. Retrieved 2026-09-04.
  44. ↑ "Soundwalk Collective". Biennale Son. Retrieved 2026-02-04.
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