When does the exhibition Afloat / Sound of Waves take place?

The exhibition takes place on November 10, 2026, from 11:00 AM to 7:00 PM.

Where can the exhibition be seen?

The venue is the Brandenburg State Museum of Modern Art at the Diesel Power Plant Cottbus, Am Amtsteich 15, 03046 Cottbus.

How much does admission cost?

The admission for a single exhibition costs €4. A combined ticket for all exhibitions in the building costs €6.

What can visitors expect in the exhibition?

Visible and audible are visual media, site-specific sound works, and documentation from the AFLOAT sessions as well as further works related to water, local currents, and acoustic perception.

Are there guided tours or workshops?

No specific times for guided tours or workshops are mentioned in the researched event information for the exhibition date.

Is the exhibition suitable for the whole family?

The exhibition is aimed at art enthusiasts and anyone interested in contemporary art, sound art, media art, and the topic of water.

Afloat / Sound of Waves: When Water Becomes Audible at the Diesel Power Plant

Name: Exhibition "Afloat / Sound of Waves" in Cottbus
Start: 2026-11-10T11:00:00+01:00
End: 2026-11-10T19:00:00+01:00
Location: Brandenburgisches Landesmuseum für Moderne Kunst - Dieselkraftwerk Cottbus

Water becomes Sound: Afloat / Sound of Waves at the Diesel Power Plant Cottbus

The Brandenburg State Museum of Modern Art dedicates the exhibition Afloat / Sound of Waves to a fluid field of research between contemporary art, sound art, and artistic media practice. The project by Radio Industry / Transmitter examines water not only as a motif but as a movable structure, resonance space, and bearer of sounds, data, and memories.

An exhibition between image, sound, and movement

The pop-up exhibition will present the results of the AFLOAT sessions from the Gramzow storage facility in August 2026, as well as standalone works in the context of local currents. Visual media, site-specific sound works, and documentation combine to create a multisensory landscape of works in which seeing and hearing intertwine.

Water as an artistic experimentation field

AFLOAT understands water as a topographical network and as a space for encounters, research, and aesthetic experiences. The participating artists explore currents, transmissions, and resonances with radio-based methods, field recordings, electronic sound generation, and installational setups. This creates an art form that intertwines natural observation, media art, and cultural education.

Sound Art as work exploration

The exhibition atmosphere thrives on the tension between industrial architecture and ephemeral sound. The former diesel power plant serves as a striking resonance body for an artistic engagement, where acoustic traces, technical apparatuses, and documentary materials open up new contexts. Visitors experience water as audible movement and as a starting point for a contemporary installation.

Artistic research and local currents

Radio Industry / Transmitter connects artistic research with regional landscape exploration in the AFLOAT project. The sound workshop in the Gramzow storage facility used an industrial monument as a sound lab and experimental radio laboratory. In Cottbus, these processes will be transferred into a museum context and supplemented by works that reflect local waters, electromagnetic waves, and social forms of exchange.

An art experience for curious ears

The exhibition invites visitors to shift familiar perceptions: sounds become traces, spaces become sound bodies, and water becomes a medium of transmission. The aesthetic experience arises not only before individual works but in the interplay of spatial effect, materiality, light, technical apparatus, and acoustic attention.

A visit to Afloat / Sound of Waves offers a concentrated insight into an experimental art direction between media art, sound art, and site-specific installation. Anyone wishing to experience contemporary art as open research and rethink the relationship between landscape, technology, and perception will find an impressive art experience at the Diesel Power Plant Cottbus.