A visual sculptor, improviser, instrument builder and performance artist, Michael Vorfeld is a key member of the European contemporary music community making his Sydney debut.

This special evening features Michael's films, alongside two special performances.

Michael Vorfeld (Berlin) percussion and film in a night of collaborations:

with Philip Samartzis (presenting Air Pressure)

And in Quintet with
Jim Denley, woodwinds
Saskia Shearer, percussoin
Uma Volkmer, trumpet
Clayton Thomas, double bass

Friday March 6, 2026
21 Shepherd Street, Marrickville
$30 full price
$20 concession

Ticket available via Humanitix and on the door
https://events.humanitix.com/michael-vorfeld-sydney

Michael Vorfeld plays percussion and self designed stringed instruments and realises electro-acoustic sound pieces. He works in the field of experimental, improvised music and sound art. Besides solo activities he is a member of different groups and collaborates with artists of different art forms. One of these projects is Air Pressure with Philip Samatzis.

Philip Samartzis is a sound artist, researcher, and curator currently based in Sydney whose practice investigates the social and environmental conditions of remote regions and marginalised communities. Working across Antarctica and sub-Antarctica, the Swiss and Australian Alps, and the Kimberley and Pilbara regions of Western Australia, he uses advanced audio technologies to register environmental change in some of the world’s most fragile and dynamic ecosystems.

"Air Pressure" comprises field recordings made in Eastern Antarctica that highlight the impacts of extreme climate and weather on a variety of research stations and field huts and their associated infrastructure. These recordings serve as the foundation for a series of improvised musical responses using percussion and self-designed string instruments in combination with extended techniques that aim to intertwine the sound of materials, instruments, and environment.