ab 30.10.2025
The Body as a Sonic Home (English)
Sound-Workshop mit Tonica Hunter
Home must not fade into the echo of nationalist sounds.
This entry level workshop for amateur/beginner/curious minds invites participants to tune in to the body’s “inner ear” and recall the sounds they associate with home. DJ and curator Tonica Hunter shares techniques of sounding and soundscaping from their own artistic practice. How can memories be made audible? How can stories be told through sound – and how can we learn to listen to them, honouring knowledge of the body?
No prior experience is required. The focus is on exploring and experimenting together.
Sign up by using the drow down menus below.
The workshops are thematically connected but can also be attended individually. The workshop is free. We especially encourage people with migration experience to register.
An event in the series Wer will heimaten?
In cooperation with “Erinnern in Zukunft” at Brunnenpassage. As part of the heimaten network, an initiative of Haus der Kulturen der Welt (HKW).
In cooperation with “Erinnern in Zukunft” at Brunnenpassage. As part of the heimaten network, an initiative of Haus der Kulturen der Welt (HKW).
Home must not fade into the echo of nationalist sounds.
This entry level workshop for amateur/beginner/curious minds invites participants to tune in to the body’s “inner ear” and recall the sounds they associate with home. DJ and curator Tonica Hunter shares techniques of sounding and soundscaping from their own artistic practice. How can memories be made audible? How can stories be told through sound – and how can we learn to listen to them, honouring knowledge of the body?
No prior experience is required. The focus is on exploring and experimenting together.
Sign up by using the drow down menus below.
The workshops are thematically connected but can also be attended individually. The workshop is free. We especially encourage people with migration experience to register.
An event in the series Wer will heimaten?
In cooperation with “Erinnern in Zukunft” at Brunnenpassage. As part of the heimaten network, an initiative of Haus der Kulturen der Welt (HKW).
In cooperation with “Erinnern in Zukunft” at Brunnenpassage. As part of the heimaten network, an initiative of Haus der Kulturen der Welt (HKW).
Workshop 1 – ORIGINATOR: telling “home”
Thu, October 30, 2025
5–8 p.m.
USUS at Schauspielhaus
The first workshop will take place in a smaller setting. It will gather impulses and memories that will inspire the following open sessions. We especially encourage people with migration experience to register. The workshop is free.
Accessibility: Wheelchair-accessible entrance and restroom available.
Language: A mix of German and English. Basic knowledge of either language is sufficient to participate actively. Tonica’s first language is English, and they also have German skills as a second language.
Please note: Come prepared with stories or sounds or noises or whatever you are inclined to share sonically with a group. Please come prepared to be respectful of others stories and ways of telling, sharing, remembering. Nationalist and other exclusionary, supremacist ideations of memory, belonging, home will not be tolerated.
Workshop 2 – INCUBATOR: listening to and amplifying “home”
Accesibility: Access is only partially accessible. For information contact offeneshaus@schauspielhaus.at or +43 1 317 01 01 320.
Language: A mix of German and English. Basic knowledge of either language is sufficient to participate actively. Tonica’s first language is English, and they also have German skills as a second language.
Please note: Come prepared to be respectful of others stories and ways of telling, sharing, remembering. Nationalist and other exclusionary, supremacist ideations of memory, belonging, home will not be tolerated.
Workshop 3 – CREATOR: sounding out "home"
Fr, November 14, 2025
Accesibility: Access is only partially accessible. For information contact offeneshaus@schauspielhaus.at or +43 1 317 01 01 320.
Language: A mix of German and English. Basic knowledge of either language is sufficient to participate actively. Tonica’s first language is English, and they also have German skills as a second language.
Please note: Come prepared to be respectful of others stories and ways of telling, sharing, remembering. Nationalist and other exclusionary, supremacist ideations of memory, belonging, home will not be tolerated.
About Tonica Hunter
Tonica Hunter (they/she) is a curator, lecturer, and DJ, originally from London, living in Vienna since 2014. Their work combines curation (music, performance, discourse, visual media) and teaching with a particular focus on art and applied social justice. Tonica’s practice spans institutions and organizations such as the University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna (MDW), the University of Applied Arts Vienna (Angewandte), Weltmuseum Wien, Ars Electronica, Wellenkænge, the Austrian Museum of Black Entertainment and Black Music, and many more. Since 2021, they have been a member of the advisory board for art and culture at Frauendomäne, and between 2021–23 they served on the advisory board for “Cultural Initiatives” at the Austrian Federal Ministry for Arts, Culture, the Civil Service and Sport (BMKÖS). Since 2023, they have been designing and teaching the Master’s program ars sciendi at the University of Applied Arts Vienna.
Inclusion and Community
Everyone should feel welcome. We want everyone—regardless of background, age, gender, abilities, or experience—to have the opportunity to participate, express themselves, and share their perspectives. Participants are asked to treat each other with respect and to consider both their own needs and the needs of others.
Our Code of Care applies to all participants: No discrimination and respectful interaction at all times. Questions and comments can be sent to offeneshaus@schauspielhaus.at
