UdK Medienhaus, Aula 
Grunewaldstrasse 2-5, Kleistpark

Wed, 14.10.2026
18h30 door open
19h film screening

20h15 Q&A with Johana & Martin OŽVOLD

SYNOPSIS

When does sound become music?THE SOUND IS INNOCENT invites you on an audiovisual journey into a dreamlike space that explores the meaning, function and significance of the world of electronic and experimental sound. Across five distinct chapters, the film guides us through an oscillating maze of creative figures and moments that's as bracingly original as the pioneering music it so passionately documents.

Ožvold's dynamic and unusual documentary shines new light on some of the fundamental questions of musical creation, tracing the relationship between both man and machine, and artist and instrument. Featuring seminal voices working in the fields of experimental and electronic music including François Bonnet (aka Kassel Jaeger), Steve Goodman (aka Kode9), Julian Rohrhuber, John Richards, Hannes Hoelzl & Alberto de Campo, each artist provides a unique and sometimes personal perspective on the radical periods of sonic invention that have transformed art, culture and even public life.

In her debut feature-length film, Johana Ožvold navigates a mysterious labyrinthian institution, encountering manifest memories and inspirations. From the subversive frequencies tuned behind the iron curtain, to the confrontational French avant-garde, and the limitless sculptures of digital innovation, THE SOUND IS INNOCENT explores fertile and prescient links between sound and society, as well as the technology boom and our globalized world. 

Since its premiere eight years ago, The Sound Is Innocent has toured to more than 18 prestigious international festivals—from Visions du Réel to MUTEK San Francisco—bringing audiences a unique sonic journey starring electronic music innovators like François Bonnet, Steve Goodman, John Richards, and Alberto de Campo. Join us at the UdK Berlin Medienhaus on October 14 for a rare screening of the film, culminating in an in-person Q&A with creators Johana and Martin Ožvold and Alberto de Campo.

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“I have always been interested in the more philosophical questions surrounding arts and music: When does sound become music? What is considered noise? With The Sound is Innocent, I wanted to create a music documentary in which I could play with both audio and visual aspects. Led by the belief that film as a medium offers a possibility to create a new and unique world outside of reality, I started to connect the physically disconnected musical worlds and put them together into one space: a movie.”

Johana OŽVOLD (director)

“My work has started already in the moment of suggesting the main protagonists. To me, these artists represent an original force which allow us to uncover the multiplicity of all matters related to the creation of music, not only as a technologically mediated art, but as well as a metaphor reflecting of the world around us. The organization of the sound material in the film itself is an oscillation between the worlds of sound and music. A vibration on the boundary which actually does not exist.”

Martin OŽVOLD (original music, sound design and content curator)