[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":61},["ShallowReactive",2],{"projectcosmopoling-2025":3},{"slug":4,"title":5,"year":6,"content":7,"image":8,"featured":10,"audio":14,"video":15,"media":16},"cosmopoling-2025","cosmopoling  ",2025,"\u003Cp>is a new sonic bike ride made for Augsburg, Bavaria with residents and sounds of the city. Made by Kaffe Matthews and the Bicrophonic Research Institute it was commissioned by the Stadt Augsburg for \u003Cem>\u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.augsburg.de\u002Faktuelles-aus-der-stadt\u002Fdetail\u002Ffrieden-riskieren-das-programm-zu-375-jahren-friedensfest-steht\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Risking Peace, 375 year Peace Festival\u002FFriedensfest\u003C\u002Fa>,  \u003C\u002Fem>artistic director Eric Nikodym,  June 2025\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cimg loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwp.kaffematthews.net\u002Fwp-content\u002Fimages\u002F13912_2000_.jpg\" data-project-media-index=\"0\">\n\u003Cdiv style=\"padding: 56.25% 0 0 0; position: relative;\" class=\"has-iframe\" data-project-media-index=\"1\">\u003Ciframe title=\"cosmopoling - the movie\" src=\"https:\u002F\u002Fplayer.vimeo.com\u002Fvideo\u002F1168829231?badge=0&autopause=0&player_id=0&app_id=58479\" frameborder=\"0\" loading=\"lazy\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-project-media-index=\"1\">\u003C\u002Fiframe>\u003C\u002Fdiv>\n\u003Cp> \u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Through winter city recording trips in 2024 and then a two month residency during ’25 at \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fgrandhotel-cosmopolis.org\u002F\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Grandhotel Cosmopolis,\u003C\u002Fa> Kaffe gradually explored the city through meeting, talking and getting to know many different people from all over the world. Sharing stories, playing music, at jams in the Grandhotel or at Neruda bar,  through interviews, the GHC choir rehearsals, vegan cooking, developing barista skills in the \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fgrandhotel-cosmopolis.org\u002Fcafe\u002F\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">café ,\u003C\u002Fa> through late night walking in the watery silence of the old town, following audio trails that opened, listening and recording throughout. She also discovered a massive variety in the city’s sound worlds, from the almost silence and detailed acoustics of its pedestrian areas, to peaks of noise from people, trams, heels, traffic, cobbles, many many languages.  Also finding old vinyl from Augsburg bands and meeting musicians who wrote for or gave their music to the project.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cimg loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwp.kaffematthews.net\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2025\u002F03\u002FScreenshot-2025-03-26-at-10.45.52.png\" data-project-media-index=\"2\">\n\u003Cp>This vast range of material she then cut, transformed and mapped in layered chunks all\u003Cbr>\nover Augsburg, working with its atmospheres, architectures, so evolving \u003Cstrong>\u003Cem>cosmopolis\u003C\u002Fem>\u003C\u002Fstrong>. A\u003Cbr>\ncomposition that is performed by you,  the cyclist as you ride a sonic bike through the city.\u003Cbr>\nThat will trigger and play these sounds through the bike’s speakers dependent on where\u003Cbr>\nyou go. Enabled by the Bicrophonic Bike Box on the back, with the sounds and GPS\u003Cbr>\ntrigger system inside, you are free of the internet. No more concert halls.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cimg loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwp.kaffematthews.net\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2026\u002F02\u002FScreenshot-2026-02-08-at-14.53.35-1.png\" data-project-media-index=\"3\">\n\u003Cp>With thanks to musicians Chelle, her Mum and Dejah for their songs and voices,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>the Jammers and Choir at Grandhotel Cosmopolis,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Vroni her flute and Manu her saw,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cimg loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwp.kaffematthews.net\u002Fwp-content\u002Fimages\u002F13830_2000_.jpg\" data-project-media-index=\"4\">\n\u003Cp>to Ayla, Maryam, Fatima and Shakila and the night of clapping and singing in our kitchen.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>the musicians at Neruda, especially the Lonesome Artisans and the rapper poets Johna Lux and Torris.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cimg loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwp.kaffematthews.net\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2025\u002F04\u002FScreenshot-2025-04-04-at-11.10.25.png\" data-project-media-index=\"5\">\n\u003Cp>Hannes, Sedat and Dennis for their tracks, and the not met but found Fred Rai and Neverland LP’s in the made in Augsburg box.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cimg loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwp.kaffematthews.net\u002Fwp-content\u002Fimages\u002F13998_2000_.jpg\" data-project-media-index=\"6\">\n\u003Cp>To Chris for our sick city bike tour in the wet and the city’s construction project talks.\u003Cbr>\nTo Hannes and all at stayfm Radio for their studio  with sublime Dom view in the spring and to Mariam for hers in the boiling heat of June.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>To Aude-Lise, Salomé, Khalid, Vroni, Sanusi, Klaus, Shakila, Chelle, Zhia, Dejah and Manu for sharing their stories.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>To Günther and Bike Kitchen for the 5 Augsburg bikes, and to Annegret and the Kunstmuseum, Magdeburg, for the loan of the 5 black Sonic Bikes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cimg loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwp.kaffematthews.net\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2025\u002F04\u002FScreenshot-2025-04-06-at-15.09.59.png\" data-project-media-index=\"7\">\n\u003Cp>To Sukandar Kartadinata BRI for Sonic Bike Box v3.0 engineering\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>PoHao Chi and Honki, Taipei for their efforts on the Taiwanese version.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>and to Wolfgang at Grandhotel for generous analogue fixing support.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The team and volunteers at Grandhotel Cosmopolis for their welcome, support and trust. Most especially: Raquel, Raphaelle, Salomé, Aude-Lise, Ziha, Ralph, Sonja and Fabiano.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cimg loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwp.kaffematthews.net\u002Fwp-content\u002Fimages\u002F13997_2000_.jpg\" data-project-media-index=\"8\">\n\u003Cp>And finally to the Friedensfest team, most especially the non stop Kathrin Schubert and artistic director Eric Nikodym\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cimg loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwp.kaffematthews.net\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2026\u002F02\u002FCosmoCloses_Kathrin-1.jpg\" data-project-media-index=\"9\">\n\u003Cimg loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwp.kaffematthews.net\u002Fwp-content\u002Fimages\u002F13917_2000_.jpg\" data-project-media-index=\"10\">\n\n",{"url":9},"\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2026\u002F02\u002FcosmopolingGO-500x353.jpg",{"url":11,"w":12,"h":13},"\u002Fwp-content\u002Fimages\u002F13818_1000_.jpg",1000,747,[],[],[17,22,25,29,33,37,41,45,49,53,57],{"type":18,"src":19,"original":20,"large":21},"image","\u002Fwp-content\u002Fimages\u002F13912_2000_.jpg",{"url":19},{"url":19},{"type":23,"src":24},"iframe","https:\u002F\u002Fplayer.vimeo.com\u002Fvideo\u002F1168829231?badge=0&autopause=0&player_id=0&app_id=58479",{"type":18,"src":26,"original":27,"large":28},"\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2025\u002F03\u002FScreenshot-2025-03-26-at-10.45.52.png",{"url":26},{"url":26},{"type":18,"src":30,"original":31,"large":32},"\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2026\u002F02\u002FScreenshot-2026-02-08-at-14.53.35-1.png",{"url":30},{"url":30},{"type":18,"src":34,"original":35,"large":36},"\u002Fwp-content\u002Fimages\u002F13830_2000_.jpg",{"url":34},{"url":34},{"type":18,"src":38,"original":39,"large":40},"\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2025\u002F04\u002FScreenshot-2025-04-04-at-11.10.25.png",{"url":38},{"url":38},{"type":18,"src":42,"original":43,"large":44},"\u002Fwp-content\u002Fimages\u002F13998_2000_.jpg",{"url":42},{"url":42},{"type":18,"src":46,"original":47,"large":48},"\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2025\u002F04\u002FScreenshot-2025-04-06-at-15.09.59.png",{"url":46},{"url":46},{"type":18,"src":50,"original":51,"large":52},"\u002Fwp-content\u002Fimages\u002F13997_2000_.jpg",{"url":50},{"url":50},{"type":18,"src":54,"original":55,"large":56},"\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2026\u002F02\u002FCosmoCloses_Kathrin-1.jpg",{"url":54},{"url":54},{"type":18,"src":58,"original":59,"large":60},"\u002Fwp-content\u002Fimages\u002F13917_2000_.jpg",{"url":58},{"url":58},1794140171649]