A herd of Chilling Mammoths has been traveling through European art institutions for some time now, resting for the ten days of the festival in Nuremberg - in a former discotheque at the Kohlenhof. The artist Maya Dunietz is responsible for these more than a dozen self-swinging and self-talking pianos. Together with her long-term collaborators, the all-string Solistenensemble Kaleidoskop, in “Sound of Difference” they will enter into dialog for the first time and activate the site; the mammoths will encounter the humanly intended instruments – and vice versa.

Maya Dunietz is an Israeli performance artist, improvisational musician and composer. She works in the field of tension between music, visual art, performance, technological research and philosophy.
Founded in Berlin in 2006, the Solistenensemble Kaleidoskop has dedicated itself to the development of new forms of experimental music theater since its inception. The members of the ensemble have developed into musical performers and co-authors of collaborative productions. With its explicitly interdisciplinary and collaborative approach, the ensemble repeatedly connects with artists from different genres and cultural backgrounds. In recent years, the examination of the body has moved further into the focus of the work.