While Zs' music has been variously categorized as no-wave, noise, and post-minimalist, it is primarily concerned with making music that challenges the physical and mental limitations of both performer and listener.

Darmstadt Institute in collaboration with David Grubbs Presents: Luc Ferrari, Two Works for Ensemble with Memorized Sounds. Program includes "Tautologos III" (1969; Chicago version, 2001) and "Et tournent les sons dans la garrigue" (1977).

Darmstadt Institute and ISSUE Project Room are proud to present an evening of contemporary keyboard music by four specialists in the experimental tradition: Michael Century, Stephen Gosling, Emily Manzo, and Kathleen Supové.

With members hailing from 14 countries on 5 continents, Ensemble Laboratorium presented its debut performance at the 2005 Lucerne Festival. A truly international ensemble, Laboratorium seeks to discover and develop an interactive exchange between the cultures represented by its members.

Preparing the Past is an “evocative” three-movement work for 4-hand piano, two vibraphones and two glockenspiels. It is inspired by the activities taking and looking at photographs—from the actual picture-taking moment through the reconsideration of that moment as a physical artifact.

Branden Joseph presents a talk regarding "biomusic and the end of representation" with performances by filmmaker Bruce McClure and composer David Dunn.

Z'EV is a conceptual artist, sound sculptor, and poet. After studying at CalArts with Concrete poet Emmett Williams he produced visual and sound poetries, and was included in the "Second Generation" show at the Museum of Conceptual Art in San Francisco in 1975.