Artists in Residence 2026

Eagle Wu (BR/DE)

We are happy to host Eagle from 15.6.2026 – 28.6.2026 in Ottensheim. During his residency work he will focus on ambisonics impulse response techniques and explore how to implement them into his artistic composition practice.

„My focus on electroacoustic compositions usually tie the relationship between a virtual space with trajectories and sound making techniques, exploring the
implications of the sound, its traveling trajectory and how space constitutes to another element of a sound composition. My ambisonic recording projects are linked to the connection of spaces, both physically and conceptually. „

WU Hou Lam (Eagle or AQ) is a musician, composer and interdisciplinary artist. His work encompasses sound installations, interactive web pieces, audiovisual compositions and compositions for acoustic instruments. He is particularly interested in how architecture, as a kind of spatial art, interacts with music/sound as a kind of temporal art.

He graduated from the Universität der Künste Berlin, Master of Arts (Sound Studies and Sonic Arts), the University of Hong Kong in Architectural Studies, and the School of Music, Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts, major in Composition.

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Junction (2022) by Eagle Wu

Natalia Quintanilla Cabrera (MX/US)

Natalia will pre present at Alter Bauhof from 14.9.2026 to 25.9.2026, two weeks before the OTTOsonics Festival. In her residency she will finalize a 40min – 1h long piece, which will be performed at the OTTOsonics festival 2026.

„This performance seeks to bridge academic electroacoustic practice and the community-rooted world of (electro)cumbia and Mexican sonideros – mobile DJ-sound system collectives known for their large speaker setups, community gatherings, and cumbia-driven dance culture–, reframing Ambisonics as a community-oriented, embodied, and performative medium.“

Natalia is an electroacoustic music artist, composer, producer, and multi-instrumentalist based in Seattle, Washington. Natalia’s artistic practice is closely tied to social narratives. Her research focuses on hybrid systems for spatial audio, creating augmented immersive environments that integrate binaural headphone listening, Ambisonics speaker arrays, and natural acoustic sound fields.

She studied composition and music theory at the Centro de Investigación y Estudios Musicales (CIEM) in Mexico City and holds an M.A. in Media Arts from the Performing Arts Technology Department at the University of Michigan’s School of Music, Theatre & Dance. She is currently pursuing her Ph.D. in Digital Arts and Experimental Media (DXARTS) at the University of Washington, Seattle.

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