Installation | Leon Eckard: “Urban Metabolism: der Mond”

Urban Metabolism: Der Mond is a cybernetic performance and sound installation that recontextualizes the sociological framework of Urban Metabolism into the domain of electroacoustic improvisation. The work reclaims a discarded industrial object in the form of a rusted metal plate found on the streets of Berlin transforming it from linear urban waste into a resonant generative feedback system. The instrument exploits mode coupling and structural fatigue to create nonlinear acoustic interferences governed by a custom auto mutation algorithm based on cybernetic homeostasis.

About the Artist

Leon Eckard is a German media artist, guitarist, and composer whose work spans interactive installations, self-built instruments, and live performances. Using open-source software, custom electronics, and found objects, he explores the intersection of natural and artificial processes, focusing on emergence and complexity. Integrating generative music, improvisation, and composition, he has presented his work internationally, including at Anton Bruckner Privatuniversität Linz, New Now Festival, NIME Conference, Goethe-Institut Tokyo, Morphine Raum Berlin and the Kochi-Muziris Biennale 2026.