HIS BROTHER ECHO
with Augustine Paredes and Roman Steinmetz
16. May 2026, 16:00
Overbeck-Gesellschaft

HIS BROTHER ECHO is a sonic poetry performance by Augustine Paredes and Roman Steinmetz. It reimagines a dialogue between two echoing voices, searching for quiet amid turmoil and shifting power. The poem is read twice in two reverses, while a multichannel echoing vocal synths resonate.
This marks the second collaboration between Paredes and Steinmetz, following their performance of Grace Act II at the Quovadis Festival in Frankfurt.

approx. 30 minutes

Roman Steinmetz is a Frankfurt-based artist working at the thresholds of sculptural media and sonic installations. Through game development, cinematic production, and ontological inquiries, he investigates the friction between biological perceptions and digital phantoms.
Steinmetz presented installations, performances, and collaborations at Saasfee Pavillon, Schauspiel Frankfurt, Robert Johnson, Hamburger Bahnhof, Edith-Russ-Haus, Spinnerei Leipzig, and the Chaos Computer Club. He has completed a residency at Atlas Electronic in
Marrakesh, co-founded an experimental sonic platform in Cairo, and lectured at the German
University in Cairo.

Augustine Paredes is an artist in pursuit of critical earnestness. His artistic research is rooted in post-colonial Filipino identity, migration, desire, and their consolidated philosophy and poetics. His photographic practice expands to poetry, painting, performance, and
installation. Paredes presented solo exhibitions, lectures, and performances at Jameel Arts Center, Diriyah Biennale, MMCA Korea, Art Dubai, NYU, Middle East Institute, Fotografie Forum, Museum Wiesbaden, Paulina Caspari, and Gulf Photo Plus. He is an awardee of fellowships and
scholarships from the Vordemberge-Gildewart Award, AIR Offenbach, SEAF, Art Jameel Research & Practice Platform, and the Royal Commission of AlUla.