über eine löwenzahnwiese fliegen eine tuba und ein kontrabass verliebt aneinander gelehnt gegen den horizont. blauer himmel, verschwommene Baumhügel.

Musical instruments have a sense of self

Visual Acoustics Lab – About us

We bring music to life

We view musical instruments not merely as objects, but as vessels of history, emotion, and sound. To us, they become individuals. Their shapes, materials, and sonic traces tell stories—and that is precisely where our work begins.

Ein Klavierflügel, der im fiktiven, hier weißen Raum steht. Nur seine Ränder sind perspektivisch zu sehen. Drinnen weiße Fläche, keine Seiten. Drinnen steht: Silence.
Klavierflügel und Tuba haben ein Ich, ein Gesicht, Kopf. Fliegen perspektivisch über Löwenzahnwiese in die Ferne. Tuba richtet klare Worte an den Klavierflügel. Auf dem Bild steht unten: "Ein wunderbarer Tag".

As a digital creative who transforms instrumental objects—cellos, double basses, violins, trumpets, pianos, and many others—I grew up in a musical household where sounds that were dissonant rather than pleasing were part of everyday life. This early, close encounter with the musical avant-garde shaped my perspective. I have an affinity for the surreal, the expressionistic, and the unexpected flow. Perhaps this explains why, to this day, I am interested in musical instruments not just as sound-producing bodies, but as distinct characters and personalities. In our photomontages, we combine real musical instruments with unusual associations to create new visual worlds.

Drei Trompeten stehen im Lockdown am Neckar. Sie fühlen sich nicht gebraucht, tragen zu ihrem Schutz jede eine ffp2-Maske.

We take them out of their familiar context, stage them anew, and develop motifs with a distinct visual language. This language also addresses contemporary social issues—sometimes poetically, sometimes surprisingly, sometimes humorously—but always with the aim of visualizing an idea in a lighthearted or even ironic way.

Klavier, Hände von Tatjana Worm-Sawosskaya
Kontrabass mit ffp2-masken, selbst mit Noten verziert.
Celli fliegen durch die sehr gelbe Luft, unter ihnen kommt ihnen ein Flugzeug entgegen. Zwischen den fliegenden Celli sind orange-schwache Herzen, die auch wie Flugzeuge fliegen.



Our imagery is aimed at anyone who gives visible expression to music and culture: music labels, festivals, opera houses, and concert halls, as well as regional and national cultural organizers, magazines, agencies, and artists.

They can be used for concert and opera programs, brochures, posters, campaigns, record and CD covers, as well as for social media and other digital applications.

We do not view our work simply as finished photographs, but rather as visual ideas—ideas capable of giving an event a face, drawing attention to a publication, or lending a unique visual identity to a campaign.

Music becomes a motif.

A motif becomes a story.