Internationally acclaimed composer and director Heiner Goebbels, whose works epitomizes the intermedia tendencies of contemporary Performing Arts, is Professor in the Institute of Applied Theatre Studies at the University of Gießen and Artistic Director of the Festival Ruhrtriennale (2012-14); he is member of several Academies of Arts and recieved numerous awards and two Grammy Nominations.

Heiner Goebbels will discuss the Aesthetic Principles of his performances and installations, which shift 'presence' from the Visual to the Acoustics; he presents ontemporary Strategies in Performing Arts, including new works for the Festival Ruhrtriennale by Ryoji Ikeda, Douglas Gordon, William Forsythe aswell as 'Stifters Dinge - an unguided tour' by Heiner Goebbels, co-comissioned by Artangel, London.