Tarik Goetzke (b. 1984 in Berlin) is an artist working with text- and sound-based media. Trained as a theatre director, he creates multi-perspective audio pieces that explore more-than-human perspectives, ecological entanglements and the material poetics of voice. Combining dramaturgical precision with speculative storytelling, his works are rooted in original textual compositions that form their conceptual and narrative foundation. Goetzke frequently collaborates with artist Anna Kubelík on the ongoing ME+ projects, presenting these audio works in exhibitions and performances. He studied at the University of Music and Performing Arts Frankfurt (HfMDK) and pursued additional studies in theatre, film and media studies, philosophy and German literature in Frankfurt and Berlin.
Solo exhibitions and performances include
ME+BeFallen, live audio performance, Kunstgewerbemuseum Berlin, Germany (2025); REDEN vs. SCHWEIGEN, site-specific audio work on Stasi archives and family memory, former Stasi headquarters, Berlin, Germany (2020–ongoing); H.I.P.P.O., audio work on species extinction, Monologfestival / Theaterdiscounter, Berlin, Germany (2019-ongoing); ME+Beijing, Goethe-Institut China, Beijing, China (2018); ME+Rome, Villa Massimo / German Academy in Rome, Italy; later presented at Gropius Bau, Berlin, Germany (2017).
Group exhibitions and presentations include Symbiotic Wood, Kunstgewerbemuseum Berlin, Germany (2025); IM AUGENBLICK – BeFALLEN, KLAGG artspace Dresden, Germany (2025); Audio excerpts from ME+BeFallen in the project WALD. by Rechberg 1837 & Anna Kubelík, Musée Visionnaire, Zurich, Switzerland (2025).
Highlights
Goetzke was an artist-in-residence at the Goethe-Institut in Beijing, China, in 2018, and received long-term support from the German Academic Scholarship Foundation (Studienstiftung des deutschen Volkes) from 2011 to 2018. His work as a director and assistant director spans institutions such as Volksbühne Berlin, Maxim Gorki Theater, Nationaltheater Mannheim, Theater und Orchester Heidelberg, Münchner Volkstheater, Staatstheater Nürnberg and Kunsthalle Mannheim. He also appeared as the lead performer in Clemens von Wedemeyer’s three-channel video installation, Muster, for dOCUMENTA(13). His current projects include a public art commission for Freie Universität Berlin (due for completion in 2026), which he is developing with Anna Kubelík.