IMMERSIVE
SPACES
& LIVE EXPERIENCES
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» Music is liquid architecture;
architecture is frozen music. «
J.W.Goethe
LEM-STUDIOS
BERLIN
SELECTED WORKS
2018 - 2025
The following selection of projects should give an overview of our conceptual visions, technical strategies and artistic craft.
We had the pleasure to support some amazing teams, production companies and ensembles and their productions over the course of the last years.
The importance of electronic media blurs the limits of physical and virtual spaces. We create and produce audio-visual compositions and translate them into three-dimensional spaces for galleries, exhibitions, showrooms, science centers and live experiences.
Our work fully covers the whole range from creative and technical concepts through production to the on-site implementation.
Our studio comprises three editing suites, including a 7.1.4. Dolby Atmos studio, a fully equipped recording room as well as a large multi-purpose space including photo- and video capabilities for a wide variety of demands.
IMMERSIVE SPACES AND
LIVE EXPERIENCES
SEMMEL EXHIBITIONS
PRESENTS
MARVEL
EARTH’S
MIGHTIEST
EXHIBITION
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Exhibition Content and related Artwork ©2025 MARVEL
Marvel: Earth’s Mightiest Exhibition, an all-new museum experience that takes audiences on a journey through the Marvel Universe, offers fresh perspective on the company’s rich 80+-year history, explores the worldwide impact of Marvel, and gives behind-the-scenes looks at the creation of some of popular culture’s most iconic stories and characters.
– from Semmel.de
TOUR DATES
NEW ZEALAND (2023)
Wellington
GERMANY (2025)
Cologne
OFFICIAL TRAILER
WEB | SOCIAL MEDIA | CINEMA
ARTWORK
© MARVEL | Semmel Exhibitions
CONCEPT AND MOTION DESIGN
Sebastian M. Purfürst
Markus F.C. Buhl
MUSIC
Sebastian M. Purfürst
SOUND DESIGN | MIX | MASTERING
Sebastian M. Purfürst
EXHIBITION SOUNDTRACK
ON-SITE IMMERSIVE MIX
COMPOSITION
Sebastian M. Purfürst
CREATIVE PRODUCTION
Sebastian M. Purfürst
Markus “Hossi” Hossack
Markus F.C. Buhl
FEATURING
Zawadi Yamungu (voc)
Elke Brauweiler (voc)
SPECIAL THANKS TO
Christopher Zitterbart (git)
PRODUCED BY
SEMMEL Exhibitions
AVAILABLE SOON
ON ALL STREAMING SERVICES
BLACK PANTHER GALLERY TRACK WITH
SPECIAL VOCAL PERFORMANCE BY
Zawadi Yamungu is a South African- born musician, vocalist, and indigenous instrumen-talist. Hailing from eMandeni in the North of KwaZulu-Natal, Zawadi Yamungu has emerged as a prominent figure in the music industry, celebrated for her unique style that beautifully embraces and celebrates African culture and heritage.
ZAWADI YAMUNGU
A TECHNICAL NOTE
GENELEC’S SMART IP SPEAKER
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ATTENTION ALL TRUE BELIEVERS!
MARVEL COMICS IS ON THE AIR!
DEVELOPING THE ACOUSTIC SCENOGRAPHAY FOR MARVEL:
EARTH’S MIGHTIEST EHXIBITION
EXHIBITION CATALOGUE
EDITORIAL BY
S.M.PURFÜRST
Music is pure magic. It directly triggers our limbic system and evokes strong emotions; it fundamentally changes our perception and tricks our minds; it alters our concepts of time and space.
With music, we can time travel through imaginary places outside our everyday experience, and the world can shine in a kaleidoscopic light.
Music becomes an equivalent otherworldly force to the mighty superpowers of our Super Heroes in the Marvel Universe.
The Music of Marvel: Earth’s Mightiest Exhibition is a journey along the rainbow bridge of the amazing history of Marvel.
The musical themes are an artistic translation of this time line—with a strong human touch to it.
Our musical journey takes us from the early Marvel comic books and the genius work of the comic creators—working with simple pen and paper and the charming textures of halftone patterns and faded colors—through the exciting decades with 60s psychedelic visuals and collage experiments to the early 70s TV show adaptations and through the 80s computer game experiences to the world of epic blockbuster movies.
In our musical interpretation of the world of Marvel, we blend classic orchestral heroic gestures with found-footage sample fragments; we combine noirish jazz with memorable pop hook lines; we add flakes of 80s chiptune sounds and contemporary urban beats—it’s all part of a musical multiverse where time and space are transformed.
» If architecture is frozen music, is music liquid architecture? «
Frank Gehry
In conversation with our curators, we often came back to our working thesis of “the walkable comic” and how sound can contribute to the sensation of entering the world of Marvel.
As a composer and media artist, I like to call the development of the sonic layers of the exhibition experience “acoustic scenography,” which comprises the actual musical narration, ambient moments, sound effects, voice-overs, and docu-mentary layers – literally any sonic event appearing audibly in the exhibition.
The whole exhibition follows a common musical time line, and, depending on the dramaturgy of the rooms, we balance out the intensities and complexities of these acoustic elements – so, you might have a cinematic immersive experience in one room, followed by a more contemplative space where you could want to take in valuable background information or look at an original artifact.
The world of Marvel provides endless inspiration for musical ideas and sound design layers. Almost like “sonic colorists,” we have tried to bring the characters being presented to life: the Captain America statue frozen in ice with its chilling crackles and eerie ambient drones; the surreal multiverse of Doctor Strange with its otherworldly, spinning wormhole-like sonic particle streams; the dark back-alleyways of New York City with fragments of urban beats and the disruptive cacophony of the city that never sleeps; or the rainbow bridge and its palette of orchestral and vintage synthesizer colors, like a cosmic mirage.
Pretty much like the great and powerful wizard hides behind a curtain with his machines, we too, of course, have a hidden layer of technology behind all the magic and poetry of an immersive experience.
We utilize a complex matrix of speakers spread across the exhibition space, with a
» I’m a very good man. I’m just a very bad wizard. «
— The Wizard of Oz
central processing unit that feeds all acoustic events based on the Dolby Atmos standard. All media events are fully synchronized, supporting the vision of the curators and scenographers. People often ask what the difference is between a movie soundtrack and acoustic scenography. My thought on this is that, ideally, in our exhibition space, the classic time line of a narration unfolds into space, giving the visitor the opportunity for a very individual and emancipated experience. We love to encourage the visitors to move freely through the soundscape of the exhibition, as if, upon entering the realms of Marvel, one is experiencing “liquid architecture.”
Sebastian M. Purfürst
in collaboration with my creative partners and tech wizards
Markus “Hossi” Hossack and
Markus F.C. Buhl
Wellington, NZ
Dec 2023
Special thanks to Anni Nocenti
QUOTED FROM:
1
The introduction to the audio drama series The Fantastic Four Radio Show, 13 episodes, aired 1974, based on the Marvel Comics by
Stan Lee and Jack Kirby, with Stan Lee as Narrator and Bill Murray as Johnny Storm/The Human Torch, https://archive.org/details/
FantasticFour-10Episodes
2
Frank Gehry, in a handwritten note posted in “Frank Gehry: Is Music Liquid Architecture,” World Architecture (May 1, 2014), https://
worldarchitecture.org/article-links/pmncc/frank-gehry-is-music-liquid-architecture.html
3
Spoken by the Wizard in the The Wizard of Oz, from the screenplay by Noel Langley, Florence Ryerson, and Edgar Allen Woolf,
1939 (last revised March 15, 1939). Based on the book by L. Frank Baum, The Wonderful Wizard of Oz. Chicago, IL: George M. Hill
Company, 1900. Quoted from the script, https://sfy.ru/script/wizard_of_oz_1939
Exhibition Content and related Artwork ©2025 MARVEL
THE WALKABLE
COMIC
MOTION
DESIGN
STUDIES FOR
A COMIC
EXHIBITON
CONCEPTUAL APPROACH
Curator Prof. Ben Saunders
Curator Patrick A. Reed
Sebastian M. Purfürst
MOTION DESIGN
Sebastian M. Purfürst
Markus F.C. Buhl
— Curator Patrick Reed in conversation with Sebastian M. Purfürst (10/2022)
MARVEL | EARTH’S MIGHTIEST EXHIBITION
OUR CONTRIBUTION
ACOUSTIC SCENOGRAPHY
Creative and Technical Planning
On-Site Setup and Implementation
Additional Sound FX and Soundscapes
SOUNDTRACK
Composition
PROMOTION AND ARTWORK
Motion Design Exhibition Trailer
Motion Design Social Media Campaign
PRODUCTION CREDITS
PRODUCER
Semmel Exhibitions
CURATORS
Ben Saunders
Patrick A. Reed
SCENOGRAPHY
Studio TK, Berlin
ORIGINAL SCORE
Sebastian M. Purfürst
Research, performance and art production space discussing the relationship of humans and nature against the background of anthropocentrism.
An artistic collaboration between
Hannah Ma Dance, DE
The People United, LU) and
Sebastian M. Purfürst (LEM-Studios, Berlin)
and their teams
DIRECTED BY
Hannah Ma
LIVE MUSIC / VIDEO / PHOTOGRAPHY
Sebastian M. Purfürst
MORE INFO
PHOTO SEBASTIAN M. PURFÜRST LIVE
SHOP
INTO THE
UNKNOWN
ONDA
ONDA | INTO THE UNKNOWN
OUR CONTRIBUTION
SOUNDTRACK
Concept and Composition
Live Performance
VIDEO INSTALLATION
DoP
Filming / Editing
ARTWORK
Photography
Design and Layout
PRODUCTION CREDITS
PRODUCER AND DIRECTOR
Hannah Ma
PERFORMERS
Ritsuko Matsuoka | Sergio Mel | Maher Abdul Moaty | Christin Reinartz | Valentina Zappa
FUNDINGS AND SUPPORT
Trois C-L/ Centre de Création Chorégraphique Luxembourgeois, Ministry of Culture Rhineland-Phalatinate, Arts Foundation Sparkasse Trier, LEM-Studios Berlin, Tuchfabrik Trier, UJ Arts & Culture / University of Johannesburg
SEMMEL EXHIBITIONS
PRESENTS
SPIDER-MAN:
BEYOND
AMAZING
THE EXHIBITION
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Exhibition Content and related Artwork ©2025 MARVEL
Semmel Exhibitions and Marvel Entertainment have teamed up to produce the first major touring exhibition devoted to The Amazing Spider-Man and the entire Spider-Verse of related characters.
Having premiered in 2022 with a limited engagement at San Diego’s Comic-Con Museum, Marvel's Spider-Man: Beyond Amazing – The Exhibition has been revised and expanded for this national tour, combining traditional museum presentation with modern techniques to create a unique immersive experience that both educates and entertains.
– from Semmel.de
TOUR DATES
USA (2022 - 2025)
San Diego
Kansas City
Chicago
MORE INFO
OFFICAL SOUNDTRACK
ON-SITE IMMERSIVE MIX &
STREAMING
FORMAT
Stereo | Dolby Atmos
COMPOSITION
Sebastian M. Purfürst
CREATIVE PRODUCTION
Sebastian M. Purfürst
Markus “Hossi” Hossack
Markus F.C. Buhl
SPECIAL THANKS TO
Elke Brauweiler | Christopher Zitterbart
Paul Valikoski
PRODUCED BY
Semmel Exhibitions
PUBLISHED BY
SONY Classics
LINKS
MARVEL.COM
Soundtrack for Spider-Man: Beyond Amazing Exhibit Swings Onto Streaming
EXLCUSIVE VINYL EDITION
OFFICAL TRAILER
WEB | SOCIAL MEDIA
ARTWORK
© MARVEL | SEMMEL Exhibitions
CONCEPT / MOTION DESIGN 2D / 3D
Sebastian M. Purfürst
Markus F.C. Buhl
SOUND DESIGN | MIX | MASTERING
Sebastian M. Purfürst
IMMERSIVE
PHOTO OP
CREDITS
SCENOGRAPHY
Studio TK, Berlin
MEDIA CONCEPT AND MOTION DESIGN
Sebastian M. Purfürst
Markus F.C.Buhl
3D-PRINT AND MODEL
Markus F.C.Buhl
MILES MORALES
The Miles Morales photo op is part of the
“SPIDER - MAN Beyond Amazing – The Exhibition” and “MARVEL Earth’s Mightiest Exhibition”.
It features a life-sized Miles statue and various projected NYC themed backgrounds.
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Exhibition Content and related Artwork ©2025 MARVEL
MARVEL | SPIDER-MAN BEYOND AMAZING
OUR CONTRIBUTION
ACOUSTIC SCENOGRAPHY
Creative and Technical Planning
On-Site Setup and Implementation
Additional Sound FX and Soundscapes
SOUNDTRACK
Composition
PROMOTION AND ARTWORK
Motion Poster
PRODUCTION CREDITS
PRODUCER
Semmel Exhibitions
CURATORS
Ben Saunders
Patrick A. Reed
SCENOGRAPHY
Studio TK, Berlin
ORIGINAL SCORE
Sebastian M. Purfürst
SEMMEL EXHIBITIONS
PRESENTS
MARVEL
UNIVERSE
OF SUPER HEROES
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Exhibition Content and related Artwork ©2025 MARVEL
This blockbuster exhibition takes visitors on a journey through 85 years of Marvel history in comics, films and other media. Walk-through sets, interactive displays and an immersive sound experience by film composer Lorne Balfe bring the world of comic books to life. Alongside these attractions, the exhibition is also an homage to such creative minds as Stan Lee, Jack Kirby and Steve Ditko, whose creations are the foundation of the ever-growing network of stories in the Marvel Universe that we know and love today.
In Marvel: Universe of Super Heroes, you will discover original artifacts, including real costumes, props and original art - from the origins of the Marvel Universe in the 1940s of New York to the present day. The exhibition shows the enormous influence of Super Heroes on pop culture worldwide and reveals the stories behind individual characters such as Captain America or Captain Marvel at the same time. During the tour, you can feel your way through the mysterious mirror dimension of Doctor Strange or pose for a selfie alongside life-size representations of Black Panther or Spider-Man.
– from Semmel.de
TOUR DATES
USA (2018 - 2023)
Seattle
Philadelphia
Charlotte
Chicago
Portland
CANADA (2019)
Edmonton
SWITZERLAND (2023)
Basel
SPAIN (2024)
Madrid
OFFICAL TRAILER
WEB | SOCIAL MEDIA | CINEMA
ARTWORK
© MARVEL | Semmel Exhibitions
CONCEPT AND MOTION DESIGN
Sebastian M. Purfürst
Markus F.C. Buhl
ORIGINAL SOUNDTRACK
Lorne Balfe
SOUND DESIGN | MIX | MASTERING
Sebastian M. Purfürst
MARVEL UNIVERSE OF SUPER HEROES
ROUGH GUIDE TO THE SONIC UNIVERSE
[X] memorable hookline (“leitmotif”) for uni-versal use (exhibition soundtrack/web/media formats)
[X] emotional, touching, exciting, secretive: the musical translation of the heroes journey
[X] the main can be transformed, scaled, morphed into various musical shapes to avoid an "acoustic overkill”
[X] the good vs. The evil: you feel the presence of the dark forces to make our hero-theme shine
[X] the main theme stems will be used to create the necessary elements for all the media derivates, films and web formats
MAIN THEME
SOUNDTRACK VS. AMBIENT TRACK
The soundtrack and the ambient track run fully synced and support each other. The soundtrack version is the actual piece of music which is presented in the musical sweet spots (e.g. cinema / outro zone).
The ambient version is a “blurred”, highly reduced version of the soundtrack. It’s main purpose is the use as an atmospheric emotional backdrop in the exhibtion space. Both tracks run simultaneously. The visitor will experience the change of complexity by walking through the different zones.
The so called “bleeding” in the zone of acoustic transition is smoothed because the soundtrack and the ambient track share the same key and same musical basis and support each other.
MAIN THEME
WAVES OF INTENSITY
The main theme will be audible as a soundtrack and an ambient track version troughout the exhibition.
The narrative density of the music can float free almost wavelike in intervals.
The idea is to present the theme with a strong emotional impact – and then again give the audience some acoustic space and time to develop their own thoughts, emotions and perspectives on what’s being displayed.
WEB TEASER SERIES
SOCIAL MEDIA
ARTWORK
© MARVEL | SEMMEL Exhibitions
CONCEPT AND MOTION DESIGN
Sebastian M. Purfürst
MUSIC
Lorne Balfe
SOUND DESIGN | MIX | MASTERING
Sebastian M. Purfürst
MARVEL | UNIVERSE OF SUPER HEROES
OUR CONTRIBUTION
ACOUSTIC SCENOGRAPHY
Creative and Technical Planning
On-Site Setup and Implementation
Additional Sound FX and Soundscapes
INTRODUCTIONARY FILM
Foley Art
Mixing and Mastering
PROMOTION AND ARTWORK
Motion Design Exhibition Trailer
Motion Design Social Media Campaign
PRODUCTION CREDITS
PRODUCER
Semmel Exhibitions
CURATORS
Ben Saunders
Patrick A. Reed
SCENOGRAPHY
Studio TK, Berlin
ORIGINAL SCORE
Lorne Balfe
HAMLET
DER REST IST
SCHWEIGEN
Hamlet reist zur Beerdigung seines Vaters in seine Heimat. Als er dort ankommt, hat seine Mutter bereits seinen Onkel Claudius geheiratet und diesen so zum neuen König gemacht. Hamlet ist schockiert.
Das Treiben der höfischen Welt ist ihm ekel, schal, flach und unersprießlich. In der Nacht erscheint dem jungen Hamlet der Geist seines Vaters, der ihm eröffnet, dass er von seinem Bruder ermordet worden sei.
Er fordert seinen Sohn auf, ihn zu rächen. Doch Hamlet zweifelt, er zögert, er hinterfragt und will den Wahrheitsgehalt dieser Erscheinung prüfen. So entschließt er sich auf der Suche nach Beweisen von nun an ein sonderliches Wesen an den Tag zu legen, um seinen Onkel zu überführen …
Hamlet konfrontiert uns immer wieder mit den Fragen von Macht und Ohnmacht, Orientierung und Orientierungslosigkeit, Handeln und Handlungsunfähigkeit.
Staatstheater Mainz, 2017
MOUSETRAP GAME
STAGE VISUAL
8-Bit Game Console Look
for Cut Scene in “Hamlet”
CONCEPT AND MOTION DESIGN
Sebastian M. Purfürst
Markus F.C. Buhl
PHOTOGRAPHY
Delmar Mavignier
HAMLET
OUR CONTRIBUTION
SOUNDTRACK
Concept and Composition
On-Site Mix
STAGE VISUALS
Concept
Editing
Motion Design
ARTWORK
Trailer Production
Photography
PRODUCTION CREDITS
DIRECTOR
K.D. Schmidt
STAGE DESIGN
Valentin Köhler
MUSIC AND STAGE VISUALS
Sebastian M. Purfürst with support by
Markus F.C. Buhl and Delmar Mavignier
PRODUCTION
Staatstheater Mainz, DE
SELECTED WORK HISTORY
MARVEL – EARTH’S MIGHTIEST EXHIBITION
Semmel Exhibitions
Acoustic Scenography and
Original Soundtrack Composition
Media Installation “Miles Morales”
On-Site Implementation
Cologne, DE (2025)
Wellington, NZ (2023)
DISNEY 100 – THE EXHIBITION
Semmel Exhibitions
Acoustic Scenography
Sound Design
On-Site Implementation
Philadelphia, US (2023)
Munich, DE (2023)
Chicago, US (2023)
London, UK (2024)
Kansas City, US (2024)
Seoul, KR (2024)
Paris, FR (2025)
SPIDER-MAN – BEYOND AMAZING
Semmel Exhibitions
Acoustic Scenography
Composition and Production Soundtrack
On-Site Setup and Implementation
Media Installation "Atrium"
Media Installation "NYC Corner"
Media Installation "Miles Morales"
Motion Design Exhibition Trailer
San Diego, US (2022)
Kansas City, US (2023)
Chicago, US (2025)
MARVEL – UNIVERSE OF SUPER HEROES
Semmel Exhibitions
Acoustic Scenography
On-Site Setup and Implementation
Motion Design Exhibition Trailer
Seattle, US (2018)
Philadelphia, US (2019)
Chicago, US (2021)
Portland, US (2022)
Charlotte, US (2023)
Edmonton, CA (2019)
Basel, CH (2024)
Madrid, ES (2024)
DEUTSCHES FUSSBALLMUSEUM
NeoNext | PxB
Creative and Technical Consulting
On-Site Implementation and Mix
Dortmund, DE (2024)
INVASION(S)
Hannah Ma Dance Company
Multichannel Soundtrack
Stage Visuals
Luxembourg, LU (2022)
Johannesburg, ZA (2022)
Trier, DE (2022)
ONDA | INTO THE UNKNOWN
Hannah Ma Dance Company
Composition Soundtrack
Live Performance
Video Installation
Photography
Artwork
Luxembourg, LU (2021)
Trier, DE (2021)
Berlin, DE (2021)
MUTTER COURAGE UND IHRE KINDER
Staatstheater Mainz
Composition Soundtrack
Stage Visuals
Mainz, DE (2021)
AM LIMIT 360°
Experimenta Heilbronn
Composition Soundtrack
On-Site Mix
Heilbronn, DE (2019)
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