The website memoryloops.net forms the central element of the artwork on which all audio tracks can be found on a map drawn by the artist.
Five of the German and one of the English audio tracks are one-hour Memory Loops that cover the whole city area with a focus on different subjects. The Loop in English can be found and downloaded here.

In addition, signs around the city with URLs and telephone numbers at principal locations throughout Munich provide direct-dial access to the 61 audio tracks associated with a particular location at local rates. Should no internet link be available, individual audio tracks can still be called up on site at any time by phoning specific numbers.

• Map of all signs

1. 1 Gärtnerplatz 3
   DE 089 210 833 2101 01 06:24
   EN +49 89 210 833 2102 01 06:27
2. 2 Neuhauser Straße
   DE 089 210 833 2101 02 05:03
   EN +49 89 210 833 2102 02 00:44
3. 3 Altheimer Eck 19
   (formerly Sitz Tageszeitung Münchener Post)
   DE 089 210 833 2101 03 02:33
   EN +49 89 210 833 2102 03 02:27
4. 4 Hermann-Schmid-Straße 5
   (formerly Israelitisches Krankenhaus)
   DE 089 210 833 2101 04 02:50
   EN +49 89 210 833 2102 04 04:00
5. 5 Prinzregentenstraße 2
   DE 089 210 833 2101 05 02:44
   EN +49 89 210 833 2102 05 02:46
6. 6 Maria-Theresia-Straße 23
   DE 089 210 833 2101 06 05:56
7. 7 Paul-Heyse-Straße 9
   (formerly Münchner-Augsburger Abendzeitung)
   DE 089 210 833 2101 07 01:53
   EN +49 89 210 833 2102 07 01:51
8. 8 Sonnenstraße / Ecke Schwanthalerstraße
   DE 089 210 833 2101 08 01:58
   EN +49 89 210 833 2102 08 01:50
9. 9 Odeonsplatz 17
   DE 089 210 833 2101 09 03:19
   EN +49 89 210 833 2102 09 03:10
10. 10 Praterinsel 5
    DE 089 210 833 2101 10 03:09
11. 11 Klenzestraße 4
    (formerly Rittersche Speiseanstalt)
    DE 089 210 833 2101 11 05:20
    EN +49 89 210 833 2102 11 05:14
12. 12 Weinstraße 14
    (formerly Geschäftsstelle des FC Bayern München)
    DE 089 210 833 2101 12 03:31
    EN +49 89 210 833 2102 12 03:31
13. 13 Fürstenrieder Straße 46
    DE 089 210 833 2101 13 05:30
    EN +49 89 210 833 2102 13 05:02
14. 14 Königsplatz / Arcisstraße
    DE 089 210 833 2101 14 04:52
    EN +49 89 210 833 2102 14 04:43
15. 15 Sendlinger Straße 34
    DE 089 210 833 2101 15 02:23
    EN +49 89 210 833 2102 15 02:39
16. 16 Pestalozzistraße 40
    (formerly Gewerkschaftshaus)
    DE 089 210 833 2101 16 05:36
17. 17 Geschwister-Scholl-Platz 1
    DE 089 210 833 2101 17 03:01
    EN +49 89 210 833 2102 17 04:53
18. 18 Leopoldstraße 36
    DE 089 210 833 2101 18 05:27
    EN +49 89 210 833 2102 18 05:13
19. 19 Bahnhofsplatz 7
    DE 089 210 833 2101 19 03:34
    EN +49 89 210 833 2102 19 03:24
20. 20 Hauptbahnhof / Bahnhofsplatz
    DE 089 210 833 2101 20 04:31
    EN +49 89 210 833 2102 20 04:17
21. 21 Rundfunkplatz 1
    DE 089 210 833 2101 21 04:24
22. 22 Dachauer Straße 2
    DE 089 210 833 2101 22 02:58
23. 23 Galeriestraße 4
    DE 089 210 833 2101 23 05:51
24. 24 Prinzregentenstraße 1
    DE 089 210 833 2101 24 05:51
25. 25 Türkenstraße 94
    DE 089 210 833 2101 25 07:49
    EN +49 89 210 833 2102 25 07:24
26. 26 Rosenheimer Straße 29
    (formerly Bürgerbräukeller)
    DE 089 210 833 2101 26 07:49
    EN +49 89 210 833 2102 26 07:24
27. 27 Karlsplatz / Sonnenstraße
    DE 089 210 833 2101 27 03:08
    EN +49 89 210 833 2102 27 02:20
28. 28 Lenbachplatz 3
    DE 089 210 833 2101 28 03:29
    EN +49 89 210 833 2102 28 03:52
29. 29 Nußbaumstraße 20
    DE 089 210 833 2101 29 02:53
    EN +49 89 210 833 2102 29 03:03
30. 30 Marienplatz, Rathaus
    DE 089 210 833 2101 30 03:49
    EN +49 89 210 833 2102 30 03:20
31. 31 Luisenstraße / Elisenstraße
    DE 089 210 833 2101 31 03:30
    EN +49 89 210 833 2102 31 03:16
32. 32 Herzog-Rudolf-Straße 3–5
    (formerly Orthodoxe Synagoge und Jüdische Volksschule)
    DE 089 210 833 2101 32 04:36
    EN +49 89 210 833 2102 32 04:36
33. 33 Reichenbachstraße 6
    DE 089 210 833 2101 33 05:02
    EN +49 89 210 833 2102 33 04:45
34. 34 Reichenbachstraße 27
    DE 089 210 833 2101 34 08:32
    EN +49 89 210 833 2102 34 08:16
35. 35 Hohenzollernstraße 4
    DE 089 210 833 2101 35 08:32
    EN +49 89 210 833 2102 35 08:16
36. 36 Herzog-Max-Straße 7
    (formerly Hauptsynagoge und Gemeindezentrum)
    DE 089 210 833 2101 36 05:04
    EN +49 89 210 833 2102 36 04:02
37. 37 Max-Joseph-Platz 2
    DE 089 210 833 2101 37 03:11
    EN +49 89 210 833 2102 37 03:04
38. 38 Mariannenbrücke
    DE 089 210 833 2101 38 04:23
39. 39 Maistraße 11
    DE 089 210 833 2101 39 04:51
    EN +49 89 210 833 2102 39 04:22
40. 40 Lindwurmstraße 125
    (formerly Jüdisches Gemeindezentrum)
    DE 089 210 833 2101 40 03:25
    EN +49 89 210 833 2102 40 03:05
41. 41 Lindwurmstraße 185
    DE 089 210 833 2101 41 05:35
    EN +49 89 210 833 2102 41 05:35
42. 42 Promenadeplatz 12
    (formerly Jüdischer Kulturbund)
    DE 089 210 833 2101 42 05:26
    EN +49 89 210 833 2102 42 03:40
43. 43 Ludwigstraße 2
    (formerly Zentralministerium und Gauleitung der NSDAP)
    DE 089 210 833 2101 43 04:51
    EN +49 89 210 833 2102 43 02:29
44. 44 Ettstraße 2
    DE 089 210 833 2101 44 03:57
    EN +49 89 210 833 2102 44 04:16
45. 45 Ettstraße 2
    DE 089 210 833 2101 45 04:39
    EN +49 89 210 833 2102 45 03:32
46. 46 Ettstraße 2
    DE 089 210 833 2101 46 04:53
    EN +49 89 210 833 2102 46 05:00
47. 47 Briennerstraße 20
    (formerly Wittelsbacher Palais, Sitz der Gestapo)
    DE 089 210 833 2101 47 03:17
    EN +49 89 210 833 2102 47 05:28
48. 48 Karlstraße 21
    (formerly Reichsärztekammer)
    DE 089 210 833 2101 48 06:28
    EN +49 89 210 833 2102 48 04:59
49. 49 Sparkassenstraße 2
    (formerly Städtisches Gesundheitsamt)
    DE 089 210 833 2101 49 06:28
    EN +49 89 210 833 2102 49 04:59
50. 50 Nußbaumstraße 7
    DE 089 210 833 2101 50 06:28
    EN +49 89 210 833 2102 50 04:59
51. 51 Marsstraße / Zirkus-Krone-Straße
    DE 089 210 833 2101 51 02:49
    EN +49 89 210 833 2102 51 02:56
52. 52 Schmied-Kochel-Straße 9
    DE 089 210 833 2101 52 03:05
    EN +49 89 210 833 2102 52 01:00
53. 53 Max-Joseph-Straße 2
    DE 089 210 833 2101 53 05:38
54. 54 Widenmayerstraße 27
    (formerly Arisierungsstelle)
    DE 089 210 833 2101 54 05:38
55. 55 Kaufingerstraße 14
    (formerly Städtisches Gewerbeamt)
    DE 089 210 833 2101 55 05:38
    EN +49 89 210 833 2102 55 00:44
56. 56 Museumsinsel 1
    DE 089 210 833 2101 56 03:52
    EN +49 89 210 833 2102 56 01:54
57. 57 Möhlstraße
    DE 089 210 833 2101 57 02:29
58. 58 Justizpalast
    DE 089 210 833 2101 58 03:50
    EN +49 89 210 833 2102 58 02:55
59. 59 Augustenstraße 96
    DE 089 210 833 2101 59 06:25
    EN +49 89 210 833 2102 59 06:25
60. 60 Hauptbahnhof / Holzkirchner Bahnhof
    DE 089 210 833 2101 60 05:03
    EN +49 89 210 833 2102 60 04:51
61. 61 Theatinerstraße 21
    (formerly Innenministerium)
    DE 089 210 833 2101 61 06:28
    EN +49 89 210 833 2102 61 04:59

With her work Memory Loops, Michaela Melián has been awarded first prize in the art competition ‘Victims of National Socialism: New Forms of Remembering and Remembrance’ held by the Bavarian State Capital of Munich. The project is being carried out in cooperation with the Bavarian Broadcasting Corporation / Radio Play and Media Art Dept.

From the jury’s explanation

“Ms. Melián’s work deals in an artistically sophisticated way with the fates of all the victims of National Socialism. At the same time, the perpetrators have not been excluded either. The most varied historical dimensions are analysed focussing on certain ‘crystallisation points’ in the City of Munich. Using archival material and contemporary witness statements, Melián artistically shapes voice-collages of the highest quality. Research and realisation entail broad institutional networking that already involves the integration of younger generations.

The artwork is decentralised and at the same time refers to historically important sites. By means of Memory Loops (voice-collages) on mobile phones and other sound storage media, Melián creates an all-pervasive form of remembering and remembrance. Melián’s concept of the decentral, the personal, the immaterial and the temporary, together with a high degree of audience participation, opens up avenues for knowledge and experience, underpinned by humanism and democracy, that avoid the interpretative presumption of specialist opinion. Cautiously but insistently, Melián’s project articulates an appeal to humanness and democracy in the face of the atrocities of National Socialism.”

Jury members

• Prof. Liz Bachhuber, Bauhaus University Weimar
• Chris Dercon, Director, Haus der Kunst, Munich
• Dr. Cornelia Gockel, Art critic, Munich
• Prof. Dr. Raphael Gross, Director Leo Baeck Institute London
  Jewish Museum and Fritz Bauer Institute, Frankfurt
• Prof. Dr. Kai-Uwe Hemken, Kunsthochschule Kassel
• Dr. Angelika Nollert, Director, Neues Museum, Nuremberg

Michaela Melián, an artist and musician, lives in Munich and Hamburg. She is a professor for time-based media at the Hochschule für bildende Künste (HfbK), Hamburg. She is a member of the band F.S.K. (Freiwillige Selbstkontrolle).

In 2008 Michaela Melián was the winner of the competition „Opfer des Nationalsozialismus – Neue Formen des Erinnerns und Gedenkens“ („Victims of National Socialism – New Forms of Remembering and Remembrance“), initiated by the City of Munich, with her concept Memory Loops.

Selection of exhibitions

Home Less Home, Museum on the Seam, Jerusalem (2010); See this Sound, Lentos Museum Linz (2010); Ludlow 38, New York (2009); The Dwelling, ACCA Melbourne, Australia (2009); Speicher, Ulmer Museum (2008); Speicher, Cubitt Gallery, London (2008); Recollecting, MAK Vienna (2008); Vertrautes Terrain, ZKM Karlsruhe (2007); TALK/SHOW, k.m@tranzit dielne, Bratislava (2007); Föhrenwald, KW Kunstwerke Berlin (2006)

Radio plays

• Speicher (BR und Münchner Kammerspiele 2008)
• Föhrenwald (BR / kunstraum münchen 2005)
• Konvent (mit Thomas Meinecke und David Moufang, BR / ZKM / intermedium 2, 2002)

Prizes

• 2011 Radio Play of the Year presented by the Deutsche Akademie der Darstellenden Künste for Memory Loops
• 2010 The City of Munich Art Prize
• 2009 Radio Play of the Year presented by the Deutsche Akademie der Darstellenden Künste for Speicher
• 2006 Hörspielpreis der Kriegsblinden / award / Radio art prize for Föhrenwald
• 2005 ARD Radio Play Prize and ARD-Online Award for Föhrenwald

“Her work and her use of both real and metaphorical space is spare yet encompassing, assured and quite moving.”
Roberta Smith, New York Times

“Michaela Melián’s artistic appropriation of history is reminiscent of Benjamin’s historico-philosophical concept concerning the dialectic image, in which past and present come together in one constellation, immediately shedding light on their relationship.”
Petra Löffler, Springerin contemporary art magazine, Vienna

“German artist Michaela Melián has explored the politics of memory for many years now. Her works become blueprints for an approach to history in which the alacrity of deconstructive criticism is intimately tied to an appreciation of people whose life and work made a difference.”
Jan Verwoert, Frieze Magazine, London