The latest work in sonic warfare researcher Nik Nowak's arsenal is The Mantis, a two-tonne monumental sound sculpture that, in a biomimetically hydraulic manoeuvre, rears up, preparing itself to do battle at a height of four metres.

Nowak will premiere his new sonic behemoth in a face-off against his earlier Panzer loudspeaker tank across a border fence, harkening back to the sonic wars that took place during the Cold War at the German/German border in the early 1960s. Live musical interventions by Nowak and sub bass addict Kode9 featuring MC Infinite Livez, as well as video projections by Moritz Stumm, will punctuate the installations weeklong showing within Halle am Berghain.