Curator: The creator of meaningful connections between a work, an artist and an audience.
Sounds Now is a network of 9 European music festivals and arts centres that promote contemporary music, experimental music and sound art.
In this project, we are concerned with the way in which curation reproduces the same patterns of power and exclusion that are dominant at all levels of our societies. Sounds Now aims to actively stimulate inclusion in our professional field and thus open up the capacity and possibility for different experiences, conditions and perspectives in shaping the sonic art that reaches audiences today.
The project includes a range of actions including labs for curators, learning programs run by artists, composers and experts, new productions, symposia and research. These actions will generate a much-needed discourse on music curation, provide experience to participants in a variety of social and cultural contexts, and diversify the current pool of curators by providing new pathways into the profession.
Sounds Now is supported by Creative Europe, the European Commission’s framework programme for support to the culture and audiovisual sectors. The Sounds Now project gratefully acknowledges the support provided by Creative Europe, bringing artists and cultural operators the opportunity to create works and improve practices, thereby contributing to a strong, vibrant European music sector.