Sounds Now Labs bring together experienced curators with participants who are local music or sound artists from outside the new music world.
Participants may be given the opportunity to curate a programme within a partner festival, with coaching and support provided by the associated artists and project partners.
In 2023, Musica is organising the biannual “Labo Curatorship”, bringing together experienced coaches with a diverse group of creatives. During the Labo, Musica and a guest coach bring guidance in artistic approach, business, production and communication to the participants. The new curators/co-creators then take part in Babelut Parcours @ASTRA. About Babelut Parcours Babelut Parcours is […]
CURATORIAL PRACTICE IN MUSIC FESTIVAL | WORKSHOP BY MC YINKA For too long, privileged sectors of society have held the power to define good and bad taste, and to decide what does and doesn’t deserve to be seen or heard. The Sounds Now Curating Labs inject fresh voices, different perspectives and new artistic styles into […]
Ongoing from September 2022 – September 2023 For too long, privileged sectors of society have held the power to define good and bad taste, and to decide what does and doesn’t deserve to be seen or heard. The Sounds Now Curating Labs inject fresh voices, different perspectives and new artistic styles into the curation of […]
Kortrijk, Belgium – January 28-29, 2003 Wilde Westen organised Sounds Now’s first Curating Lab of 2023, bringing together young professionals from different musical backgrounds For too long, privileged sectors of society have held the power to define good and bad taste, and to decide what does and doesn’t deserve to be seen or heard. The […]
Postponed from last year due to Covid restrictions, Musica’s curating lab is back on! Musica, Impulse Centre for Music, is hosting its first Curating Lab within the framework of Sounds Now. Developed by London-based French-Cameroonian curator Christine Eyene, the Curating Lab will take Pelt (Belgium) as a point of departure, and its position as border […]
