When does curating ‘malfunction’, or not work as it should, and to what extent should curators interact with works and materials from outside their own field of knowledge? Treading on the opaque borders of curatorial copyright, the symposium Glitch Curation seeks to decipher the current discourses and frontiers of new music curation, exploring its moral, […]
Japanese vocal performer Hatis Noit is a genuine musical traveller. Born in Hokkaido, a pilgrimage to Buddha’s birthplace in Nepal at the age of 16 made her realise her destiny was to sing. Now relocated to London, Hatis Noit is inspired by a wide range of musical influences, from classical Japanese gagaku music, black metal […]
A Sound Walk by Gyrid Nordal Kaldestad Gyrid Nordal Kaldestad has created a sound walk around Akershus Fortress, which has many viewpoints over the city and out to sea. The sounds and her voice in your ears tell poetic stories and invite the public to reflect on their own relationships to familiar and unfamiliar places. […]
Institutional Audibilities – Archival PoeticsCurating Course with Irene Revell, meLê yamomo and guests Are you a curator interested in exploring and reflecting upon your own practice within music and sound? The 3rd edition of the Sounds Now Curating Diversity Course takes place in Oslo at Ultima Oslo Contemporary Music Festival September 19th to 23rd 2023 […]
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 […]
World premiere at SPOR Festival Eva Reiter and Karin Harrasser’s Eupepsia/Dyspepsia is a sound museum. It depicts the history of 18th century Bolivia, and the violent effects of its colonisation by Spain. Through a large-scale work envisioned as part-conference, part-performance, Reiter documents the Indigenous music of the country, and the way it travelled to Europe […]
September 25, 2020, 10.30 a.m. to 8 p.m. CET Co-hosted by the Akademie der Künste, inm-berlin and Ultima in Berlin, Germany The livestream can be freely viewed on this website, as well as in the following places: YouTube – Akademie der Künste Facebook – Initiative Neue Musik Berlin About the symposium The symposium “Curating Diversity […]
Oslo Musics – September 11, 2020 A Sounds Now Open Space Sandeep Bhagwati unites musicians across cultural divides. Oslo Musics ensemble Sandeep Bhagwati:Virelai Chakra (2020, WP)…er kvar gong nytt, våre uforståelege gamle musikken… (2020, WP)A Sonic Migrants Manifest Chakra (2020, WP)Moments éphémères (2020, WP) SN partner Ultima Oslo Contemporary Music Festival commissioned Sandeep Bhagwati to […]
