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The Politics of Participation – a film essay documenting Sounds Now, by Megan-Leigh Heilig
A film by Megan-Leigh Heilig The Politics of Participation documents various Sounds Now projects and those who made those projects possible. It is a film essay woven together through a series of interviews, filmed throughout Europe, at some of its most important contemporary music festivals. The film is a reflection on the ethics and critical questions […]
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New Music Conference: Long Table
A public discussion around what it means to have artistic freedom to move, at the New Music Conference 2022 Based on Sounds Now’s Freedom to Move project with Sofia Jernberg. The New Music Conference (NMC) is held every year during November Music festival in ‘s-Hertogenbosh, Netherlands. In 2022, Sounds Now was invited to collaborate with […]
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Curating Lab 2021: We live somewhere but we come from somewhere else
A documentary film by Megan-Leigh Heilig on the 2021 Curating Lab at Musica Impulse Centre
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Sound Art in Public Spaces at November Music 2021 – video
During the corona pandemic, more and more people discovered the beauty of their neighbourhood, nearby park or nature reserve. The public space got a face and the awareness of sparingly dealing with nature and the environment was strongly stimulated. Artists also became amazed by all the beautiful things that could be found in the nearby […]
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New Music Conference: a panel on curating inclusion
November 12, 2021 with Christos Carras, Raquel Castro, Maud Seuntjens, Monika Zyla A panel discussion organised by the New Music Conference brought together professionals associated with the Sounds Now project. They shared their experiences on curating for inclusion in sound art and contemporary music, and took questions from the audience. The event took place during […]
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Sound Art in Public Spaces at Wilde Westen – videos
During the corona pandemic, more and more people discovered the beauty of their neighbourhood, nearby park or nature reserve. The public space got a face and the awareness of sparingly dealing with nature and the environment was strongly stimulated. Artists also became amazed by all the beautiful things that could be found in the nearby […]
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Setting up Sound Art in Public Spaces
with Raquel Castro, curator Raquel Castro walks us through 5 installations from the Sound Art in Public Spaces project. Here we see her preparing for the first installations at the former Van Marcke industrial site in Kortrijk, Belgium. SAPS will take place in 5 countries of the Sounds Now project: Belgium, Netherlands, Denmark, Greece and […]
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The bEAST – Saskia Venegas Aernouts
An Open Space production from Musica, by Spanish-Belgian composer Saskia Venegas Aernouts
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Sound Art in Public Spaces – brochure
A photographic presentation of the sound art installation taking place at the Wonder Creativity Festival in Kortrijk, Belgium. Presented by Wilde Westen in the context of the Sounds Now project. The exhibition recreates a natural ecosystem inside the Van Marcke industrial site, bringing together sounds from different natural elements: water (Liquid Aesthesia), air (The Monads), […]
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Nagori Rengakai at Time of Music 2021
Watch the unfolding of this chain poem, a four-day remote collaboration between two ensembles in two cities: Ensemble Extrakte in Berlin & Tölöläb in Viitasaari. Tuesday, July 6, 2021 – WINTER In the video:Freezing seas at nightTraversed by icy currentsLit by a lone moon.1) Berlin Winter Morning2) Viitasaari Winter Nagori This icicle harpPlayed by invisible […]
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Transit Festival 2020
October 24 & 25 in Leuven, Belgium Scordatura Ensemble, ChampdAction, HYOID & IRCAM, Bernhard Lang, Eva Reiter, Heleen Van Haegenborgh, Maarten Buyl, Kate Moore and more. At Transit, Sounds Now is proud to support the “Multi-Modal Community Project” from Frederik Croene. Programme and tickets here
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George Lewis: opening speech at Ultima 2020
Renowned composer, improviser and academic George Lewis suggests that a creolized, mosaic identity is the way to achieve a new complexity and thus, greater creative depth. Watch and listen to this speech that manages to be sensitive, stern and inspiring all at once:
