Spatial Sound Platform: Concerts & Talks
At the crossroads of art, technology, and innovation, Spatial Sound Platform aims to engage listeners in redefining their perception of spatial sound. Throughout the biennial, the platform will be situated at Zone2Source, a glass pavilion in the heart of Amstelpark. There, we will reflect on Sonic Acts' rich history with spatial sound through the Listening Room – a programme of multi-channel listening sessions – but also live performances, workshops, and installations that invite us to share the embodied experience of listening.
The continuous two-month programme encourages visitors to return and re-visit the various sound pieces and concerts. It is envisioned as a living exhibition that challenges the ways we exhibit, present, and experience spatial sound. Whether standing, lying down or putting your body in motion, the exhibition invites you to come into contact with an ever-evolving landscape where every aural engagement is entirely unique.
Performances & Talks
Each Thursday evening, live performances and talks will contextualise various aspects of the programme.
The Listening Room
From Friday to Sunday, the Listening Room will host newly commissioned works by artists such as Felicity Mangan, KMRU, Slikback, Galen Tipton, Hugo Esquinca and Russell Haswell, and Mint Park. Additionally, iconic recordings by Annea Lockwood, Hildegard Westerkamp, BJ Nilsen, and more will be unearthed from the Sonic Acts archive and diffused through the octophonic sound installation. Sonic Acts is delighted to announce the sound installation Embedded/Embodied by Farzané, which explores sonic knowledge as a dynamic and evolving process. The installation will also be a part of the Listening Room experience.
Listen Online
All multichannel works and live performances will be accessible via our online Spatial Sound Platform during the biennial, (re)designed to stream via headphones or sound systems with spatial sound capabilities – an experimental player that we are creating as part of this long-term project.
- A project by Sonic Acts & Paradiso as part of New Perspectives for Action. A project by Re-Imagine Europe, co-funded by the European Union.
