STEIM Jamboree Session

Thursday, 10:00 – 17:00, STEIM

STEIM kick off the festival program by hosting an expert meeting with artists’ talks and discussions. Hans W. Koch and Yutaka Makino will talk about their pieces in the festival and about how they approached the theme of sound / space / performance. The second half of the session will consist of presentations by invited artists and researchers whose works are interdisciplinary and cross between music, art and science. A group discussion will follow on the potential and challenges of new areas for creativity that emerge through new collaborations.

Festival Opening Performative Lecture by Brandon LaBelle

Thursday, 17:30 – 18:00, Netherlands Media Arts Institute (NIMk)

On Thursday 25 February the festival kicks off with the opening of the exhibition at NIMk, where works of HC Gilje, Carlo Bernardini, Ralf Baecker, Jan-Peter E.R. Sonntag, Yoko Semaya,Jacob Kirkegaard and others can be seen, heard and experienced. At this occasion Brandon LaBelle will perform his lecture “Q&A, or the further adventures of a sonic body”.

Exhibition opening NIMk

Thursday, 17:00 – 19:00, Netherlands Media Arts Institute (NIMk)

On Thursday 25 February the festival kicks off with the opening of the exhibition at NIMk, where works of HC Gilje, Carlo Bernardini, Ralf Baecker, Jan-Peter E.R. Sonntag, Yoko Semaya,Jacob Kirkegaard and others can be seen, heard and experienced. At this occasion Brandon LaBelle will perform his lecture “Q&A, or the further adventures of a sonic body”.

Deep Spaces

Thursday, 20:00 – 01:00 (doors 19:30), Paradiso

The opening event Deep Spaces presents a selection of audiovisual adventures in spaces defined by sound, light, smoke and lasers. Immerse yourself in Thomas Köner’s mesmerizing spatial sound tapestries, while his colleague, Jürgen Reble, takes you on a visual journey through the darker side of his alchemical chemograms. Haswell & Hecker will perform their radical UPIC Diffusion Session, an infinity of extreme sound and engulfing lasers. The godfather of electroacoustic improvisation, Keith Rowe, and the eccentric Norwegian group, Streifenjunko, will collaborate in an improvised performance, accompanied by Kjell Bjorgeengen’s hypnotic visuals. Finally, Monolake and Tarik Barri will transport you through their spatial audiovisual universe. This event also includes screenings of several extraordinary cinematic works by Fred Worden, Anthony McCall, and others.

Anarchic Spaces

Thursday, Friday & Saturday, from 20:00, Paradiso

Sonic Acts presents a number of games that play with the conventional experience of space in Paradiso. Usually the games industry strives for a visually realistic rendering of space, believing that this enhances the realistic game experience for the players. A better experience of space is equated with having more polygons. Sonic Acts presents games that break radically with this idea.

Shop at Sonic Acts!

During Sonic Acts, WORM.shop will offer an eclectic selection of books, magazines, CDs, DVDs and other media on electronic music, sound art, noise, avant-garde, music, film, sonology, activism, underground culture, DIY, and art & media related to the festival programme.