Neighbouring Frequencies – a networking event on sound art in the Netherlands and Belgium

We have reached the limit for available spots, therefore registrations are closed.

DutchCulture and Kunstenpunt joined forces once again by organising a networking event around sound art in the Netherlands and Belgium on 2 June. Neighboring Frequencies is a part of the 9th FIBER Festival, in which STUK, FIBER and de Brakke Grond present installations, performances and lectures about sound art.

Sound art – an eclectic mix of artworks, design projects and performances – is a unifying element between the Netherlands and Belgium. There is a lively field of hybrid art practices in which the investigation of sound is central in many artistic, technical and critical forms. In the process, there is regular collaboration across borders. There is a noticeable rise in public interest in sound art, which thrives on the confluence of music, visual art, architecture, software development, creative coding and audiovisual creativity, increasingly with a social focus. The spectrum of sound art works ranges from immersive spatial installations and the innovation of unique instruments to performative concerts, audio interventions in public spaces and experimental stage performances.

For the networking programme and lunch, we are inviting a selection of Belgium and Netherlands-based artists, designers, makers, researchers and innovators from different fields to engage in dialogue, and to explore and create new paradigms within the artistic and creative landscape.

Networking programme and lunch
11:15 – 11:30    Doors open
11:30 – 11:50    Welcome words by FIBER and Brakke Grond & Introductions by DutchCulture and Kunstenpunt
11:50 – 13:00    Lunch & Networking

Discounted access to the public programme
This networking programme and lunch is part of a one-day professionals and showcase programme to highlight the exchange, presentation and future development of sound art between the Netherlands and Belgium. You will also have discounted access (ticket costs €10) to the public programme, an afternoon filled with performances, an exhibition, talks about the Belgian and Dutch sound art field and closing drinks with the aim to make connections and seek out new opportunities for interdisciplinary and cross-border cooperation.

More information about the public programme can be found here in English and here in Dutch.