As being part of the programming team I’m proudly to announce the opening upcoming Thursday the 23rd, of Sonic Acts ‘The Poetics of Space’. Which will be held in Amsterdam at various locations such as Paradiso, NIMk, de Balie and the Artis Planetarium. This year’s edition will be an exploration in art, science, music and technology. With lectures among others by Derrick de Kerckhove, Trace Ladell and Barry Truax. Films by directors such as Paul Sharits, Laszlo Moholy Nagy, Makino Takashi & Jom O’Rourke and Takashi Ito. Performances by Hasswell & Hecker, Monolake and Jurgen Reble & Thomas Kohner. Work will be exhibited by artists such as H.C. Gilje, Jacob Kirkegaard and Carlo Bernadini.
The title of the thirteenth Sonic Acts Festival, The Poetics of Space, is derived from the English translation of the book La Poétique de l’Espace (1958) by the French philosopher Gaston Bachelard. In this work Bachelard meticulously describes the influence of space and architecture on humans and implicitly argues for a new type of architecture based on experience and imagination, an approach that is not only rooted in science or functionality.
For a full programme schedule, artist notes, lecture information please visit: sonicacts.com.
A direct link to a downloadble brochure can be found here: Sonic Acts XIII programme.
For all you twitter fans: Sonic Acts Twitter
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