post-residency performance 20 January – 18h-19h – free Louise Vind Nielsen During her stay at Q-O2 Louise Vind Nielsen is diving into the moshpit, which is the conceptual and artistic focal point of her research. The moshpit is a cluster of people gathered in front of the stage at concerts, where the audience dance energetically and push against each other, jumping up and down. It is a physical game of pushing away and catching each other, a dance between alertness and loss of control, physical collision and bodily sensation, between mental spaces and possible worlds. [read more]
performance 31 January – 19h (18h30 doors) – free Students of La Cambre: Fifteen Brain Cells Left We are cyborgs. We invite you to our cyborg tale. With sound, let’s invent a cyborgian language.
Works by Mina Albespy, Raphaël Bauduin, Clara Bougon, Lucille Briffaud, Élise Comte, Clément Decooman, Théo Desmaizières, Azad Eurdekian, Lune Jusseau, Milan Marly, Anatole Mélot, Billy Moisseron, Charly Molle Cousin, Valentine Vadella, Lou Viallon. [read more]
concert 2 February – 20h (19h30 doors) – free Kim Laugs + Gilles Gobert & Inger Elisabeth Gleditsch + Kobe Wens & DKO Sound Design / La Semaine du Son ECHO ROOM – Kim Laugs The degradation of auditory information and the resulting miscommunication focuses on habits of listening, on missing or unclear parts filled in with subjective knowledge. MøRK STEMME – Gilles Gobert & Inger Elisabeth Gleditsch Waves of darkness are created through the intensity of the voice, and gradually they invade the entire visual space. SING CIRCLE SYNC – Kobe Wens & DKO Sound Design Antwerp The human voice is used as a sound source, and in combination with a single loudspeaker the performance becomes a modern interpretation of the ancient ritual of the singing circle. [read more]
post-residency installation 4 February – 15h-18h – free Kim Laugs This installation focuses on the degradation of auditory information and the resulting miscommunication. Do we hear what we want to hear by filling in the missing or unclear parts with our own knowledge and worldview? By passing through various methods of chain communication, the voice finds its way to the listener. The listener will receive a different message depending on his or her position in the chain. [read more]
new book Elena Biserna : Going Out – Walking, Listening, Soundmaking Going Out explores the relationship between walking, listening, and soundmaking in the arts – from the first soundwalks and itinerant performances in the 1960s to today’s manifold ambulatory projects. The book consists of an extensive essay by Elena Biserna followed by an anthology of 51 historical and contemporary contributions in the form of documentation, essays, interviews, manifestos, scores, narratives and reflections. [read more / order]
wanted: room Our intern Marius Tarakdjioglou from the Fine Arts Academy in Grenoble is looking for a room between March and June 2023. If you are renting or subletting in that period, please contact Marius at
listen QOOOOOOOOOO2 @ LYL Radio: Hildegard Westerkamp This episode focusses on German Canadian composer Hildegard Westerkamp, featuring a new piece: “The Soundscape Speaks – Soundwalking Revisited”, commissioned by BEAST FEaST 2021 and presented at Q-O2’s Festival Oscillation ::: Public Address, on 30th of April 2022, at Decoratelier in Brussels. [listen here]
release Oscillation ::: Public Address Q-O2 / umland editions is pleased to present 3 split releases of live recordings from our festival Oscillation ::: Public Address that took place in April and May this year. The recordings captured six of the many beautiful performances that made up our first return to a live public festival after two years of radio only. Relive the moment or hear what you missed over at the umland bandcamp page. Issue 1: Enrico Malatesta & Attila Faravelli / Kate Carr Issue 2: Aymeric de Tapol / BMB con. Issue 3: Jasmine Guffond / Peter Kutin & Stan Maris [Bandcamp] [more info]