The sun may be hot but the earth still turns around it. Here at Q-O2 we’re busy preparing a few new impulses for after the summer, as well as some little treats for those summer stayers in the city. Our communication colleague Dries may be on a bike tour, but we are channelling his enthusiasm through this newsletter.
The end of the summer is also a new beginning: we will be starting tekhnē, our new Creative Europe collaboration with likeminded partners in sound: GMEA (FR), CTM (DE), Skaņu Mezs (LV), [removed] (PT), and TRAFO (PL). Below you’ll find more information, plus a link to the first open calls for research residencies – and don’t forget to sign up for the [removed]
Alongside those, we’re also launching our regular call for residents, to search for new artists and researchers to join us in Q-O2 next year.
And – for those still in the city there will be a number of post-residency presentations, beginning with a series of listening walks around Molenbeek by Yannick Guédon and D’Incise.
European collaborative project
tekhnē tekhnē is a collaborative project in which six European organisations aim to explore the emancipatory potential of technology in music and sound art. By engaging critically and creatively with technology, and by putting the focus on the user rather than the developer, technologies and methodologies can be demystified and lead to more autonomous mindsets towards the tools around us. => read more about the project and sign up for the newsletter
tekhnē is pleased to launch the first calls for its collaborative project: research residencies between two and six weeks will be offered by GMEA, TRAFO and Q-O2; a call for commissions for hybrid radio / live performance works, to be premiered during the CTM Festival in February 2024, will be hosted by CTM.
More information on the research residencies can be found HERE More information on the call for commissions can be found HERE
Call for residencies
Q-O2 residencies 2024 Q-O2 will host 14 residencies in 2024 of which 7 for international and 7 for local artists (living in Belgium) working with, on or around sound. We are open for artists, art workers and theorists who wish to work on a research-oriented project (please mind that we do not organise residencies directed at production).
We offer a work studio and material, a creative and communicative environment, and the possibility to present your work to a public and/or propose a workshop. For international residents we provide accommodation in a shared apartment and a contribution to travel expenses of max 150€. A small subsistence budget will be reserved for all artists who do not come with other funding. Residencies are usually four weeks long.
To apply, please send a concise project proposal of not more than one page and a link to your website or other secondary information by September 15th to [read more]
Post-residency sound walk 18 – 20 July – on appointment – free – @ Q-O2 Yannick Guédon & D’incise As part of their residency, D’incise and Yannick Guédon are offering listening walks in the vicinity of Q-O2. This very recent duet assembles sound motifs and silences, listens to birds, and examines the way in which a specific territory shapes certain musical practices.
Each tour lasts an hour and a half. You can make an appointment to attend by email: [read more]