Sound & Art Annual Meeting

15 Aug 2025

Join our Sound & Art Annual Meeting on August 15th in Struer, Denmark. The event takes place during this year’s Struer Tracks – Biennial for Sound and Listening, in collaboration with SPOR Festival.

The 2025 edition of Struer Tracks centers on the theme Communal Practice, exploring how communities take shape through sound and listening. Aligned with this theme, the Sound & Art Annual Meeting will delve into sound’s artistic potential to connect people and foster a sense of belonging.

In a world marked by fragmentation, the program highlights the significance of shared experiences and the role of sound in nurturing social cohesion and cultural exchange. The day will feature dialogue, knowledge sharing, and artistic exploration. Participants – including artists, curators, and other professionals from the sound art scene – are invited to engage in discussions, experience the communal listening and lecture-performance Jendela Sonorama, and join a guided walk to explore three art projects at this year’s Struer Tracks. 

 

PROGRAM

10:00 – 10:15 | Welcome Location: Søsportens Hus

10:15 – 11:15 | Curated Check-in: The Sound Art Scene in Conversation

Three representatives from the sound art scene will each give a five-minute presentation, posing a question related to the meeting’s theme, followed by a ten-minute discussion with the audience.

11:15 – 11:30 | Short Break

11:30 – 12:15 | Lecture by Pedro Oliveira & Ariel Orah: Jendela Sonorama

Pedro Oliveira and Ariel Orah will share their experiences of creating Jendela Sonorama, a communal listening session and spontaneous composition lecture-performance they developed in 2020. Drawing from their diverse backgrounds in São Paulo, Singapore, and Berlin, they will explore themes of diaspora, identity, and community across continents. The lecture will delve into how sound and music intersect with cultural heritage, migration, and the complexities of the Global South, offering reflections that will inspire further conversations during lunchtime.

12:15 – 13:15 | Lunch 

13:15 – 14:00 | Performance: Jendela Sonorama by Pedro Oliveira & Ariel Orah
Jendela Sonorama blends live electronics and sampling in a communal listening session, unpacking affective sonic histories of colonialism and exploring ideas of “national identity” through South-South dialogues – not only between Indonesia and Brazil, but also extending the conversation to Europe, its diaspora, and its limits. 

14:00 – 15:20 | Group Walk: Exploring 3 installations from Struer Tracks

Together, we’ll explore three curated installations from the Struer Tracks Biennial, with some of the featured artists joining us to share their insights and perspectives. This walk is meant to spark dialogue and interaction, making it a shared and collaborative experience for everyone involved

15:20- 15:30  | At the end of the walk we will have a brief recap before finishing the day

 

Communal Dinner + Struer Tracks Performances

Join us for the evening program of the annual meeting, starting with a communal dinner at 18:00 at Søsportens Hus. Participation in the communal dinner is at your own expense, but we will provide drinks and delicious vegan food at affordable prices. To help us plan the catering, please RSVP to stine@soundartlab.org

The evening continues at 20:00 with Struer Tracks performances in The Cube, Bang & Olufsen’s electroacoustic measurement facility. Explore the full Struer Tracks program at struertracks.dk – the biennial is free and open to everyone!

 

 

BIO 

  • Pedro Oliveira is a researcher, sound artist, and educator engaged in an anti-colonial exploration of listening and its intersections with violence at Europe’s borders. He is currently a visiting lecturer at Sound Studies and Sonic Arts, Universität der Künste Berlin.

 

  • Ariel William Orah is a Berlin-based Indonesian artist, community catalyst, and cultural practitioner. Born in Bandung, Indonesia, he has lived and worked in Berlin for the past 13 years. His artistic practice centers on diasporic and socially engaged art-making, with research interests in social and climate injustice, as well as the trilogy of identity, memory, and scarcity

Call for contributions:

This year, the annual meeting features a curated check-in, where three voices from the sound art scene will give a five-minute presentation, posing a question related to the meeting’s theme, followed by a ten-minute discussion with the audience.

The aim is to spark dialogue, not just individual presentations. If you’d like to contribute, please send a brief proposal to stine@soundartlab.org no later than June 15th. 

Registration: 

Participation in the Sound & Art Annual Meeting is free (lunch and coffee included), and everyone is welcome. 

Registration is done by email to stine@soundartlab.org before August 7. There will be a no-show fee of 300 DKK in case of cancellation later than August 11th.

 

Sound & Art Annual Meeting is an initiative started by SPOR Festival, Struer Tracks, and Sound Art Lab, developed in collaboration with Art Music Denmark and the Danish Composers’ Society.

The aim of the annual meeting is to strengthen networking and knowledge sharing for everyone working artistically with sound, with a focus on a highly relevant topic.