[artinfo] Open Call for Soundgate - exhibition in Aalborg, DK.

[Csóka Edina]

Contact

piper at soundgate.dk

Lars Hansen

Phone: 004917683177259 

Fax: 004917683177259  Address

www.soundgate.dk

Soundgate

Kollwitzstr. 56

10405 Berlin

Germany          Info

Soundgate is open for submissions now! Exhibition runs from 15 october til
14 november. Exhibition will take place at Kunsten (www.kunsten.dk) Utzon
Center (www.utzoncenter.dk) and Platform4 (www.platform4.dk) 

 

 

Open Call for SoundGate - A part of Port2010, taking place in Aalborg,
Denmark in oct/nov 2010.

 

The idea behind SoundGate is to create a platform where artists globally can
contribute with their sound works and partake in the exhibition that will be
presented physically in the town of Aalborg, Denmark, more specifically at
Kunsten (the museum of modern art), Utzon Centre (the architectural centre)
and Platform4 (a great space where creative people can realize their
projects). With this selection of spaces, the aim is to target a broad
audience in order to promote sound art and 'cutting edge'-music to new and
hopefully curious ears.

 

At the selected spaces, listening posts will be set up. The audience will
only be able to access the sound through high quality headphones and track
information will be displayed on a screen. This means that there's no
audience interaction such as skipping, fast-forwarding or stopping. This
clearly challenges new concepts such as 'on-demand' and requires old school
skills such as patience, and thus hopefully stimulates focus on the actual
work. The projects only requires one action from the 'user': Listening!

 

The soundworks can be of any type, ambient, experimental, soundscapes,
microsound etc. as long as thought and effort has been put into the works.
If you, as the artist, choose to upload your work, beware that this is not a
file sharing project. Your work will be streamed at above mentioned spaces
and it will be available online. It will not be possible to download tracks
just like any kind of user interaction will be disabled on the website. You
can upload and/or listen.

 

If you, as an artist, are registered with any copyright organisation, such
as KODA (Denmark), GEMA (Germany) or TONO (Norway) to name a few, you will
receive payment for the use of your tracks. The exhibition runs 15th October
- 14th November with an option of extending the period. At the end of the
exhibition all tracks will be deleted and will no longer be available from
Soundgate. You can upload directly at soundgate.dk or alternatively use our
account at soundcloud.com/soundgate2010. Please upload only mp3 files and do
remember to tag them correct. The project is initiated on an open call from
port2010.dk. Port2010 is an ambitious exhibition project involving the
entire north of Jutland. Soundgate has been kindly supported by Port2010 and
Kunststyrelsen.

 

Main organizer behind Soundgate is Lars Lundehave Hansen, who has spend more
than a decade promoting sound art and other noise-related activities
through, the now defunct, legendary organisation Noisejihad. An organization
founded in 1997, having since then presented numerous notabilities in
Denmark and promoted Danish acts abroad. Lars Lundehaven Hansen is also the
brain behind renowned Danish drone act Wäldchengarten; - a joint
venture-project with Dennis L. Hansen. Wäldchengarten has had several
releases on various international labels such as Desolation House / Relapse,
Drone Records and Phisteria as well as extensive touring all over the world.

 

www.soundgate.dk / www.soundcloud.com/soundgate2010