Sonic Acts Academy 2018

The Geologic Imagination: Lectures, Interviews and Recordings

RESEARCH SERIES #19 To get you in the mood for the upcoming Dark Ecology Journey, Research Series #19 includes recorded lectures, excerpts of live performances, sound recordings and interviews made during the 2015 festival The Geologic Imagination. With contributors such as Timothy Morton, Jana Winderen, Espen Sommer Eide, BJ Nilsen and Karl Lemieux, Raviv Ganchrow, Ele Carpenter and Graham Harman.

Full Dark Ecology Journey Programme Announced

With less than two weeks until the Dark Ecology Journey, the full programme is now online. This second edition of the art and research project takes place from 26 to 30 November 2015 and explores the northern extremes of Kirkenes, Murmansk and Nikel.

Sonic Acts Academy: First Names Announced

Sonic Acts is pleased to announce the first names for the Academy: Morehshin Allahyari & Daniel Rourke, Maryanne Amacher Archive, Thomas Ankersmit, Louis Henderson, Ewa Justka and many more.

Dark Matters: an interview with Susan Schuppli

RESEARCH SERIES #21 Dark Ecology Keynote speaker Susan Schuppli spoke with Lucas van der Velden and Rosa Menkman about what it means to be an artist and theorist working in the field of practice-based research and her concept of the Material Witness.

Looking Back on The Noise of Being

A shortish report touching on some of the highlights of the 2017 Sonic Acts Festival, written by a biased insider.

First names for Sonic Acts Academy 2016 & last chance to buy early bird tickets

Sonic Acts is pleased to announce the first names for the Academy: Morehshin Allahyari & Daniel Rourke, Maryanne Amacher Archive, Thomas Ankersmit, Louis Henderson, Ewa Justka and many more.

Sonic Acts Academy publication now for sale

In context of the Sonic Acts Academy, Sonic Acts published a 64-page ’zine’, which contains a beautifully designed and printed collection of short essays, manifestos, statements and visual contributions that provide invaluable insights into the exploration conducted and during the Academy.

Sonic Acts Academy 2016: Impressions

From 26 - 28 February the first edition of Sonic Acts Academy took place in Amsterdam. For this three-day event artists, theorists, and scientists were invited to expand on their research through lectures, concerts, film programmes, work presentations, masterclasses and workshops. The Academy relate...

Susan Schuppli: 'Dark Matters - Bearing Material Witness to Climate Change'

DARK ECOLOGY Susan Schuppli: Dark Matters 28 November 2015 - Aurora Cinema, Murmansk, Russia --- In her keynote lecture Dark Matters: Bearing Material Witness to Climate Change Susan Schuppli introduces a new operative concept, that of the ‘Material Witness’. This is an exploration of the eviden...

Dark Ecology 2015

The second Dark Ecology research Journey took place from 26–30 November 2015. Participants traveled from Kirkenes in Norway’s northern extremes, to the neighbouring town Nikel (just across the border in Russia), Zapolyarny and to the largest city in the far north: Murmansk (Russia). The program...

First artists announced!

We are very excited to announce the first batch of artists in the 17th edition of Sonic Acts Festival.

Living Earth Publication

The new publication 'Living Earth - Field Notes from the Dark Ecology project' is available now! (estimated shipping date: June 1st)

Share your feedback!

What did you think of Sonic Acts Festival 2017 - The Noise of Being​? Share your thoughts while they're still fresh! If you attended The Noise of Being, help us evaluate the festival by participating in our online survey.

Full programme announced for Sonic Acts Academy 2018

The second edition of Sonic Acts Academy takes place from 23 to 25 February 2018 at various venues in Amsterdam. The complete programme and time schedule are now online.

First names announced for Sonic Acts Academy 2018

Sonic Acts Academy 2018 is pleased to announce the first confirmed artists and thinkers. The Academy takes place from 23 to 25 February 2018 at various locations in Amsterdam North, including Dansmakers and Paradiso Noord – Tolhuistuin.

First names announced for Sonic Acts Academy 2018

Experimental documentary FUTURELAND emerges out of Sonic Acts Academy 2018

Produced by MA students in Conflicts & Negotiations (Goldsmiths, University of London), FUTURELAND emerges out of fieldwork conducted as part of Sonic Acts Academy 2018.

Dark Ecology Journey: First Journey Report

We are back home from a successful second Dark Ecology Journey. Over the course of five days, we travelled with a group of more than 50 artists, researchers, curators, writers and organisers to Kirkenes in Northern Norway from where we took a bus to Murmansk in Russia, to Zapolyarny and Nikel, and back to Kirkenes.