EARS TO THE GROUND / Can music-making help us learn to live in a damaged ecosystem?

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Between pandemic-related border closures, extreme weather conditions, world climate reports and a steady increase in political instability around the globe, the recent past has challenged us to rethink our relationships with each other and with our environment, and to reconsider our visions for the future. Over two mornings, the symposium of the SONIC MATTER Festival will offer participants and audiences a space in which they can together engage in reflection: How can sustainability, permaculture, upcycling and local thinking change artistic practices? Conversely, how can making music contribute to a sustainable society?
On the first morning, artists who have engaged specifically with these issues will present examples from their own work, and will open up the discussion as to how sustainable approaches and musical practices can influence each other.
The second morning will first offer short contributions from experts in sustainable cultural production, after which a World Café will be opened. Here, participants will be able to address the possibilities offered by cultural practitioners and discuss suggestions and demands from the audience on how musical practices might help to create a more sustainable life.

Keynotes: Pippa Bailey / Culture Declares Emergency, Ruth Jacobi / SHIFT Culture by European Music Council
Moderation: Brandon Farnsworth u.a.
Concept: Brandon Farnsworth

Suitable for anyone who wants to participate in the development of sustainable cultural practice.
Event in English

Free admission, registration required. Please use registration form.

CORONA INFORMATIONEN: So schützen wir uns
Für alle unsere Veranstaltungen ist ein Covid-Zertifikat notwendig (geimpft, genesen, getestet). Beim Eingang zu den Veranstaltungen werden Zertifikate und Ausweise kontrolliert. Des Weiteren besteht eine generelle Maskenpflicht an all unseren Veranstaltungen. Das SONIC MATTER-Team und die Künstler:innen sind geimpft, genesen oder getestet. Alle werden zudem täglich getestet.

Sincere thanks to our venue partner Zürcher Hochschule der Künste – Music.