Sound Craft Summer School

Deadline: 5 May 2025

The Music, Thought and Technology (MTT) research group at Orpheus Instituut presents a summer course for sound artists, composers and performers. Sound Craft is a practical, project-based opportunity to further your artistic practice. Participants will develop individual projects in conceiving and crafting new objects, interfaces and instruments, in both hardware and software.

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You are 

You might be a master’s or doctoral researcher, or an independent artist - you may be a composer, sound artist, improviser, instrumentalist, or media archaeologist. You will have a degree of experience and technical facility. Selection will be made on the basis of your project proposal and its role in your artistic practice. We are looking for artists who are interested in working through and developing their skills into an artistic output: performance, installation, …

What to expect

Your project will be supported by MTT expertise in interface design, hardware hacking, microcontrollers, coding, electronic music, composition and instrument building (acoustic and electronic). Orpheus offers an 8-channel studio, maker space (laser cutter, 3d printing, CNC machine, basic electronics and woodworking), research and performance spaces. You will be allocated an individual mentor, share the research of MTT, and take part in wide-ranging discussions and a final presentation.

Mentors

Andrea Agostini
Magno Caliman
Juan Parra Cancino
Jonathan Impett
Elisabeth Salverda
Chonglian Yu

Practical

Cost: €250, to be paid upon acceptance. You will be offered 7 days of workshops, 7 lunches and 1 dinner.

Venue: All activities will take place on the premises of the Orpheus Instituut, Korte Meer 12, 9000 Gent, Belgium.

Accommodation: We will send a list of suggestions, but arrangements and costs are to be made by you.

Any questions may be addressed to communication@orpheusinstituut.be

The Orpheus Instituut embraces diversity and strives to be an inclusive environment for everyone.

Application

We invite you to submit your project idea via this form, by May 5, 2025.

Please upload the following:

1. A link to example(s) of your work
2. A letter of motivation, explaining why you wish to participate and your project idea for the Summer School
3. Your CV

Applicants will be informed by May 15.

Successful applicants will be invited to a Zoom meeting held in early June, during which we will share our expectations and together fine-tune our goals. Sound Craft is made available to anyone interested in participating, regardless of institutional affiliation. Support for the cost of fees is available for those in need.

At Sound Craft we aim to create a safe and inclusive environment for all those involved; we particularly encourage applications from historically under-represented groups in the field. As organisers, we commit to taking that into account during evaluation of the applications received.

More info on the Orpheus Instituut website: Sound Craft.

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