Tales of sonic displacement: A sound-based artist residency network

Book with 230 color pages
Edited by: Julia Eckhart & Luís Costa
Graphic design: Luís Costa

Catalog number: SOCCOS.001
ISBN: 978-989-97205-9-6
© 2017, Binaural – Associação Cultural de Nodar, Q-02 Brussels, Disk Berlin, Hai Art, CCA Ujazdowski Castle.

SoCCoS began with the simple idea that a residency abroad can be more meaningful for artists than one at home, that through time and space away from known environment and everyday routines new sites and different cultures can be discovered, skills developed, and networks expanded. In turn, the experiences of the returning artists will strengthen their artistic community at home and benefit a broader culture of sound. Creative means of communication will have to be invented and, against the mirror of a different culture, the artist’s own habits can be both questioned and reinforced.

Five organizations collaboratively designed the project as an exchange network in which artists, curators, researchers, and non-professionals would work together on an equal basis. We explored topics on the thresholds of other domains, opening questions like: What can art mean or do for society? Who is the artist? What do we hear and how do we listen? What is the significance of context?

This publication aims to demonstrate what a sound art residency can mean. It does not represent all activities of the project, but rather takes three distinct perspectives: that of the artist, the organizer, and the outside observer – in this case four researchers deepening the project through related topics. SoCCoS is shared by the organizations Hai Art (FI), Binaural Nodar (PT), DISK Berlin (DE), A-I-R Laboratory (PL), and was initiated and led by Q-O2 work-space Brussels (BE).