Sonic Acts
@sonicacts.bsky.social
Sonic Acts is an interdisciplinary arts organisation based in Amsterdam.
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Sonic Acts Biennial, 'Melted for Love' → 5 Feb–29 Mar 2026
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Sonic Acts Biennial, 'Melted for Love' → 5 Feb–29 Mar 2026
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Sonic Acts
@sonicacts.bsky.social
· Oct 1
Announcing the Sonic Acts Biennial 2026, ‘Melted for Love’!
📍Amsterdam | 🗓 5 Feb – 29 Mar
80+ events, 200+ artists, 15+ venues.
Exhibitions, concerts, listening sessions, club nights & more.
Reimagining home as a site of love, care & belonging.
Learn more → 2026.sonicacts.com
📍Amsterdam | 🗓 5 Feb – 29 Mar
80+ events, 200+ artists, 15+ venues.
Exhibitions, concerts, listening sessions, club nights & more.
Reimagining home as a site of love, care & belonging.
Learn more → 2026.sonicacts.com
Sonic Acts Biennial 2026, ‘Melted for Love’ is beginning to take shape, and the first events and tickets are now live. Dive in 👉 2026.sonicacts.com/programme
November 19, 2025 at 2:07 PM
Sonic Acts Biennial 2026, ‘Melted for Love’ is beginning to take shape, and the first events and tickets are now live. Dive in 👉 2026.sonicacts.com/programme
The first artists of Sonic Acts Biennial 2026, ‘Melted for Love’ are here! 80+ events, 15+ venues, 2 months in Amsterdam (5 February –29 March) – with many more artists still to come. See who is joining → 2026.sonicacts.com/news/meet-th...
October 28, 2025 at 12:46 PM
The first artists of Sonic Acts Biennial 2026, ‘Melted for Love’ are here! 80+ events, 15+ venues, 2 months in Amsterdam (5 February –29 March) – with many more artists still to come. See who is joining → 2026.sonicacts.com/news/meet-th...
Just as every house has its walls and roof, we also built a programme outline that lays the foundation for the Sonic Acts Biennial 2026, 'Melted for Love'.
Read more → 2026.sonicacts.com
Visual identity: Anja Kaiser with Knoth & Renner
Sound: @ahossan.bsky.social & KMRU
Video: Nelly Nakahara
Read more → 2026.sonicacts.com
Visual identity: Anja Kaiser with Knoth & Renner
Sound: @ahossan.bsky.social & KMRU
Video: Nelly Nakahara
October 15, 2025 at 1:35 PM
Just as every house has its walls and roof, we also built a programme outline that lays the foundation for the Sonic Acts Biennial 2026, 'Melted for Love'.
Read more → 2026.sonicacts.com
Visual identity: Anja Kaiser with Knoth & Renner
Sound: @ahossan.bsky.social & KMRU
Video: Nelly Nakahara
Read more → 2026.sonicacts.com
Visual identity: Anja Kaiser with Knoth & Renner
Sound: @ahossan.bsky.social & KMRU
Video: Nelly Nakahara
Announcing the Sonic Acts Biennial 2026, ‘Melted for Love’!
📍Amsterdam | 🗓 5 Feb – 29 Mar
80+ events, 200+ artists, 15+ venues.
Exhibitions, concerts, listening sessions, club nights & more.
Reimagining home as a site of love, care & belonging.
Learn more → 2026.sonicacts.com
📍Amsterdam | 🗓 5 Feb – 29 Mar
80+ events, 200+ artists, 15+ venues.
Exhibitions, concerts, listening sessions, club nights & more.
Reimagining home as a site of love, care & belonging.
Learn more → 2026.sonicacts.com
October 1, 2025 at 11:21 AM
Announcing the Sonic Acts Biennial 2026, ‘Melted for Love’!
📍Amsterdam | 🗓 5 Feb – 29 Mar
80+ events, 200+ artists, 15+ venues.
Exhibitions, concerts, listening sessions, club nights & more.
Reimagining home as a site of love, care & belonging.
Learn more → 2026.sonicacts.com
📍Amsterdam | 🗓 5 Feb – 29 Mar
80+ events, 200+ artists, 15+ venues.
Exhibitions, concerts, listening sessions, club nights & more.
Reimagining home as a site of love, care & belonging.
Learn more → 2026.sonicacts.com
We are happy to announce that Sonic Acts has made its debut on Substack, an online platform for independent journalism. Subscribe to receive future interviews, articles, and commissioned texts directly in your inbox.
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September 11, 2025 at 3:24 PM
We are happy to announce that Sonic Acts has made its debut on Substack, an online platform for independent journalism. Subscribe to receive future interviews, articles, and commissioned texts directly in your inbox.
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"My work over the last 7 years consistently features silenced communities. I’m drawn to what happens when humans are pushed to extremes..There are a lot of suppressed voices in the regions I travel to" Lukas Marxt talking to @sonicacts.bsky.social
Read more: buff.ly/wldaipk
Read more: buff.ly/wldaipk
September 7, 2025 at 4:17 PM
"My work over the last 7 years consistently features silenced communities. I’m drawn to what happens when humans are pushed to extremes..There are a lot of suppressed voices in the regions I travel to" Lukas Marxt talking to @sonicacts.bsky.social
Read more: buff.ly/wldaipk
Read more: buff.ly/wldaipk
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Interview up now with @sonicacts.bsky.social about my residency at Willem Twee Studios to create a piece for Sonic Act's new spatial sound studio. "Dissipation Traces" will be presented as part of Sonic Act's 2026 Biennial in 8.2 sound. youtu.be/9kJ1QHjwGbI?...
Interview: C. Lavender at Spatial Sound Studio
YouTube video by Sonic Acts
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August 21, 2025 at 2:16 PM
Interview up now with @sonicacts.bsky.social about my residency at Willem Twee Studios to create a piece for Sonic Act's new spatial sound studio. "Dissipation Traces" will be presented as part of Sonic Act's 2026 Biennial in 8.2 sound. youtu.be/9kJ1QHjwGbI?...
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"My work over the last 7 years consistently features silenced communities. I’m drawn to what happens when humans are pushed to extremes..There are a lot of suppressed voices in the regions I travel to" Lukas Marxt talking to @sonicacts.bsky.social
AMONG THE PALMS THE BOMB is out now on True Story
AMONG THE PALMS THE BOMB is out now on True Story
Sonic Acts | Archive
Everything Silenced Or Invisible Is Still Beautiful
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August 30, 2025 at 6:15 PM
"My work over the last 7 years consistently features silenced communities. I’m drawn to what happens when humans are pushed to extremes..There are a lot of suppressed voices in the regions I travel to" Lukas Marxt talking to @sonicacts.bsky.social
AMONG THE PALMS THE BOMB is out now on True Story
AMONG THE PALMS THE BOMB is out now on True Story
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August 18, 2025 at 4:23 PM
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#Opencall Alterlife--->critical artistic exploration and meaningful experimentation across two residency periods and two institutions @sonicacts.bsky.social and Rupert sonicacts.com/agenda/openc...
Deadline: August 17!
Deadline: August 17!
Sonic Acts | Agenda
Call For Applications – Submit Your Proposal Before 18 August
sonicacts.com
August 8, 2025 at 7:54 AM
#Opencall Alterlife--->critical artistic exploration and meaningful experimentation across two residency periods and two institutions @sonicacts.bsky.social and Rupert sonicacts.com/agenda/openc...
Deadline: August 17!
Deadline: August 17!
Discover the story behind Sonic Acts. Our new longread traces the organisation’s evolution – from a festival in the 1990s to its development into an expansive platform for experimental and interdisciplinary art, and the Sonic Acts Biennial.
Read the full story on our website: www.sonicacts.com
Read the full story on our website: www.sonicacts.com
July 29, 2025 at 12:43 PM
Discover the story behind Sonic Acts. Our new longread traces the organisation’s evolution – from a festival in the 1990s to its development into an expansive platform for experimental and interdisciplinary art, and the Sonic Acts Biennial.
Read the full story on our website: www.sonicacts.com
Read the full story on our website: www.sonicacts.com
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Imatges de la nostra antena de captació dels satèl·lits NOAA instal·lada a @hangarorg.bsky.social amb open-weather, divendres i dissabte, dies d'alerta a Catalunya. Més imatges --> open-weather.community/archive/?aut... #DIWO
July 14, 2025 at 10:06 AM
Imatges de la nostra antena de captació dels satèl·lits NOAA instal·lada a @hangarorg.bsky.social amb open-weather, divendres i dissabte, dies d'alerta a Catalunya. Més imatges --> open-weather.community/archive/?aut... #DIWO
Rupert and Sonic Acts are pleased to announce the open call for the second edition of ALTERLIFE – a joint production and research residency between Vilnius and Amsterdam.
📅 → Deadline: Sunday 17 August 2025, 23:59 CEST.
📝 → Read more and apply via sonicacts.com/agenda/openc...
📅 → Deadline: Sunday 17 August 2025, 23:59 CEST.
📝 → Read more and apply via sonicacts.com/agenda/openc...
Sonic Acts | Agenda
Call For Applications – Submit Your Proposal Before 18 August
sonicacts.com
July 8, 2025 at 11:17 AM
Rupert and Sonic Acts are pleased to announce the open call for the second edition of ALTERLIFE – a joint production and research residency between Vilnius and Amsterdam.
📅 → Deadline: Sunday 17 August 2025, 23:59 CEST.
📝 → Read more and apply via sonicacts.com/agenda/openc...
📅 → Deadline: Sunday 17 August 2025, 23:59 CEST.
📝 → Read more and apply via sonicacts.com/agenda/openc...
Sonic Acts welcomes Clara de Asís as the next resident of its recently launched Spatial Sound Residency. Across two residency periods, she will develop a new work titled ‘Infinity This Time’.
More info via sonicacts.com/news/spatial...
More info via sonicacts.com/news/spatial...
July 7, 2025 at 8:43 AM
Sonic Acts welcomes Clara de Asís as the next resident of its recently launched Spatial Sound Residency. Across two residency periods, she will develop a new work titled ‘Infinity This Time’.
More info via sonicacts.com/news/spatial...
More info via sonicacts.com/news/spatial...
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Looking forward to heading to the Netherlands next week to be Sonic Act's first spatial sound artist in residence. I'll be recording at the incredible vintage synth studio Willem Twee before heading to their spatial audio studio to work on editing/mixing/spatialization sonicacts.com/news/spatial...
Sonic Acts | News
Introducing: Sonic Acts' Spatial Sound Residency
sonicacts.com
June 20, 2025 at 1:07 PM
Looking forward to heading to the Netherlands next week to be Sonic Act's first spatial sound artist in residence. I'll be recording at the incredible vintage synth studio Willem Twee before heading to their spatial audio studio to work on editing/mixing/spatialization sonicacts.com/news/spatial...
Sonic Acts welcomes C. Lavender (@clavender.bsky.social) as the first official resident of its recently launched Spatial Sound Residency – a programme supporting artists working with multichannel composition and spatial sound.
More info via sonicacts.com/news/ssr-lav....
More info via sonicacts.com/news/ssr-lav....
July 1, 2025 at 9:07 AM
Sonic Acts welcomes C. Lavender (@clavender.bsky.social) as the first official resident of its recently launched Spatial Sound Residency – a programme supporting artists working with multichannel composition and spatial sound.
More info via sonicacts.com/news/ssr-lav....
More info via sonicacts.com/news/ssr-lav....
This summer, explore standout long reads on our website: sonicacts.com/archive. We’ve been sharing a series of interviews and essays from key Sonic Acts Press back catalogue titles.
All featured books are now discounted in our shop: shop.sonicacts.com.
All featured books are now discounted in our shop: shop.sonicacts.com.
June 30, 2025 at 1:39 PM
This summer, explore standout long reads on our website: sonicacts.com/archive. We’ve been sharing a series of interviews and essays from key Sonic Acts Press back catalogue titles.
All featured books are now discounted in our shop: shop.sonicacts.com.
All featured books are now discounted in our shop: shop.sonicacts.com.
Exciting news! Sonic Acts is launching the Spatial Sound Residency in Rotterdam – a new space for artists to create multichannel works premiering at the 2026 Biennial. Invited residents will explore spatial sound in this next chapter of our 30-year journey. More info: www.sonicacts.com
June 19, 2025 at 8:41 AM
Exciting news! Sonic Acts is launching the Spatial Sound Residency in Rotterdam – a new space for artists to create multichannel works premiering at the 2026 Biennial. Invited residents will explore spatial sound in this next chapter of our 30-year journey. More info: www.sonicacts.com
Sonic Acts is launching a Summer Sale with a wide selection of books, magazines, and sonic releases available at discounted prices.
🛒 Shop online until 10 July via: shop.sonicacts.com
📦 Read more about our titles and releases on sale here: sonicacts.com/news/summer-...
🛒 Shop online until 10 July via: shop.sonicacts.com
📦 Read more about our titles and releases on sale here: sonicacts.com/news/summer-...
June 16, 2025 at 11:09 AM
Sonic Acts is launching a Summer Sale with a wide selection of books, magazines, and sonic releases available at discounted prices.
🛒 Shop online until 10 July via: shop.sonicacts.com
📦 Read more about our titles and releases on sale here: sonicacts.com/news/summer-...
🛒 Shop online until 10 July via: shop.sonicacts.com
📦 Read more about our titles and releases on sale here: sonicacts.com/news/summer-...
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Now reading
The Sounds of Toxicity, the Stubbornness of Survivance
– Elizabeth A. Povinelli
sonicacts.com/archive/eliz...
Via @sonicacts.bsky.social 🙏
The Sounds of Toxicity, the Stubbornness of Survivance
– Elizabeth A. Povinelli
sonicacts.com/archive/eliz...
Via @sonicacts.bsky.social 🙏
June 11, 2025 at 1:20 PM
Now reading
The Sounds of Toxicity, the Stubbornness of Survivance
– Elizabeth A. Povinelli
sonicacts.com/archive/eliz...
Via @sonicacts.bsky.social 🙏
The Sounds of Toxicity, the Stubbornness of Survivance
– Elizabeth A. Povinelli
sonicacts.com/archive/eliz...
Via @sonicacts.bsky.social 🙏
Hear hear! Final chance to apply to ‘The Walls Have Ears’!
Offered by Sonic Acts and De Ateliers/Woonhuis, this fully funded sound studies writing residency takes place in Amsterdam from 2 February to 3 March 2026.
Submit your proposal before Saturday 14 June, 23:59.
www.sonicacts.com
Offered by Sonic Acts and De Ateliers/Woonhuis, this fully funded sound studies writing residency takes place in Amsterdam from 2 February to 3 March 2026.
Submit your proposal before Saturday 14 June, 23:59.
www.sonicacts.com
June 12, 2025 at 12:31 PM
Hear hear! Final chance to apply to ‘The Walls Have Ears’!
Offered by Sonic Acts and De Ateliers/Woonhuis, this fully funded sound studies writing residency takes place in Amsterdam from 2 February to 3 March 2026.
Submit your proposal before Saturday 14 June, 23:59.
www.sonicacts.com
Offered by Sonic Acts and De Ateliers/Woonhuis, this fully funded sound studies writing residency takes place in Amsterdam from 2 February to 3 March 2026.
Submit your proposal before Saturday 14 June, 23:59.
www.sonicacts.com
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Workshop with the RWM Working Group and pantea
The practice of transmission seen as something relational: recipe for a DIY streambox
Thursday June 17, 10h. At MACBA
www.macba.cat/en/activitie...
The practice of transmission seen as something relational: recipe for a DIY streambox
Thursday June 17, 10h. At MACBA
www.macba.cat/en/activitie...
June 12, 2025 at 9:54 AM
Workshop with the RWM Working Group and pantea
The practice of transmission seen as something relational: recipe for a DIY streambox
Thursday June 17, 10h. At MACBA
www.macba.cat/en/activitie...
The practice of transmission seen as something relational: recipe for a DIY streambox
Thursday June 17, 10h. At MACBA
www.macba.cat/en/activitie...
🚨⏰📝 From commission to residency, workshop to performance – Sonic Acts opens new space for artists, writers, and researchers to reflect, make, and unearth what lies between sound and memory, language and the body, technology and ecology. 🚨⏰📝
Don't miss the coming deadlines!
www.sonicacts.com
Don't miss the coming deadlines!
www.sonicacts.com
May 21, 2025 at 10:43 AM
🚨⏰📝 From commission to residency, workshop to performance – Sonic Acts opens new space for artists, writers, and researchers to reflect, make, and unearth what lies between sound and memory, language and the body, technology and ecology. 🚨⏰📝
Don't miss the coming deadlines!
www.sonicacts.com
Don't miss the coming deadlines!
www.sonicacts.com
Open Call: 🌱 SPRINGS 🌱
Are you an early-career artist (32 y/o & under, NL-based) ready to develop a bold new project?
Cross-disciplinary proposals are welcomed: sound works, field walks, workshops, printed matter, AV experiments, etc.
📝 → Find out more & apply before 2 June: bit.ly/42WF16L
Are you an early-career artist (32 y/o & under, NL-based) ready to develop a bold new project?
Cross-disciplinary proposals are welcomed: sound works, field walks, workshops, printed matter, AV experiments, etc.
📝 → Find out more & apply before 2 June: bit.ly/42WF16L
May 1, 2025 at 1:34 PM
Open Call: 🌱 SPRINGS 🌱
Are you an early-career artist (32 y/o & under, NL-based) ready to develop a bold new project?
Cross-disciplinary proposals are welcomed: sound works, field walks, workshops, printed matter, AV experiments, etc.
📝 → Find out more & apply before 2 June: bit.ly/42WF16L
Are you an early-career artist (32 y/o & under, NL-based) ready to develop a bold new project?
Cross-disciplinary proposals are welcomed: sound works, field walks, workshops, printed matter, AV experiments, etc.
📝 → Find out more & apply before 2 June: bit.ly/42WF16L
We are accepting applications now!
Join us from 11 to 15 June as we explore how sound can carry memory, identity, and legacy across time. 🔊🔊 This archiving sound workshop is open to all artists, 18–25y/o, NL-based.
📝 → Apply before 11 May: sonicacts.com/news/voice-a...
Join us from 11 to 15 June as we explore how sound can carry memory, identity, and legacy across time. 🔊🔊 This archiving sound workshop is open to all artists, 18–25y/o, NL-based.
📝 → Apply before 11 May: sonicacts.com/news/voice-a...
April 23, 2025 at 9:28 AM
We are accepting applications now!
Join us from 11 to 15 June as we explore how sound can carry memory, identity, and legacy across time. 🔊🔊 This archiving sound workshop is open to all artists, 18–25y/o, NL-based.
📝 → Apply before 11 May: sonicacts.com/news/voice-a...
Join us from 11 to 15 June as we explore how sound can carry memory, identity, and legacy across time. 🔊🔊 This archiving sound workshop is open to all artists, 18–25y/o, NL-based.
📝 → Apply before 11 May: sonicacts.com/news/voice-a...