Workshop in collaboration with Andreea Vladuț for Sounds Like a Book, Sona (RO)
Participating Artists:
Laure Catugier (FR/DE), Lena Ciobanu (RO), Georgiana Cojocaru (RO), Janine Jop (MX), Lucian Barbu (RO), Irina Motroc (RO), Ruxandra Nițescu (RO), Lisa Marie Schmitt (DE)
Text by Sounds Like a Book
The 6th edition of the Sounds Like a Book residency programme entitled (S)pace took place from the 10th to the 25th of September, 2024 in Șona, Brașov county, Romania and it was followed by a late autumn group exhibition curated by the artist Maria Mandea at Galeria Posibilă, Atelierele Scânteia in Bucharest. Drawing on the topic of space, it invited artistic research and multimedial production. The residency program consists of 3 workshops that supported the multifaceted approach of the theme beyond the opposing pair space-place, towards cultural, socio-political and environmental layers. Adapting to the theme, the residency opened with two introductory workshops held by the Stardust Architects* (Anca Cioarec, Brîndușa Tudor) and the sound artists Andreea Vlăduț and Cyrill Lim. The guests explored together with 8 artists in residency the sonic and architectural scapes of the village in performative and alternative ways.
The introductory workshops were organically followed by the Sound Art Workshop (coordinated by Lukas Jakob Löcker, artist living in Linz, Austria) which introduced curated tools and software to be used in the research and working process. The residency ended with the Self-Publishing Design Workshop (held by the Graphomat Team, interdisciplinary design studio). The artists worked closely with the designers to develop the visual aspect of the sound material, employing suitable formats and materials, while being briefly initiated in the fields of book design and self publishing