What is Sonic Acts?

Since its inception in 1994, the bi-annual Sonic Acts festival has questioned, examined, assembled and exhibited contemporary and historical developments at the cutting edge of art, technology, music and science.

This year, the fourteenth edition, named Travelling Time, will take place 23-26 February at various locations in Amsterdam.

The festival consists of numerous live performances, an international conference, an extensive film programme and an exhibition, complimented by a publication. Each edition has a specific topic. Over the years, Sonic Acts has become internationally renown as an exceptional festival for technology art with specific attention for aesthetics and research into interactivity, new forms for presentation and interfaces, interdisciplinary projects and exploring new alliances between different disciplines.

In addition to the bi-annual Sonic Acts festival, the curatorial team will programme the annual Kontraste festival in Krems, Austria from 2011 onwards, presenting cutting-edge sonic experiments, contemporary music and related art forms in a thematic, historical and interdisciplinary context. The next edition will take place from 12-14 October 2012.