Festivals
Activating people, places and environments for cutting-edge art and music experiences
Soundwave next : 2020
Soundwave NEXT is a partnership between Gray Area and Soundwave, two veteran San Francisco arts organizations to explore the future of sound.
Soundwave ((9)) :: TIME
Intergenerational histories, cultivation of safe spaces, migration and displacement and current political realities.
Soundwave ((8)) :: INFRASTRUCTURE
Not only the basics of a city, its joists and support beams, but more acutely the human and ecological frameworks affected by physical systems.
Soundwave ((7)) :: Architecture
Pushing the boundaries of our auditory perception of spaces, language, and music, challenging the way we understand our surroundings.
Soundwave ((6)) :: water
Investigating the ecologies, stories and properties of water through sound.
Soundwave ((5)) :: Humanities
Exploring our sonic connections to the human condition
Soundwave ((4)) :: GREEN SOUND
Exploring our sonic connections to the environment
Soundwave ((3)) :: MOVE SOUND
Exploring movement and sound
Soundwave ((2)) :: SURROUND SOUND
Exploring space, acoustics and the constructs of performance
Soundwave ((1)) :: FREE SOUND
Free your mind about what sound is and what it can be
PROJECT>SOUNDWAVE: AN EXPLORATION INTO THE NATURE OF SOUND
The album that started it all
Festival News
July 3, 2012: Kinda Cyborgy: The Soundwave Festival Holds Us in its Humanoid Embrace: SF Bay Guardian
“The bi-annual, three-month-long Soundwave takes over the city with a heady onslaught of sonic explorations, many of the electronic, installation-based variety, but also incorporating nifty biophysical elements and experiential live performances. This installment...
July 3, 2012: Aural Fixations: SF Weekly previews Soundwave’s “Distinct and Daring” Artists
“Every other year, Soundwave brings these distinct and daring artists together for a summer-long fete staged within museums, nightclubs, abandoned bunkers, rolling buses, and open fields…This year’s festival opens with “The Beginning of the End,” a night of art,...
June 30, 2012: Soundwave is Flavorpill’s “Epic” Pick
“Every two years, the epic Soundwave project washes into San Francisco, bringing three months of experimental, otherworldy music and art experiences into every corner of the city. Produced by local arts organization MEDIATE, Soundwave is the kind of festival that...
June 15, 2012: Soundwave ((5)) Humanities Preview on Mutiny Radio
Festival and Artistic Director Alan So gives a preview of what is in store this season on Psionic Dehiscence with DJ Yuri G. Listen to Podcast
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