S for Sound, S for Solidarity:
“The Collective Voice”
Featuring Aalborg Artist’s Association (AAAA)
“The Collective Voice”
Featuring Aalborg Artist’s Association (AAAA)
The Collective Voice is a site-specific sonic workshop and visual artist gathering featuring Aalborg Artist’s Association (AAAA).
The Collective Voice seeks to provide an experimental format for the collective expression of creative and critical voices in a welcoming environment. The gathering draws inspiration from speeches, songs, discussions, chants, people’s mics and other forms of sound utilized to express solidarity and unity across public protests, strikes, and other activistic and organizational contexts. The Collective Voice will provide a platform for understanding the local situation in Aalborg, in which artists often experience economic, social, and institutional challenges, as well as function to contextualize this in relation to wider artistic struggles and broader global frameworks.
The Collective Voice takes place at a time when artistic cultural policy in Northern Jutland is tenuous; funding is being cut, Kunsthal Nord has closed, Aalborg University is slated to remove entire cultural departments, and municipal studios are in jeopardy. This is in a climate where local artists stated they experienced exclusion, marginalization, and are lacking a seat at the table in many decisions that immediately affect their socio-economic and cultural positions. The Collective Voice seeks to provide a space for expression free from (self-)censorship, drawing on historical forms that share knowledge, create new awareness, and energize audiences.
A special thank you to Radio alHara راديو الحارة, Huset i Hasserisgade, Korma, Håndværkerhuset, TWIIID, Morten Poulsen, and Nikolaj Legaard for helping in the realization of this project.
The Collective Voice seeks to provide an experimental format for the collective expression of creative and critical voices in a welcoming environment. The gathering draws inspiration from speeches, songs, discussions, chants, people’s mics and other forms of sound utilized to express solidarity and unity across public protests, strikes, and other activistic and organizational contexts. The Collective Voice will provide a platform for understanding the local situation in Aalborg, in which artists often experience economic, social, and institutional challenges, as well as function to contextualize this in relation to wider artistic struggles and broader global frameworks.
The Collective Voice takes place at a time when artistic cultural policy in Northern Jutland is tenuous; funding is being cut, Kunsthal Nord has closed, Aalborg University is slated to remove entire cultural departments, and municipal studios are in jeopardy. This is in a climate where local artists stated they experienced exclusion, marginalization, and are lacking a seat at the table in many decisions that immediately affect their socio-economic and cultural positions. The Collective Voice seeks to provide a space for expression free from (self-)censorship, drawing on historical forms that share knowledge, create new awareness, and energize audiences.
A special thank you to Radio alHara راديو الحارة, Huset i Hasserisgade, Korma, Håndværkerhuset, TWIIID, Morten Poulsen, and Nikolaj Legaard for helping in the realization of this project.
Friday, October 31st:
Workshop & Gathering from 4:00 - 7:30 pm
Håndværkerhuset (Second Floor Meeting Room), Kattesundet 20, 9000 Aalborg
Program:
4:00 pm Presentation & Group Discussion (Scott William Raby & Kamilla Mez)
5:30 pm Collective Vocalization Exercises
6:30 pm Food & Drinks
Workshop & Gathering from 4:00 - 7:30 pm
Håndværkerhuset (Second Floor Meeting Room), Kattesundet 20, 9000 Aalborg
Program:
4:00 pm Presentation & Group Discussion (Scott William Raby & Kamilla Mez)
5:30 pm Collective Vocalization Exercises
6:30 pm Food & Drinks
AAAA, or the Aalborg Artist’s Association, is a hybrid non-profit organization and collective artist-run initiative. Founded in 2019, it is located in Aalborg and also operates in the greater Northern Jutland Region of Denmark. The organization’s goals focus on creating better economic, social, and political circumstances for contemporary and visual artists working in Aalborg. AAAA is a multi-faceted organization that acts as an independent political advisor, arts policy platform, artist collective, project space, and social forum.