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SPACE21 FESTIVAL 2024 – Archive of Listening The 8th edition of the International Experimental Music Festival in Slemani, SPACE21 FESTIVAL 2024, promises to be an enlightening and transformative experience for attendees. This year’s theme, “Archive of Listening,” invites participants to explore the intricate and evolving relationship between listening and music…
THE LEGITIMATED BODY AND NAVIGATED LISTENER. A live collaboration between Hardi, Khabat, an unusual interactive radio and a shell bomb cello, in transcendent dialogue with artists and audiences in Slemani, Iraqi Kurdistan. In this anarchic act of rogue legitimation, Hardi manipulates a radio circuit board to play unfrequented frequencies inspired…
SOUND-PLACE-MEMORY – SPACE21 in Slemani, in collaboration with Irtijal Festival in Beirut, Breach Festival in Nicosia/Cyprus and Sonocopia Association in Porto, presenting a unique music and sound programme this year.
Le Guess Who? ‘s borderless and boundary-crossing ethos led us to create a platform that promotes international collaboration with partners to amplify their local scenes to an international audience: LGW Embassies. During this year’s festival, we’re sharing experiences and artists from Kurdistan-Iraq, India, Egypt, Brazil, Mexico, Sudan, China and Palestine.…
Exploring artistic methods for collaboration and exchange between SARC (Queen’s University Belfast) and Space21 (Kurdistan-Iraq). This two-day workshop will bring together artists based on the island of Ireland to work together at SARC in Belfast and to collaborate remotely with artists working in ‘abandoned spaces’ in Slemani, Kurdistan-Iraq. The workshops…
Explore limitless sonic possibilities at this year’s festival and be captivated by performances from sound practitioners. The festival offers a vibrant and diverse soundscape that is nothing short of a treat for the senses. From experimental sound installations that push the boundaries of what is traditionally considered music, to avant-garde…
SPACE21 this year revolves around the concept of ISOLATION in artistic practice. You will listen to portfolio performances focusing on solo improvisations and sound art that reflect the artist’s experience and act through their works during and after the pandemic. With the sounds and voices from the ISOLATION, we will create…
We are very happy to announce “SHAWR” Space21 Radio Art Festival 2020 during corona time. “SHAWR” will take place between 14th and 17th of December 2020 in the city of Slemani, Kurdistan SHAWR, this Kurdish word, describes a sound that comes from a wind instrument or a traffic police whistle.…
July 15, 23 & 28, Slemani, Kurdistan: The Listening Biennial on local buses. Space21 presents The Listening Biennial on local buses within the city of Slemani. Riders of the public bus will encounter the audio works by participating artists of the Biennial, as well as works by local artists invited especially,…
The exhibition draw attention to the special architectural and social environments of the Hammam.There are a number of Hammam still active, and with their particular spatial qualities will allow for unique sonic investigations. While the Hammam is less central to life in Kurdistan today, it nonetheless touches deep historical and…
Space21 invited sound artists from around the world to work together with local artists, as well as to share experiences that can lead to building networks of support between artists. Through the exhibition of collaborative works, Space21 generates new relationships between audiences and places, leading to the creation of new…
The first exhibition of Space21 in 2017 under FAS (Festival for Sound Art). The festival aims to promote contemporary art in Kurdistan through sharing knowledge and experiences with the international contemporary art community. The festival focuses on public places as an artistic medium to create artwork and a meeting point…
