Collaboration
SPACE21 Festival is a dynamic platform for sonic experimentation, collaboration, and archival exploration. Each year, the festival brings together artists, musicians, and researchers to [...]
Archive of Listening
SPACE21 FESTIVAL 2024 - Archive of Listening. The 8th edition of the International Experimental Music Festival in Slemani, SPACE21 FESTIVAL 2024, promises to be [...]
The Legitimated Body and Navigated Listener
THE LEGITIMATED BODY AND NAVIGATED LISTENER. A live collaboration between Hardi, Khabat, an unusual interactive radio and a shell bomb cello, in transcendent dialogue [...]
Place – Memory – Sound
SPACE21, based in Slemani, proudly presents the 2026 edition of its annual festival under the theme “SOUND-PLACE-MEMORY.” This year, SPACE21 is forging new sonic [...]
LGW embassy in Kurdistan
Le Guess Who? 's borderless, boundary-crossing ethos led us to create LGW Embassies, a platform that promotes international collaboration with partners to amplify their [...]
Abandonment Spaces
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 [...]
Beyond Genres
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 [...]
Isolation
In 2021, SPACE21 turned its focus to the concept of ISOLATION in artistic practice, delving into how solitude, distance, and individual experience shape contemporary [...]
Shawr – Radio Festival
We are delighted to announce "SHAWR" Space21 Radio Art Festival 2020 during the coronavirus pandemic. "SHAWR" will take place from the 14th to the [...]
Şawr – Festîvala Radyoyê
Em kêfxweş in ku Festîvala Hunerê ya Radyoyê ya Space21 "SHAWR" a 2020an di dema pandemiya koronavirusê de radigihînin. "SHAWR" dê ji 14 heta [...]
Listening Biennial
On July 15, 23, and 28, 2020, SPACE21 brought The Listening Biennial to the streets of Slemani, Kurdistan, transforming the city’s public buses into [...]
Bienala Guhdarîkirinê
Di 15, 23 û 28ê Tîrmeha 2020an de, SPACE21 Bienala Guhdarîkirinê anî kolanên Silêmaniyê, Kurdistanê, û otobusên giştî yên bajêr veguherandin qadên guhdarîkirinê yên [...]
Hammam’s Maqam
The exhibition highlights the unique architectural and social environments of the Hammam. There are several Hammam still active, and with their particular spatial qualities, [...]
Meqamê Hemamê
Pêşangeh balê dikişîne ser jîngehên mîmarî û civakî yên bêhempa yên Hemamê. Çend Hemam hîn jî çalak in, û bi taybetmendiyên xwe yên cîhî [...]
Listening
SPACE21 invited sound artists from around the world to collaborate with local artists and to share experiences that can lead to building networks of [...]
Guhdarîkirin
SPACE21 hunermendên deng ji çar aliyên cîhanê vexwend da ku bi hunermendên herêmî re hevkariyê bikin û ezmûnên ku dikarin bibin sedema avakirina torên [...]
Festival For Sound Art
The first edition of the SPACE21 Festival took place in 2017 under the name of FAS (Festival for Sound Art), marking a pivotal moment [...]
Festîvala Hunerê Deng
Yekem Festîvala SPACE21 di sala 2017an de bi navê FAS (Festîvala Hunerê Deng) pêk hat, ku ji bo hunera hemdem li Kurdistanê kêliyek girîng [...]