Soundwalk Cureghem/Kuregem
Audiowalk by Confluences (Franziska Windisch & Giulia Vismara) through the Cureghem neighbourhood in Anderlecht, Brussels
06/09/2024, 18h
Soundwalk Cureghem/Kuregem is an invitation to discover the multi-dimensional reality of a neighborhood by listening to its environment – an environment that goes far beyond the mere presence of humans. Equipped with your own smartphone and headphones, you can follow a 16-station route, accompanied by a voice encouraging you to (re)discover the different places by engaging all your senses.
During their research residency at Werkplaats Walter, Giulia Vismara and Franziska Windisch explored the socio-political dimension of sound and listening in urban space as a mode of sharing and cohabitation. Starting from the local context of Cureghem they look for new correspondences between sound, space and movement. Their collaborative work invites the audience to retrace their process in the form of a composition of field recordings and text.
Audiowalks offer stories, music, sound experiences or all kinds of other sensory information that artists and musicians compose for you. With the Tracks app, discover a variety of sound artists and musicians and the walks they create – seamlessly with your smartphone. Offering a growing collection of audioguides and a host of features, Tracks connects anyone with a smartphone to the work of sound artists and musicians to discover in the most immediate way possible.
Credits
Realisation, recording & editing: Giulia Vismara & Franziska Windisch
Speakers: Rebecca Lenaerts (NL), Juliette Soudan (FR)
Languages: Dutch (“Soundwalk Kuregem”) or French (“Soundwalk Cureghem”).
This walk is organised on invitation by Colin Roustan, in collaboration wiht Brussels Artist-Run Network, and part of ‘Post Summer School – Et Après?’ by P(A)F Pratiques (Artistiques) Fonctionnelles.
Thank you: Cultuurdienst Anderlecht
Practical
The walk is 3,7 km, it will take around 80 minutes.
Free, registration not necessary but appreciated: bonjourpaf [a] outlook.com
Departure 17h30 from Gilbard ASBL for those wishing to see the exhibition. Otherwise, meet at the start of the audiowalk:
Place du Conseil, 1070 Anderlecht. In front of the town hall, at the bottom of the stairs on the right as you face it.
18h: Introduction by the artists & Jesse Van Winden
18h15-19h45: Audiowalk
19h45: Informal exchanges over drinks
Get ready: download Tracks on your charged smartphone and bring your headphones. It’s a good idea to download the app beforehand: https://tracksaudiowalks.org. Find Soundwalk Kuregem (Nederlands) OR Soundwalk Cureghem (Français) according to your preference and press download. On site, activate the GPS, and the app will guide you for around 80 minutes through the district, following a route made up of 16 stations.