This workshop curated by belit sağ is part of the Media Arts Festival Arnhem (MAFA), which will take place from March 22 to 24, 2024. A festival with film programs, lectures, performances, experiments, workshops and conversations with artists in Focus Filmtheater, around the theme ‘LESS’. Part of the festival is a two-week exhibition in Museum Arnhem, also in March 2024.

MAFA is a collaboration between Focus Filmtheater, Museum Arnhem and ArtEZ Academy for Art & Design. 

Workshop Sound as Resource

How can we approach each listening and sound recording as a starting point for new work (moving images)? How can we intentionally listen to the world around us and catalog the sounds that speak to us? Beside our own professional or phone recordings, sound effects libraries, public archives, private collections, music, Zoom sessions, YouTube, or TV broadcasts will provide access to a variety of sound materials that we can carefully sift through and may build with. In this workshop, we will look at the work of several artists who use different sound elements (as well as silence) to imagine work and transform sound into a tangible experience.

Bio – Deniz Buga

Istanbul, 1982. Currently lives in Amsterdam. His film, video, and photography works primarily focus on urbanism, minority politics, and queer stances. His work was presented at various film festivals and museums including San Sebastian Film Festival, Oxford Modern Art Museum, Centre Pompidou, and C/O Berlin. He was a resident artist at Rijksakademie, Amsterdam.