Listen to the space between sounds.

Agenda

Upcoming

October 2026

  • Check out the scheduele here for Plock!, Murmur, KORROL, and KOKKON, our co-productions with Grensgeval.

  • Furkan Ak is pursuing his Ph.D. at the Antwerp Conservatory and UA with a research project on how immersive technology can be used to translate collective memories related to immigration into a narrative. In collaboration with Erfgoedlab Antwerp, aifoon is engaging De Zwerm in a participatory project with young people to incorporate audio recordings into an installation, a podcast, or...

  • “Sensing Absence” is a research project in which Furkan Ak and aifoon, together with students from the Royal Conservatory of Antwerp, are exploring how listening can help us (re)connect with our surroundings.

    (De Coninckplein | Antwerp)

  • Inspiration Session on “Listening as an Artistic Practice in the City” during the pedagogical workshop organized by DKO Antwerp. In the afternoon, join the “Ongezien” listening walk; how does our perspective on the metropolitan context change when we not only look at the city but also listen to it? By taking a moment not to look, our attention shifts to sound, space, the body, and the environment. Experience how listening can change your perception of the city and of one another.

    (Antwerp)

  • During publiq's Cultural Education Study Day, aifoon will present several unprecedented interventions ...

    (The Palace | Antwerp)

November 2026

  • Check out the scheduele here for Plock!, Murmur, KORROL, and KOKKON, our co-productions with Grensgeval.

  • Furkan Ak is pursuing his Ph.D. at the Antwerp Conservatory and UA with a research project on how immersive technology can be used to translate collective memories related to immigration into a narrative. In collaboration with Erfgoedlab Antwerp, aifoon is engaging De Zwerm in a participatory project with young people to incorporate audio recordings into an installation, a podcast, or...

  • During the Mutation Festival (Nov. 20–22), everything revolves around algorithms. Two students, Mickal Kruk and Siebe Ternest, wrote interactive application software for De Zwerm and will present their ideas.

    (Winter Circus | Ghent)

December 2026

  • Check out the scheduele here for Plock!, Murmur, KORROL, and KOKKON, our co-productions with Grensgeval.

  • During Bozar’s Total Immersion Festival, young people from the Jeunes Boss Academy (Sint-Jans-Molenbeek) will explore the sounds of the city through a series of workshops organized by aifoon. “Reverb City” is the musical embodiment of this project, which can be heard via De Zwerm at Bozar on January 24 (Bozar Sunday) and January 30, 2027 (Total Immersion Happening).

    (Brussels)

  • Lecture by Stijn Dickel on aifoon and De Zwerm for Art Studies students at UGent as part of the course “Fundamentals of Musical Action and Perception.”

    (The Expedition)

January 2027

  • During Bozar’s Total Immersion Festival, young people from the Jeunes Boss Academy (Sint-Jans-Molenbeek) will explore the sounds of the city through a series of workshops organized by aifoon. “Reverb City” is the musical embodiment of this project, which can be heard via De Zwerm at Bozar on January 24 (Bozar Sunday) and January 30, 2027 (Total Immersion Happening).

    (Brussels)

February 2027

  • OOrOntsteking is our new five-day listening camp for children ages 6 to 9. Play, explore, and experiment with your ears. We’ll play listening games, go on blindfolded walks, and try to find sounds we usually just walk right past. In the afternoon, we’ll get creative: we’ll make giant ears, listening tubes, and other strange devices that let us listen in new ways. At the end of the week, we’ll bring it all together in a special listening experience for the public.

    (CC Belgica | Dendermonde)

Archive

October 2026

  • Check out the scheduele here for Plock!, Murmur, KORROL, and KOKKON, our co-productions with Grensgeval.

  • During “Met het Oog op Symfoon”, an event organized by and for the blind and visually impaired, aifoon will lead a sound walk on and around the Bijloke site. Info en tickets via Muziekcentrum De Bijloke.

    (Bijloke Site | Ghent)

  • Project Week on sound for the students of de! Kunsthumaniora in Antwerp.

  • Furkan Ak is pursuing his Ph.D. at the Antwerp Conservatory and UA with a research project on how immersive technology can be used to translate collective memories related to immigration into a narrative. In collaboration with Erfgoedlab Antwerp, aifoon is engaging De Zwerm in a participatory project with young people to incorporate audio recordings into an installation, a podcast, or...

September 2026

  • Check out the scheduele here for Plock!, Murmur, KORROL, and KOKKON, our co-productions with Grensgeval.

August 2026

  • Check out the scheduele here for Plock!, Murmur, KORROL, and KOKKON, our co-productions with Grensgeval.

  • Summercamp LAwaBO, a five-day workshop (with Hannah Lyssens) for children during the État Bruit festival at Konschthal Esch.

    (Esch-sur-Alzette | Luxembourg)

  • LAwaBO, a five-day noise workshop (with Bo Tuts) for children at Bronks. (Sold out; there is a waiting list)

    (Bronks | Brussels)

July 2026

  • Check out the scheduele here for Plock!, Murmur, KORROL, and KOKKON, our co-productions with Grensgeval.

  • Premiere of KOKKON, our new co-production with Grensgeval.

    (Festival de la Cité, Lausanne (CH))

June 2026

  • Check out the scheduele here for Plock!, Murmur, KORROL, and KOKKON, our co-productions with Grensgeval.

  • For their Interactive Audio Design exam, students at Artevelde University College are working on a case study with De Zwerm. Tryouts and the exam will take place in the studio at De Expeditie (Ghent).

  • Masterclass The Art of Listening at the État Bruit Festival presented by Konschthal Esch.

    (Esch-sur-Alzette | Luxembourg)

  • A series of six workshops on the art of listening for schoolchildren during the État Bruit festival at Konschthal Esch.

    (Esch-sur-Alzette | Luxembourg)

  • During the État Bruit festival at Konschthal Esch, we will present “A Chorus of Footsteps” (soundwalks with De Zwerm) and “Exterioor” (workshops with De Zwerm).

    (Esch-sur-Alzette | Luxembourg)

May 2026

  • Check out the scheduele here for Plock!, Murmur, KORROL, and KOKKON, our co-productions with Grensgeval.

  • Tour of the province of Quebec, Canada, at the invitation of theSporobole. Lectures, networking, and a presentation of “A Chorus of Footsteps” in various cities.

  • During the Mois Pédagogique at Sporobole, a center for artistic exploration and experimentation, we will present four performances of “A Chorus of Footsteps,” the soundwalk with De Zwerm.

    (Sherbrooke | Canada)

  • At the invitation of the “UQAM” (Université du Québec à Montréal), we are presenting a seminar and a workshop for students and faculty in the arts program: “Displaced Listening: Artistic Perspectives on Sound in Motion.”

    (Montreal | Canada)

  • At the invitation of Audiotopie, we will be giving a demonstration and a seminar titled "The Swarm as an Instrument for Collective Listening."

    (Montreal | Canada)

  • Two performances of the soundwalk “A Chorus of Footsteps” at the CEM (Centre d’Expérimentation Musicale)

    (Chicoutimi | Canada)

  • A Plea for a Listening City, lezing by Stijn Dickel, based on his essay “Pleidooi voor een luisterende stad” presented during the État Bruit festival at Konschthal Esch.

    (Esch-sur-Alzette | Luxembourg)

April 2026

  • Check out the scheduele here for Plock!, Murmur, KORROL, and KOKKON, our co-productions with Grensgeval.

  • Series of classes for international participants in the interdisciplinary program “S.P.A.C.E.” (Social Pedagogical Art & Creativity Exploration) at VIVES Zuid, Kortrijk.

  • Tour of the province of Quebec, Canada, at the invitation of theSporobole. Lectures, networking, and a presentation of “A Chorus of Footsteps” in various cities.

  • Displaced listening: Artistic perspectives on sound in motion; seminar by Stijn Dickel at the invitation of the CIRMMT, Center for Interdisciplinary Research in Music, Media, and Technology.

    (Montreal | Canada)

March 2026

  • Check out the scheduele here for Plock!, Murmur, KORROL, and KOKKON, our co-productions with Grensgeval.

  • Workshop “Unseen”; a walk through Ghent with the students of Sint-Laurens (Zelzate) to discover the sounds of the city.

  • Guest Lecture by Stijn Dickel for the Interactive Audio Design program at Artevelde University College in Ghent.

  • Series of classes for international participants in the interdisciplinary program “S.P.A.C.E.” (Social Pedagogical Art & Creativity Exploration) at VIVES Zuid, Kortrijk.

  • "The Art of Listening" Masterclass for students at KASK Ghent.

February 2026

  • Check out the scheduele here for Plock!, Murmur, KORROL, and KOKKON, our co-productions with Grensgeval.

  • Online course series “On Poetic Knowledge. Toward Cosmopoetic Listening” with Stijn Dickel (aifoon) and Brandon LaBelle (The Listening Academy).

  • Lecture and performance featuring work by Iannis Xenakis at De Zwerm during the “‘Sound Arguments’” studio series.

    (At the Orpheus Institute, Ghent)

  • Two-day “Art of Listening” workshop for students at the Sint-Lucas Art High School in Ghent.

  • Soundwalk “Geluidsdrager” with De Zwerm during the Children’s Arts Festival “Spinrag” in Kortrijk. At 10:30 a.m., 1:30 p.m., and 4:00 p.m. each day.

January 2026

  • Check out the scheduele here for Plock!, Murmur, KORROL, and KOKKON, our co-productions with Grensgeval.

  • "The Art of Listening" Master Class for teachers at the Kunsthumaniora Brugge.

  • "The Art of Listening" Workshop for Klarafestival staff during their team-building day.

    (Ghent)

  • Online course series “On Poetic Knowledge. Toward Cosmopoetic Listening” with Stijn Dickel (aifoon) and Brandon LaBelle (The Listening Academy).

  • Two sessions titled “Exterioor” during “La Semaine du SON.OOR” (Week of Sound) at Begijnhofplein, Brussels. Shape the sound of a public space yourself with De Zwerm.

December 2025

  • Through the aiFonds, we invite artists to experiment freely with De Zwerm. Sound artist Stijn Demeulenare will spend three days exploring new possibilities.

    (The Expedition - Studio | Ghent)

November 2025

  • A series of workshops on the art of listening as part of the "Reveille" project at the Poperinge Art Academy.

    (Poperinge Art Academy)

  • Master Class on the Art of Listening for KASK students during their interdisciplinary project week.

  • Cursus AI-prompting-technieken voor de socio- en culturele organisaties van Dok-Noord.

    (De Expeditie)

  • November 27: Lecture by Stijn Dickel, and November 28: Presentation of “A Chorus of Footsteps,” the soundwalk with De Zwerm during the Sens Festival in Leipzig (Germany) (Festival for Multisensory Perception) organized by ZiMMT, Center for Immersive Media Art, Music, and Technology.

October 2025

  • Tijdens het Muzeproject KL-IK van Kopergietery werkten jongeren met De Zwerm. Op het Muze Mondial Festival is een toonmoment.

    (Kopergietery - Het Pand - Gent)

  • A series of workshops on the art of listening as part of the "Reveille" project at the Poperinge Art Academy.

    (Poperinge Art Academy)

  • Four days of workshops.

    (De! Arts High School | Antwerp)

June 2025

  • Soundwalk met De Zwerm i.s.m. Dertien12, Brugge Plus en De Republiek tijdens 'We wake the City'. (uitverkocht)

    (Minnewaterpark Brugge)

  • Studiedag van het onderzoeksproject 'Sounding Urban Places', op 13 juni in De Binckhorst in Den Haag

    (Den Haag)

May 2025

  • Concert met composities van Stijn Dickel en Karen Willems voor De Zwerm op Hear Here Live.

    (Museum M)

  • Try-out van een project met studenten Luca School of Arts die aan de slag gaan met de Zwerm.

    (De Meubelfabriek Gent)

April 2025

March 2025

February 2025

  • Reeks workshops binnen opleidingsprogramma 'S.P.A.C.E.', Hogeschool VIVES Zuid (Kortrijk)

January 2025

December 2024

November 2024

October 2024

September 2024

August 2024

July 2024

June 2024

April 2024

March 2024

  • Workshopreeks 'In welk geluid wil je wonen?' op Freinetschool Het Trappenhuis

    (Gent)

  • Workshopreeks voor de opleiding S.P.A.C.E. (Social Pedagogical Art & Creativity Exploration) op Hogeschool VIVES

    (Kortrijk)

  • Korrol in Stadsschouwburg

    (Sint-Niklaas)

  • Korrol in CC Casino

    (Koksijde)

  • Plock! in Espoo City Theatre

    (Espoo, Finland)

  • Workshopreeks 'Sprekende Lieve' in IVG-School

    (Gent)

  • Franse première van Korrol in La Brèche

    (Cherbourg-en-Cotentin, Frankrijk)

  • Korrol in Espace Germinal

    (Fosses, Frankrijk)

February 2024

  • Workshopreeks 'In welk geluid wil je wonen?' op Freinetschool Het Trappenhuis

    (Gent)

  • inspiratiesessie op Dig It Up, dag rond digitale cultuureducatie van Publiq

  • Gastles over luisterkunst door Stijn Dickel van aifoon aan studenten van RITCS

    (Brussel)

  • Panelgesprek en boekvoorstelling Omnibus Octopus, resultaat van workshopsreeks in de Kunstacademie Vlaamse Ardennen

    (Ronse)

  • Plock! in CC Ukkel

    (Ukkel)

  • Workshopreeks voor de opleiding S.P.A.C.E. (Social Pedagogical Art & Creativity Exploration) op Hogeschool VIVES

    (Kortrijk)

January 2024

December 2023

November 2023

October 2023

September 2023

August 2023

July 2023

June 2023

  • Murmur op Imaginate, Edinburgh International Children's Festival

    (Edinburgh, Schotland)

  • Plock! in Meixihu Cultural Art Center

    (Changsa, China)

  • residentie voor de creatie van Korrol bij Perplx

    (Kortrijk)