Announcing TRANSLOCALITY 2021 artists in partnership with Echoes, New Art City, and Gray Area

 The unfolding global pandemic has triggered an existential reckoning over our conceptions of place and human encounter. The escalating political, economic, environmental, and public health crisis has revealed a tenuous, yet insistent desire for connectivity across space and time.

Translocality seeks to unite human and nonhuman communities in the Bay Area socially, physically, and sonically as a living network of sentient beings. This open call invites applicants to propose soundscapes to activate sound art in Bay Area locations to:

• Recalibrate our sensitivity to living realities existing beyond the individual self
• Connect us to the complex weaving of stories, histories, and ecologies of place
• Investigate vestiges of memory materialized through objects, land, and architecture
• Imagine future possibilities for collective transformation in the SF Bay Area

Soundwave is proud to announce 9 new works by the following artists: 

Soundwalks available starting October 22nd, 2021.

Soundwalks will be featured in the San Francisco Golden Gate Park, SF AIDS Memorial, Sutro Baths, and more. To participate in the soundwalks, download the Echoes App today for iPhone or Android.

Translocality is sponsored by Echoes App and New Art City.

About Soundwave NEXT

Soundwave NEXT is a partnership between Gray Area and Soundwave, two veteran San Francisco arts organizations to explore the future of sound. The program invites curators, artists, producers, or collectives to present new performance-based works or productions based in sound.

For nearly two decades, Soundwave has provided a platform for artists to explore sound and create immersive experiences that captivate, inspire and challenge our own experience and reality. Throughout that time, Gray Area has become a leading institution in using art and technology for civic and social impact.

To support Soundwave programming, consider making a donation today.