The 8th edition of the sound art festival CITY SONIC, organised by TRANSCULTURES, is scheduled from August 27 to September 12 in Mons (Belgium), with a circuit of sonic and interdisciplinary  art works in the centre of the city. It shall also take place from the 3rd to the 18th of September at the ISELP (Insitute of research for visual arts) in Brussels with the exhibition Sonopoetics (from word to image, from poetry to sound).

City Sonic was launched in 2003 by Transcultures (the Centre for electronic and sound cultures) together with the city of Mons, and is a special event dedicated to innovative, sonic and artistic approaches. The sound circuit features installations, lounge rooms and performances in 5 locations starting from the Grand Place.

50 artists are to take part in this year’s City Sonic, of which: Diane Landry (Québec) with Flying school (automation umbrellas with motor-cycle accordions),  Laura Colmenares et Todor Todoroff, with Lungs [the breather], (a pool of virtual jellyfish and sounds created by the breath of the visitors), and Binary waves by Brussels multimedia architectsLab[au].

This Summer, City Sonic is also part of Diagonales: sound, vibration and music , a nomadic event set in France and in the Benelux. In Mons, the theme for Diagonales is the relation between rock culture and sonic plastic arts featuring major works by Christian Marclay (Guitar drag video, sleeves collage,..), Steven Parrino, Raymond Pettibon (drawings), William Eggleston (Gracelandportfolio), Robin Collyer, Malachi Farrell (interactive installation), Pipilotti Rist and Sadie Benning’ (Le Tigre) music and post feminist videos.

For further information regarding the agenda of City Sonic in Brussels as well as the festival as a whole, please visit the City Sonic website.