23 May 2026

Open Call for Applications for the International CENSE symposium

News

The application deadline is 31 May.

From 14 to 18 October 2026, the international CENSE symposium titled Beyond Listening: Re-Sounding Rights of Naturewill take place at Nadbałtyckie Centrum Kultury in Gdańsk, Poland.

The four-day programme will bring together artists, nature conservation activists, researchers, theorists, and various groups and collectives whose works, contributions, and reflections will engage with this year’s central theme: the Rights of Nature movement.

The symposium opens up a space for reflection on listening, sound ecologies, artistic practices, and environmental questions at a time when relationships between humans, nature, and more-than-human worlds call for new forms of attention, responsibility, and collaboration.

The application deadline is 31 May.

From 14 to 18 October 2026, the international CENSE symposium titled Beyond Listening: Re-Sounding Rights of Naturewill take place at Nadbałtyckie Centrum Kultury in Gdańsk, Poland.

The four-day programme will bring together artists, nature conservation activists, researchers, theorists, and various groups and collectives whose works, contributions, and reflections will engage with this year’s central theme: the Rights of Nature movement.

The symposium opens up a space for reflection on listening, sound ecologies, artistic practices, and environmental questions at a time when relationships between humans, nature, and more-than-human worlds call for new forms of attention, responsibility, and collaboration.

October 2026

The CENSE symposium Beyond Listening opens in Gdańsk – Resounding the Rights of NatureJoin Aja Zupanec and Urša Sekirnik’s participatory soundwalk in Kranj on Saturday, 24 October, at 11:00.

September 2026

Open Call for the Production of New Sound Walks 2027The sound walk opens up a space for artistic practices that engage with the landscape through listening and walking. We …From TO)pot to City of Women: Passing the Festival BatonOn Thursday, 1 October, we will conclude Festival TO)pot 2026 with the ceremonial handover of the festival relay baton t…Opening of the TO)pot 2026 Festival: Walking-With SilencesOn Wednesday, 23 September, the sixth edition of the TO)pot festival of radical soundwalks: Walking-with Silences opens …Joint Press Conference of TO)pot and City of WomenOn Thursday, 17 September, we met at BAZA, Ljubljana Youth Centre, for a joint press conference of the TO)pot Festival: …GIBALKA: Movement Awareness Workshop for Older Women Working in CultureLocation: Studio Cepetka, Cankarjeva 5, Ljubljana Schedule: Mondays from 18.00 to 19.30 Registration and information: +3…

August 2026

Legal Options for the Cultural SectorOn Thursday, 3 September 2026, from 10 am to 12 pm, the public forum Legal Options for the Cultural Sector will take pla…A Special Festival Edition of the Sound Walk Tu, čisto blizu in Škofja LokaOn Saturday, 29 August 2026, a special edition of the participatory sound walk Tu, čisto blizu by Aja Zupanec and Urša S…Cona’s Listening Room at the Mladi Levi FestivalAs part of the 29th Mladi Levi International Festival, the Cona’s Listening Room will be open for two days at ŠD T…

June 2026

Opening of Jaka Ivančič’s Photography Exhibition: Salt Is the Memory of the SeaOn Wednesday, 17 June 2026, at 20:00, the Arkade Bernardin open-air gallery will host the opening of Jaka Ivančič’s phot…

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