The voice does not mask... It communicates the uniqueness of the one who emits it, and can be recognised by those to whom one speaks

- Adriana Caverero

During the cultural season 2023-2024, The Post Collective is invited by BBOT, to contribute sonic stories to the institution's programme Narrating Diversity and Brussels' sound archive. The Post Collective is an autonomous platform for co-creation, co-learning and cultural activism, created by people with different means and access to artistic production and education due to their legal status.

Walking inside the pro-Palestinian manifestation on Sunday 22 October, our being together in a common desire resonated with the voices that surrounded us. Rarely one hears in everyday life, the intermingling of mismatched sounds as a transformative roar. At Schuman square, we walk together in mutual struggle, acknowledging our power, amplifying our voices and the stories we share.

As Hannah Arendt explains: Stories do not just show who we are but also what we have in common with others; not just who we think we are but also what shared circumstances shape our lives and our interdependent destinies.

As part of our work within BBOT, we The Post Collective will share on 11 November our common story and the experience of working within the landscape of Art institutions. This experience and ongoing reflection are formalised into a working document: the Paperless Art Alliance Contract (PAACT), a set of mutually agreed conditions from which we would like to work within and beyond the collective. We invite you to enter our common space and contribute to this reflection by sharing yours.

The working group of The Post Collective are: Taziri Al Omrani, Fareed Aziz, Marcus Bergner, Maarten De Vrieze, Firewyni Getahun, Sawsan Maher, Hanan Maher, Mirra Markhaëva, Golnesa Rezanezhad, Lazara Rosell, Elli Vassalou and Souheila Yildiz.

The event is free, please reserve your spot here: https://forms.gle/fs2MTWq86pojqTJi6

11/11, 8pm @ BNA-BBOT
Lakenstraat 119, 1000 Brussel

Listen to the audio testimonials of 10 Brussels residents. They fantasize about surreal gardens, talk about their ideal Brussels summer day and describe their dream version of the piétonnier and Place de Brouckère. 

23/06/2023 - 16h & 17h

Kiosk Radio (Warandepark) & Beursschouwburg

TRACKS launch in Brussels

Audio walk from Kiosk Radio to Beursschouwburg, where the new smartphone app Tracks is presented to the public

23/06/2023, 16hKiosk Radio & Beursschouwburg, Brussels

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Practical

Come prepared: download Tracks on your smartphone and bring headphones.

23/06/2023

16h: Kiosk RadioWarandepark/Parc Royal1000 Brussels

17h: Beursschouwburg (Zilveren Zaal)Rue Auguste Ortsstraat 20/281000 Brussel

17:30h: drinks on the rooftop terrace

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Audiowalks offer stories, music, sound experiments, or all kinds of other sensory information that artists and musicians compose for you. With the new app Tracks, discover a variety of sound artists and musicians and the walks they create – seamlessly with your smartphone.

On 23 June, we will present Tracks to the public in Brussels. Listening to a special audiowalk while walking from Kiosk Radio (16h) to Beursschouwburg, this launch event features an immersive audiowalking experience as well as a presentation in Beursschouwburg’s Zilveren Zaal (17h).

Offering a growing collection of audiowalks and many functionalities, Tracks connects anyone with a smartphone to the work of sound artists and musicians to be discovered in the most immediate way.

Search on the map, by name or by keyword to find a ‘track’. Move to the starting point and let the autoplay option use the GPS function of your phone to trigger the walk – or opt for listening without autoplay and start when and where you want.

Audiowalks are guided walks thoughtfully combined with the sensory attention of listening. While walking with headphones on, the sight, scent, and feeling of your surroundings are present, but sounds take the lead. This modulates your usual sense of body and consciousness, promoting a new understanding of the environment. With every step, hear the artist play with sound, experiment with composition, and lead you to new perceptions. Think of a film, where sound and image are strongly linked and controlled by the artist. In audiowalks, the ‘point of view’ becomes the ‘point of hearing’.

Sound artist and Jubilee member Justin Bennett initiated a collaboration with Soundtrackcity, which led to the idea of an app that unites the audiowalks produced by art organisations in Brussels and The Netherlands: Beursschouwburg, BNA-BBOT, Jubilee, Overtoon, Q-O2, and Soundtrackcity. Together, they curate Tracks. Put on your headphones and get walking!

Designed by Michiel Uilen
Developed with the kind support of Visit.Brussels, Gemeente Amsterdam, Soundtrackcity

A live radio broadcast from BNA on Radio Tout le Temps and Radio Air Libre to open the Traversons Bruxelles festival organized by Urbanisa'Son.

Initiated by Atelier 210 and after the success of the first two editions, the Brussels Podcast Festival is back with even more attention for diversity, accessibility and multilingualism!

It is in the pursuit of a more inclusive programme that Atelier 210 decided to collaborate with BNA-BBOT for this third edition. Given their common values and ambitions, it was almost natural for these two organisations to join forces.

To view the full programme and book a ticket, click here. Below, we list the events that will take place at BNA-BBOT. Hope to see you there!

08.04

Music composition for podcasts with Le Motel - FR

Description:

Le Motel offers you an introduction to the composition of music for sound creation or podcasts. How to imagine a musical universe that is true to the story, to the subject? How do you convey emotions to the listener? From theory to practice, create the soundtrack for a podcast with him.

Information:

Prerequisites: The workshop is intended for musicians / producers / beatmakers who know the basics of Ableton or other music composition software and bring a laptop with music composition software installed, an instrument or a midi controller, and headphones.

Podcast X Music - FR

Amaury Rauter, Camille Loiseau, Nastassja Rico and Julien Lemonnier

Description:

For this discussion we will approach the relationship between music and podcasting from different angles. In the first place we will look at podcasts dedicated to music, and which highlight or place it in the foreground outside the overly formatted confines of the radio waves. Then there are the podcasts that are becoming more widespread and that offer a glimpse into the reality of the music business that goes beyond preconceived notions and immerses the listener in its manufacturing secrets and intimate stories. We will finally delve into the subject of music in the podcast and the potential opportunities for musicians to make their mark.

09.04

How to tell a personal story - ENG

Eva Moeraert

Description:

In the podcasts Waarom en Wie Was Mama? - both nominated for the Prix Europa - Eva Moeraert tells personal stories. From herself or from others. She knows as no other how difficult and often delicate it is to record personal stories. In this workshop she shows how she has approached this in the past and what she has learned about it over the years. During the workshop she will introduce you to a very specific way of interviewing and put you to work collecting personal stories.

Led by:

Eva Moeraert is an independent podcast producer and coordinator of the postgraduate podcasting course at the Arteveldehogeschool. She made radio documentaries and reports for the VRT, but after the success of SERIAL she decided to take a chance and start making podcast series herself. Meanwhile she has her own audio production company (the audio atelier) and numerous successful podcasts to her name like Why?, Who was mama? and Gross National Happiness.

Listening Session Sweet Spot - NL

Description:

Sweet Spot is a podcast with work by radio students of the RITCS. The Sweet Spot podcasts differ in genre: a work of fiction, a radio programme, a documentary, or pure audio work: everything is covered. The only common denominator: they were all made by students or former students of the RITCS. Together we listen to a selection of three impressive audio creations.

Kroonlaan - NL & FR

Anna Dupon and Xandry van den Besselaar

 Description:

Kroonlaan is an audio documentary about a house of Beschut Wonen in Brussels. Seven people with a psychotic vulnerability live there. Together with us, two-man collective VETO, you get to know the residents room by room. With a microphone and recording device, we cooked, played chess, walked or rapped and talked with the residents.

An audio documentary about psychiatry, life in the margin of society and what it takes to feel at home.

Concept, interview and editing Anna Dupon, Xandry van den Besselaar | Music Simon Beeckaert | Graphic design Thomas Van Herck | Language advice Arno Boey | Coproduction KAOS vzw | With the support of Arts in Society Awards, Sabam For Culture | With thanks to Eric, Isabelle, Joannis, Jozef, Luc, Nelson and Nicolai.

Tweemanscollectief VETO consists of Anna Dupon (1995) and Xandry van den Besselaar (1989). They work together as a multimedia collective, moving between story and experience, between fiction and non-fiction, between theatre, visual art and podcast. With their audio installation Room of K., they performed at Zomer van Antwerpen (BE) and International Literature Festival Utrecht (NL) in the autumn of 2020. In the spring of 2021, their four-part podcast Strandhoofden (Beachheads) was released, about the Schildestrand district and its residents. Within the development project Eigen Kweek they made the audio performance Project Donald, which toured Flanders in the autumn of 2021.

Listening session together with the Tweemanscollectief VETO

Antipode - NL

Bram Van de Velde

Description:

Antipode is the new podcast series from BRUZZ and the VUB. Two guests with a different background, specialisation or opinion talk about each other's field, themselves and the things in life.

At least one of them has a clear link with the VUB, as professor, researcher, student or fellow. Radio presenter Bram Van de Velde is a privileged listener and moderator.

10.04

Creation of sound fiction for children - FR

Ophélie Bouffil et Jeanne Gougeau

Description:

Children are full of imagination, let's give them the space to use it! In this workshop, Les Microsondes offers children the opportunity to create a short radio-fiction to explore their own imaginary world. The programme consists of listening to children's podcasts, an introduction to sound and the creation of sound effects, and the production of a short fiction written by the children themselves!

Microsondes:

Microsondes is a podcast collective founded by Ophélie Bouffil and Jeanne Gougeau. It was born in September 2020 when BNA-BBOT asked the two radio amateurs to create something for the exhibition Brussels Multipli.city II at the CENTRALE for contemporary art. The soundbites about the hybrid nature of language, Brussels neologisms and multilingualism produced for the occasion could also be heard in all STIB stations.

The creators behind Microsondes are passionate about audio in all its forms and make work around very diverse subjects. From the Kurdistan Workers' Party and law and democracy, to cystitis and women's health, to singing at work.

Episode 2: A Space for Style 

For episode two of BAD radio we're looking into Brussels queer fashion. We'll discuss how queer codes can be a way of communication and self-expression and how certain styles shape and connect our communities.

In this first epsideo of BAD radio we will talk about pleasure spaces how we create them and what they mean for us and queer communities.

Unstallation sonore diffusée pendant Parcours d'artiste 1190, chez Tram{e} Avenue Van Volxem 71.

La commune de Forest et particulièrement l’environnement proche de Tram{e} voit sortir de terre des dizaines de logements, des nouvelles constructions qui s’accompagnent de nouveaux habitants. « Pour mémoire » a pour but d’accueillir et de venir inscrire ces nouveaux habitants du quartier au sein d’une histoire plus large. Pour ce faire, Tram{e} s’allie à l’asbl Bruxelles Nous Appartient – Brussel Behoort Ons Toe (BNA-BBOT) afin de faire appel à la mémoire collective du quartier en diffusant sur l’espace publique des témoignages d’aînés qui racontent leur quartier et son évolution.

Enregistrement et montage : Flavien Gillié pour BNA-BBOT.