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Sonica is a festival of (electronic) music as well as sound and experimental art. In a way, it is conceived as a showcase of the annual programme produced by the hyperactive MoTA Museum of Transitory Art. Its experimental nature questions exhibition and staging formats, crossing borders between art and theory, object and performance. Sonica was launched in the year 2009.

In the past, Sonica has presented artists like Tim Hecker, Rashad Becker, Emptyset, Marina Rosenfeld, Herman Kolgen, Ryoichi Kurokawa and Random Logic.

Supported by Sally Golding's visuals, Matt Spendlove (aka Spatial) is presenting his bass heavy electronica live set at Sonica, 2016

Festival format, venues and residents

Sonica is an attempt to transform a classical exhibition space into a field of events, performances, workshops, and lectures. It is a temporary laboratory established on the crossing of visual art, media and sound art and research, consisting of production and research residencies, exhibitions, performances, and public interventions, with a special focus on public presentations and talks.

The festival traditionally utilises different Ljubljana venues like for example Kino Šiška Centre for Urban Culture, the Museum of Modern Art, Cankarjev dom, Cultural and Congress Centre, the MoTA Point/LAB, the Slovenian Cinematheque, Tovarna Rog, and Klub K4.

External links

Gallery

Martin Bricelj at Cukrarna Palace, Sonica International Festival of Transitory Art, 2017.

Gregor Zemljič (of Random Logic) and Rashad Becker conversing during the Sonica Festival in 2015

The visual duo Izland, aka Gašper Milkovič Biloslav and Marko Vivoda, ran a workshop on analogue visuals at Sonica, 2015

For the Sonica International Festival of Transitory Art's closing night, MoTA opened its new space to the public with the Sonic Pavillion exhibition, 2016.

MoTA LAB first opened its doors during the Sonica Festival in 2016. The place then exhibited site-specific installations by Staš Vrenko, Nonotak (FR), Nikola Uzunovski (MK), Anne Katrine Senstad (US) and others.

Open-air event produced by Pritličje, Sonica International Festival of Transitory Art , 2018.

Luka Zagoričnik at Slovenian Cinematheque, SONIC.ARCHITECTURES Symposium, 2016.

Aphelion Soundwalk organised by Cona Institute and Sonica International Festival of Transitory Art, 2016.

A light installation, set up by the duo Nonotak at MoTA Lab during the 2016 edition of the Sonica Festival

Supported by Sally Golding's visuals, Matt Spendlove (aka Spatial) is presenting his bass heavy electronica live set at Sonica, 2016

The Sonica International Festival of Transitory Art concluded in the peaceful surroundings of the Tivoli park with soundwalk Walking the Aphelion by Irena Pivka and Brane Zorman, 2016.

Moderator Luka Zagoričnik and the three speakers were joined onstage for a discussion by Matt Spendlove aka Spatial, SONIC.ARCHITECTURES Symposium at Slovenian Cinematheque organised by MoTA Museum of Transitory Art, 2016.

Artist Andreas Trobollowitsch at Cukrarna Palace, Sonica International Festival of Transitory Art, 2017.

Katarina Petrović at Cukrarna Palace, Sonica International Festival of Transitory Art, 2017.

Group exhibition opening at Cukrarna Palace, Sonica International Festival of Transitory Art, 2017.

Franck Vigroux and Kurt d'Haeseleer at Slovenian Cinematheque, Sonica International Festival of Transitory Art, 2017.

Franck Vigroux and Kurt d'Haeseleer performing at Slovenian Cinematheque, Sonica International Festival of Transitory Art 2017.

Artist Mike Rijnierse at Cukrarna Palace, Sonica International Festival of Transitory Art, 2017.

Urška Preis performing at Cankarjev dom, Sonica International Festival of Transitory Art, 2017.

The festival exhibition Scapes at Cukrarna Palace, Sonica International Festival of Transitory Art, 2017.

Jan Jelinek performing at Švicarija Art Centre, Sonica International Festival of Transitory Art, 2017.

Sonica International Festival of Transitory Art at Švicarija Art Centre, 2017.

Sonica International Festival of Transitory Art at Tovarna Rog, 2016.

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+| festival dates      = 5.11.2015 - 7.11.2015, 27.9.2016 – 1.10.2016, 25.9.2017 – 30.9.2017, 24.9.2018 - 29.9.2018, 23.9.2019 - 28.9.2019, 22.9.2020 - 26.9.2020, 27.9.2021 - 2.10.2021, 20.09.2022 - 24.09.2022, 19.04.2023 - 22.04.2023, 18.4.2024 - 20.4.2024
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-[[Sonica International Festival of Transitory Art|Sonica]] is a festival of transitory, sound, and experimental art, conceived as a showcase of the annual programme of the [[MoTA Museum of Transitory Art]]. Its experimental nature questions representation and exhibition formats, crossing borders between art and theory, object and performance. Each edition evolves around a theme ("Post" in [[established::2009]], "Real Virtuality" in 2010, "Transitions" in 2011).
+[[Sonica International Festival of Transitory Art|Sonica]] is a festival of (electronic) music as well as sound and experimental art. In a way, it is conceived as a showcase of the annual programme produced by the hyperactive [[MoTA Museum of Transitory Art]]. Its experimental nature questions exhibition and staging formats, crossing borders between art and theory, object and performance. Sonica was launched in the year [[established::2009]].
+In the past, Sonica has presented artists like Tim Hecker, Rashad Becker, Emptyset, Marina Rosenfeld, Herman Kolgen, Ryoichi Kurokawa and [[Random Logic]].
+{{Wide image|MoTA Museum of Transitory Art 2016 Sally Golding and Matt Spendlove.jpg}}
 }}
 ==Festival format, venues and residents==
-Sonica is a sound space experiment, an attempt to transform a classical exhibition space into a field of events, performances, workshops, and lectures. It is a temporary laboratory established on the crossing of visual art, media and sound art and research, consisting of production and research residencies, exhibitions, performances, and public interventions, with a special focus on public presentations and talks.
-Sonica takes place in the [[Kino Šiška Centre for Urban Culture]], the [[Museum of Modern Art]], [[Gala hala]], and [[Klub Channel Zero|Channel Zero]] and hosted the following resident artists @C/Cronica (PT), Felix Thorn (GB), Tukk Sitta (EE), François Duconseille/Scenographies Urbaines, and Kevin Bartoli/ArtKillArt (FR).
+Sonica is an attempt to transform a classical exhibition space into a field of events, performances, workshops, and lectures. It is a temporary laboratory established on the crossing of visual art, media and sound art and research, consisting of production and research residencies, exhibitions, performances, and public interventions, with a special focus on public presentations and talks.
+The festival traditionally utilises different Ljubljana venues like for example [[Kino Šiška Centre for Urban Culture]], the [[Museum of Modern Art]], [[Cankarjev dom, Cultural and Congress Centre]], the MoTA Point/LAB, the [[Slovenian Cinematheque]], [[Tovarna Rog]], and [[Klub K4]].
 ==See also==
 *[[MoTA Museum of Transitory Art]]
-*[[CodeEp]]
-*[[Spring Festival]]
 ==External links==
-* [http://www.motamuseum.com/sonica/ Sonica Festival website]
+* [http://sonica.si Sonica Festival website]
 * [http://www.motamuseum.com/ MoTA Museum of Transitory Art website]
+* [http://shapeplatform.eu/2016/photos-spazio-aereo-x-sonica-%E2%80%A2-lee-gamble-neunundneunzig-spatial-others Sonica at Spazio Aereo]
+* [http://shapeplatform.eu/festival/sonicamota/ Sonica at the Shapeplatform.eu]
+{{gallery}}
 [[Category:Music festivals]]
 [[Category:Festivals]]
-[[Category:Festivals in November]]
+[[Category:Festivals in April]]
 [[Category:Music]]
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 [[Category:New media art]]
 [[Category:Multidisciplinary festivals]]
+[[Category:Updated 2017]]

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