In his talk, Stanislaw Welbel will present his recent curatorial experiences connected to working both with visual art and music. The talk is focused on how sound is present in exhibitions and how it could be used as a curatorial tool.

The starting point will be the exhibition The Cave of the Demons (Ivy Ma, Aifric Prior Beliere, Alona Rodeh) presented in 2022 at Collateral / Lateral Art Space / Cinema ARTA in Cluj-Napoca in Romania. The show in many ways referred to film and the moving image history and explored how soundtracks create a desired cinematographic experience. In the same way, exhibitions could have soundscapes that will determine how the audience would perceive them, literally amplifying the experience.

The second part will be devoted to two ongoing projects – a collaboration with Marie Farrington, which will result in an exhibition at Trinity College in Dublin (Spring 2023), and a mutual work with Suzanne Walsh which will result in a music/poetry album.

During the talk, we will have a short listening session of some older and most recent (not yet published, works in progress) music tracks...