English:SO-ON vzw (Q176729)

so-on (pronounced souon) means: solid-borne noise // undesired sound // unwanted sound // uproar // vocal noise. It is a loose group of artists, writers and curators working with image, sound and technology; and is initiated by Annemie Maes.

In their projects they focus on the transversal field of installations, performances and audio-visual compositions. The aim of so-on is to identify innovation and change while developing artistic projects, and focus on new aesthetical presentation techniques.

Most projects are linked to the problematization of new art in the public space, from a socio-cultural background. New technologies, including internet as a medium for performing, are predominantly present in the (sound) installations and (connected) performances. Research- and artistic domains focus on public space, participation, ecology and feminism.

so-on projects tend to present the process of art production: planning, collaboration, building up, etc... Its' projects function as an attractionpole for the audience, who interact with the setup, sometimes puzzled, sometimes bewildered, and most of the time unfamiliar with new media art. As such so-on wants to stimulate the awareness of the public, confronting them with unexpected interactive installations, performances,concerts and lectures