The Swarm: Compositions
Speakers as instruments and a live performance. A choreography of sound, created together with the audience.
Our projects
New productions
aifoon examines different methods of involving a wide audience in the many facets of sound and listening. We work on concepts and creative experiments, and test technical possibilities.
A Chorus of Footsteps
An invisible soundscape made up of field recordings from all directions guides you through the city. A confrontation with the ambient sounds of the neighborhood.
De Zwerm
for 'De Zwerm' we are investigating the possibilities to place 20 wireless speakers in a mesh network
Portfolio
Through artistic productions and interventions, training programs and participatory projects, aifoon teases and questions various listening attitudes and strategies.
Performances, installations & interventions
From sound acrobatics to soundwalks ...
Korrol
Listening in a tactile way.
Murmur
An acrobat and a composer explore the boundaries between man, nature and technology.
Plock!
A colourful children's performance by the circus company Grensgeval with a sound design by aifoon
Zinderspin
Make our mobile spin and let the sounds surrround you.
Sound Walk
Walk with a blindfold and listen to the city.
Sound massage
Relax and surrender to sound.
Audiohacking
How can you subtly manipulate an audio environment?
Schroot / Hoop
Everyday objects tell their story
Workshops, ateliers, master classes, toolboxes & think tanks
Get started yourself with our toolboxes or follow a customised, multi-day programme
LAwaBO
a noise laboratory for children: adventurous listening and reckless composing, with a microphone as an instrument and daily life as a source of sounds and inspiration
Artistic workshops
Workshop sessions on sound and listening art for educational and recreational contexts
Masterclasses
For teachers and educationalists as well as for performing artists.
Start to Listen
A free online toolbox on listening skills for primary schools.
Interioor
A toolbox around acoustic comfort in the classroom.
Salong
A group of artists reflect on listening and listening attitudes.
Neighbourhood and co-creation projects
In these projects, we work long-term with different audiences: making recordings, talking about sound and listening together, making compositions, ...
The City Rings
an international project in which children examine and exchange their auditory environment with other children all over the world
Sound Atlas
How can words describe sounds? Listen to the podcast, check out our research and get involved.
Phonorama Papegaaiwijk
a sound panorama of the Ghent neighbourhood 'Papegaaiwijk'
Phonorama Bruges
How do we listen to life in the city?
Phonorama STHD
Pupils from six schools in the Sluizeken-Tolhuis-Ham-Dok district of Ghent hunt for sounds in their neighbourhood.
Archive
A selection of projects from the past
Traject
What does the trip from your home to your school sound like?
Huis van Alijn
from 2014 to 2017 aifoon took up a residency in Huis van Alijn, a museum about the culture of everyday life
Fondouk
an auditory installation and performance for children (8+) and adults
Oorkanaal
a project about the melting pot of sounds that is the Ghent Canal Zone
Sounds Like Quiz
an original, accessible and above all witty family quiz full of facts and anecdotes about sound and everything that has to do with it
Oormos
Experimenting and composing with "inaudible" sounds
Watch In?
Visit a museum with an AudioCollier, a pendant with a speaker incorporated
Watch Out!
walk around with a backpack that plays a sound composition