RESONANCE: Listening to the Future
RESONANCE: Listening to the Future
Venue information: This event was originally scheduled to take place at the Embassy of the Free Mind, but has been relocated to The Stargate.
The Sanctuary Earth Foundation presents: Resonance - Listening to the Future. One conversation, five perspectives. The future we are trying to protect. The ritual of gathering around sound is as old as the species. It has survived war, plague, empire and prohibition.
It has never survived being turned into a product. Are we the last stewards of what makes it work? Can the cities, technologies and spaces we build next protect it rather than consume it?
Ticket info TBA. Ticket sales are also available for each individual session.
09:45 - 10:45 | Arriving Through Breath: 108 AUM, €15
A gentle guided meditation set to a specially curated Sonic Spheres composition. Before the first beat, we begin with the breath. Bianka Duka opens the day with breathwork and meditation, inviting visitors to leave the noise behind and arrive fully in their bodies, the space, and the moment.
12:30 - 13:30 & 13:30 - 14:30 | The Sanctuary Sessions: Empowerment, €15
Monica van der Meulen and Lasse Mosegard lead visitors through the Sonic Spheres, an immersive sound experience exploring whether sound can help us slow down, recalibrate, and reconnect. Each session begins with a short introduction, followed by the session using spatial audio and curated frequencies designed to support nervous system regulation and a sense of calm. Visitors experiencing sound as something felt throughout the body, not only heard.
14:30 - 15:30 | Resonance: Listening to the Future (indepth session), €35
Five distinctive voices from different disciplines share their knowledge, practice and vision, followed by an open conversation with the audience.
How does sound shape consciousness, and how might emerging technologies extend the ways we listen, feel and experience the world? This session explores sound as a medium for investigating perception, memory and altered states. What is the therapeutic potential of psychoacoustics and archaeoacoustics? Connecting artistic practice with critical enquiry, the session asks whether sound can support enduring changes in attention, perception and behaviour: a movement from altered states towards altered traits.
Speakers: Carl Hayden Smith (Museum of Consciousness), Natasha Stark, DJ Isis (Isis van der Wel), Pieter Smits van Waesberghe (Dragonfly Water Solutions), and a PhD candidate (Eramsus University Rotterdam).
Explore more ADE Arts & Culture events at The Stargate here.
Spatial Sound, Ambient Music & Immersive Experiences
The Stargate is an immersive sonic sanctuary and cultural space in Amsterdam, where music, sound, technology and conscious experience converge.
Set inside a historic chapel surrounded by water and nature, The Stargate offers a unique environment for spatial sound, ambient music, deep listening, experimental performance, and multisensory experiences.
At the heart of the concept is the idea of space as an instrument - creating experiences where sound is not simply heard, but experienced from within.
The programme brings together pioneering artists, musicians, sound practitioners and creative minds working across the boundaries of music, consciousness and technology.
During ADE, The Stargate opens its doors as a space for immersive listening, experimental sound and experiences that invite audiences to step outside the conventional club environment.
A place to listen differently. A space to enter.
Spatial Sound, Ambient Music & Immersive Experiences
The Stargate is an immersive sonic sanctuary and cultural space in Amsterdam, where music, sound, technology and conscious experience converge.
Set inside a historic chapel surrounded by water and nature, The Stargate offers a unique environment for spatial sound, ambient music, deep listening, experimental performance, and multisensory experiences.
At the heart of the concept is the idea of space as an instrument - creating experiences where sound is not simply heard, but experienced from within.
The programme brings together pioneering artists, musicians, sound practitioners and creative minds working across the boundaries of music, consciousness and technology.
During ADE, The Stargate opens its doors as a space for immersive listening, experimental sound and experiences that invite audiences to step outside the conventional club environment.
A place to listen differently. A space to enter.
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Check out Unity's tips to Celebrate Safe during ADE:
♥ I love my ears
♥ Using alcohol or other drugs is never without risks
♥ Know your limits and respect those of others
♥ Enjoy safe sex without regrets
♥ Love your body
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♥ Take care of each other
♥ The crew is there to keep you safe
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