Hear Here Opening

Let’s cele­bra­te the ope­ning of the second edi­ti­on of STUK’s Hear Here 2025 sound art fes­ti­val. Be the first to dis­co­ver the exhi­bi­ti­on (from 14:00 to 19:00), toast together at the recep­ti­on in the STUKcafé (from 19:00) and enjoy a turn­ta­ble per­for­man­ce by Peruvian-American sound artist Maria Chavez (at 20:30). Afterwards, Chavez will play a DJ set. Everyone is wel­co­me, so bring your friends and come with your ears open.

It is recom­men­ded that you regis­ter in advan­ce for the ope­ning recep­ti­on so that we know how many peo­p­le to expect. You can regis­ter for the recep­ti­on via this link.

Would you also like to take a free guided tour of a part of the parcours (STUK, Dijlepark, Justus Lipsiustoren, KADOC)? Of course you can: there is a guided tour in English at 17:30. It is best to register for this via this link, as capacity is limited.

Maria Chávez

Born in Lima, Peru and based in NYC, Maria Chávez is best known as an abstract turn­ta­blist, sound artist and DJ. Coincidence, chan­ce and fai­lu­res are the­mes that uni­te her work across medi­ums, inclu­ding impro­vi­sed per­for­man­ce, sound and mar­ble sculp­tu­re, visu­al art, and book objects. Her appro­ach is root­ed in Deep Listening, a form of embo­died lis­te­ning devel­o­ped by her late men­tor Pauline Oliveros.

Maria is the only abstract turn­ta­blist in the world who per­forms with a rare need­le known as the RAKE Double Needle. This spe­ci­al devi­ce con­tains two need­les on one head, allo­wing it to read two dif­fe­rent seg­ments of a sin­gle record at the same time. Paired with her ini­mi­ta­ble abi­li­ty to cre­a­te unfor­get­ta­ble sonic expe­rien­ces from shards of bro­ken records, each per­for­man­ce is tru­ly unique.

Maria’s prac­ti­ce is pro­found­ly expan­si­ve, res­pon­si­ve and curious. Her work has been fea­tu­red and sup­por­ted by a myriad of insti­tu­ti­ons over the past deca­des inclu­ding Rewire Festival, Counterflows Festival, Donau Festival, The Guggenheim Museum, The Getty, The Wire, MOCA Jacksonville, Black Mountain College Museum and many, many more. Chavez’s 2012 book, Of Technique: Chance Procedures on Turntable has gar­ne­red a reputa­ti­on as both an aca­de­mic resour­ce on turn­ta­blism and a foun­da­ti­o­nal text for a new gene­ra­ti­on of turntablists.