An Economy of the Senses
At An Educations for the Future MANIFESTO on 15 & 16 November in Brussels, we welcomed special guest Arthur Kok, lecturer in Transforming the Economy at Fontys Tilburg.
As a follow-up, Arthur wrote the essay An Economy of the Senses on the relevance of SenseSquared’s ideas for a future economy.
Read the essay here
Organised by: Musica Impulse Centre
Inhabitation — Sisters Hope Home
A new publication by Sisters Hope
Inhabitation is a new artistic paradigm beyond both spectatorship and temporary participation. Sisters Hope Home is a perennial inhabitation art piece exploring the home of a Sensuous Society. The publication Inhabitation — Sisters Hope Home came about within the framework of SenseSquared. It is an inspiration for how to inhabit art in education.
Join us at the Book Launch in Hedehusene (DK) on Friday 13 December 16:30-18:00
Organised by: Sisters Hope
Sensory Probes
Essays and exercises for teachers to cultivate artistic attitudes in the classroom
This book, with contributions by all project partners, can now be ordered to be sent at your address or downloaded as a free PDF.
Organised by: Musica Impulse Centre
hEAR DROPS webinar
This free webinar delves deeper into the hEAR DROPS episodes on the voice developed by Musica and Stavanger University.
Join us online on Wednesday 9 October 2024 3:00-4:30 pm and find out how to get started with the format.
An Educations for the Future MANIFESTO
SAVE THE DATE
SenseSquared’s 2nd interactive international conference for teachers, education specialists and policy makers with 4 international keynotes and contributions by all partners.
Join us in Brussels on 15 & 16 November 2024.
Organised by: Musica Impulse Centre
A flock of One Thousand Birds flew away
The Thousand Birds exhibition was a poetic example of how art can inspire everyone to think together about a more sustainable future. This exhibition was the culmination of an online training by Companhia de Música Teatral for kindergarten teachers since October 2023.
Organised by: Companhia de Música Teatral
Sharpened Senses at Marres
The three day training at Marres – with contributions by all SenseSquared partners – welcomed no less than 65 international participants from the world of education and the arts. Download the publication A Small World or A Place in Between Us by Nicolás Paris and Marres here.
Organised by: Marres, House for Contemporary Culture
One Thousand Birds exhibition at Tabloo Dessel
You can visit the exhibition from 28 April to 5 June 2024 from Wednesday till Friday between 13:00 and 17:00, and on Sunday between 10:00 and 17:00.
Entrance is free.
Organised by: Companhia de Música Teatral
SenseSquared presentations at MERYC23 Barcelona
SenseSquared organized a symposium on the relevance of mother-infant musicality for education in schools. With contributions by Kirsten Halle (Stavanger University), Ana Pereira (Companhia de Música Teatral), Loes Bruyninckx (Musica), Hans Van Regenmortel (Musica).
Download the full texts in the Meryc Conference Proceedings here (coming soon).
Organised by: Musica Impulse Centre
#21 Singing the Game
Throughout the day we often make quite a lot of expressive sounds as we support many of our activities with voice. For example, to imitate other sounds, to illustrate a movement, to express joy, surprise, dissapointment or during a special effort. These sounds often lead to spontaneous good use of the voice, even in those who would otherwise not be inclined to sing. You can use these expressive sounds as a trigger to get from there to real singing. For example, imitating each other’s voices can be a good exercise to warm up and even to get over your fear of singing together.
Organised by: Musica Impulse Centre
One Thousand Birds
The online course by Companhia de Música Teatral
with kindergarten classes from 4 countries has ended. All birds now fly to Tabloo in Dessel (BE). You can visit the One Thousand Birds installation at Tabloo in May.
Catch a glimpse of children learning about birds
Organised by: Companhia de Música Teatral
Zintuin Introduction Course
Is your heart beating for the future of education? Then mark the date of this active two-day course in your agenda. How do sensory experiences invite a more embodied intelligence? How do you develop a sensitive attitude towards each other and the world?
The course will take place on 13 & 14 October 2023.
Organised by: Musica Impulse Centre
Free hEAR DROPS webinar
14 June 15:00-16:30
How to instigate a more sensory musical interaction between primary school students and teachers? Sign up for the free webinar on hEAR DROPS.
Organised by: Musica Impulse Centre
Sensing together: Collaborative and comparative experiments in a team sensory ethnography
At the Uncommon Senses IV, Montreal (CA) on 4 May 2023 SenseSquared participated with a presentation by Anna Harris
Organised by: Maastricht University
#17 Cradle (of) Art
Connecting with newborn babies is all about musicality. Playing with our voice, gestures and mimicry, the baby and the infant-caregiver communicate the most important aspects of life – namely belonging and relations. The melody of our voice, the pulse and rhythm, the dynamic of human body behavior will give sense to the little baby long before they understand verbal communication. These musical conversations are our most natural way to express as humans. The baby becomes an equal partner using the innate musicality to imitate but also to create aspects of meaning playing with sound, melody and rhythm. The baby not only imitates in these situations but is also taking initiatives using it’s musicality to explore aspects of human companionship
Organised by: Musica Impulse Centre
Creativity in education revisited: drawing a line ‘from birth till art’ through music
At the CALT Conference in Osijek (HR) on 25 & 26 March 2023 SenseSquared participated with a presentation by Hans Van Regenmortel
The full text will be published soon in the conference’s proceedings
Organised by: Musica Impulse Centre
Photo © Tim Theo Deceuninck
Marres European research programme
Afterthoughts on the workshop with Nicolás Paris at Marres (NL)
Programme School year 2023/24
Organised by: Marres, House for Contemporary Culture
#14 Blooming Ditty
A pentatonic melody is created when you play only the black keys of a piano. It doesn’t even matter which key you start on. Such melodies are found in cultures around the world, even when people just sing without a piano nearby. Everyone understands how it works, and will be able to add their own variations or fragments. Until it becomes a new tune, or even a whole composition.
Organised by: Musica Impulse Centre
Zintuin Interventions
Zintuin creates encounters between pupils and their teachers, and artist-musicians. After the intervention, they work with their experiences and emotions in the classroom.
Organised by: Musica Impulse Centre
How Can Art Change The World?
Retrospect by Luciana Leiderfarb on the XII International Conference of Art for Childhood and Social & Human Development & I SenseSquared Conference Lisbon (November 2022)
Organised by: Companhia de Música Teatral
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