Since 2012, and thanks to the support from the Creative Europe Programme, the ULYSSES Network has been dedicated to the promotion of young talented artists in the field of contemporary music. In reaction to the pandemic and the difficulty to organise physical gatherings, the ULYSSES Network proposed a series of online seminars directed to young artists, focussing on specific topics related to the development of their international career. The positive feedback received from our young artist community has motivated us to continue with the series, even after the end of the pandemic.

For each meeting, an invited speaker shortly presents a specific topic, and opens the floor to give the participants the occasion to discuss this topic together, to address questions and share their personal experiences. At the end of each meeting, an « Open Space » allows some of the participants to present their own projects and to exchange with their fellow artists.

#9 Wednesday 21st June 2023, 15.00 CET

Speakers: Matthijs Mantel, programmer at Gaudeamus Festival & Gemma Luz Bosch, sound artist

Matthijs Mantel

Gemma Luz Bosch

Topic: Beyond the concert hall: In-Situ/City at Gaudeamus

In-Situ/City is an activity by the ULYSSES Network Project. Composers, performers, conductors and ensembles will all be able to undertake projects providing them with rich and diverse experiences enabling them to develop new relations to their social context, to their fellow artists and to diverse audiences.

At Gaudeamus, Utrecht, In-Situ/City is an ongoing project that focuses on the city as an ever-changing changing collection of historical, cultural, political, and social signifiers. For Gaudeamus 2022, four young makers (groups) were commissioned to create new work that reflects on this theme, with a special focus on the relationship between humans and non-humans. The project is presented and discussed by Matthijs Mantel, programmer at Gaudeamus Festival, and sound artist Gemma Luz Bosch, who attended the project in 2022.