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.

#7 Wednesday 30th November 2022, 6pm CET

Speaker: Sofie B. Ringstad, cultural practitioner

Topic: Stay ready so you don’t have to get ready: Building a sustainable career in left-field music

Speaker bio:

Sofie B. Ringstad is a cultural practitioner based in Berlin. Besides mothering two small humans, she runs the management agency Sonic Labour, representing among others saxophonist Bendik Giske and vocal artist Stine Janvin. Her practice also includes curating, consulting and art critique, with her resumé covering the production and curation of the Disko Arts Festival in Greenland (2017-19), co-curating the exhibition UNDERNEATH at the Nordic House in Reykjavik in 2019, and working for a number of festivals and institutions, such as Ultima Oslo Contemporary Music Festival and Forecast Platform in Berlin.