Struer Tracks

Join us for Sound Art Meet-up #1 with Marie Yevkiné Tirard, Choi Boryeon, and Luiz Henrique Otto — an online gathering with short artist presentations and time for conversation. The artists will share insights into their practices and current research. Marie Yevkiné Tirard will present “Poems and Lullabies of the Post-Nostalgic.” She transforms the poems of her Armenian ancestor, Yevkiné Diarian, into songs. After she found a book of poems, written in the 1930s by her ancestor, survivor of the Armenian genocide, the artist felt an urge to give a voice to these words, confined like silent relics, during 100 years. Her ongoing research explores voice, music, signs and images as means to let a threatened archive survive. Choi Boryeon will present “Ururu with Clouds and Friends,” introducing Ururu.cloud, a sound art community in Seoul. Choi will speak about practices described as “lost species”: ways of maintaining a sense of awe toward objects and connections through small web and low technology. Luiz Henrique Otto will present “Mining Sounds, Performance and Public Intervention at the 30th Conference of the Parties,” sharing the research process around the performance The Sirens That Didn’t Sound (MABe/COP-30). This ongoing project investigates mining sirens and the politics of listening through safety manuals, journalistic reports, oral accounts, and amplified audience interventions. 19 May 2026 13:00 CEST Online link: /meet/372569694404927?p=8Ld8hNIE0VkawCAkmF (also in bio)

BODIES AND SUBWOOFERS (B.A.S.) 12.0: SUPER STRETCHED at @struertracks Biennial for Sound Art and Listening, Denmark, 2025. Thank you @jacoberik , @soundartlab_dk and @struertracks . It was a beautiful moment. Lying down in the subs, watching the water, feeling the sound which merged with Struer’s strong wind. Next: B.A.S. opens May 23 at @kunstfestspiele , Hannover. Video by @monesdk @mateuszota #bodiesandsubwoofers #insoundwetrust #lowfrequencysound #sitespecific #soundinstallation

Last year I got the chance to join a beautiful collaborative publication as part of the @struertracks festival, sharing some reflections, text scores and participatory sound art under the title 'Fragments for multilingual listening'. I wasn't using social media at the time, so I thought I'd mention it belatedly on here. The whole publication, put together with great care by @zlpv , is full of good things for your mind, heart and ears: 'The digital edition of the Struer Tracks Almanac, Kommunal Praksis, invites you to explore how communities are formed and expressed through sound and listening practices. Hybrid, genre-defying contributions offer ways to experience the everyday and the unexpected, the bodily and the social, the personal and the shared.' You can find my piece via linktree (link in bio) or explore the whole publication here: https://almanac.struertracks.dk/

Listening Hotline - are you in need of listening? The Listening Hotline is an ongoing artistic and social project by Bureau for Listening. It presents listening as both a critical framework and a lived practice, unfolding through voice, attention, and presence. The hotline is not simply a channel for communication, but a space where listening itself becomes the work. When calling the hotline, you enter a situation shaped by listening. You may be greeted by listening staff, choose to receive a brief pep-talk, listen to sound art, or remain in shared auditory space. Each call takes form through the caller’s pace, tone, and needs. The work exists in this exchange, momentary and relational. Please note, and outside of our openings hours we will be encounter a self-service listening hotline, offering several services in its menu. The Listening Hotline operates between service and artwork, care and performance. It proposes listening as an active force that creates relation, invites reflection, and allows for pause in an environment shaped by speed and demand. What does it mean to be listened to without expectation? How does attention change when it is offered rather than requested? Can listening become a form of collective care, or even a site of imagination? The Listening Hotline invites these questions to be experienced rather than answered. — Photo 1: from our performative installation ‘Borgerservice for Listening’ during @struertracks in @struerlydensby - thank you @soundartlab_dk — /listening-hotline/

“Det var på en måde spøjst at have den slags sanseligt begrebsudvidende oplevelser i en by som Struer. For selvom kommunen og virksomheder gør alt muligt for at gøre den tiltrækkende for kunstnere og landets kulturliv, kan man kun un-strue Struer så og så meget. Hele lydkunstbiennalen igennem havde jeg nøglen til mit Airbnb-værelse i Helles villa i udkanten af byen i min lomme med en nøgleringsbrik fra Danmarksdemokraterne med påskriften ”Som vi er flest”. Og det publikum, festivalen tiltrækker, er jo nok netop, som vi er færrest. Heri ligger et stort potentiale for social friktion, som det kunne være sjovt at se Tracks udforske endnu mere i næste udgave.” P/A bringer i dag en dybdegående reportage af @mathiasschlonberg_ fra lydkunstbiennalen @struertracks , der fandt sted i august på tværs af flere offentlige lokationer i Struer.

During @struertracks The Lake Radio @thelakeradio interviewed the staffed at Borgerservice for Listening🙏🏼🙏🏼 thank you for the visit and for sharing the call for more and different listening! You can listen to the interview at The Lake Radio’s SoundCloud - the interview is the Danish /thelakeradio/the-lake-radio-live-from-struer-tracks-bureau-for-listening?ref=clipboard&p=i&c=0&si=9458BAFE3CC846A0A75A3C1A688D022D&utm_source=clipboard&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=social_sharing

Struer Tracks viste, at selv kommunal branding kan åbne nye verdener, når lydkunsten blander sig – fra glitchende rottestemmer i musikskolens kælder til subwoofere, der fik havnen til at ryste. – @jakobgustavwinckler I’ve been visiting Struer Tracks since day one in 2017, when it launched as a biennial of »site-specific sound art in public space.« I witnessed the transformation that came with new artistic director Jacob Eriksen in 2022: a major liposuction, slimming the biennial down from several weeks into a concentrated festival format with a packed program – this year including sound art installations, performances, communal meals, workshops, book launches, city walks, film screenings, and even an annual general meeting. A clever move: this way the sound art community from all over the world can gather at once, enabling exchanges that put Struer not only on the map of Denmark, but on the world map. Once again, the festival radio broadcast live from their iconic caravan with reports, intimate concerts, and interviews. Nobody had to miss a thing. Brilliant. … It’s easy to forget that the story of the sound city by the Limfjord is just a myth invented by clever marketers. When the harbor industry could no longer sustain the town, attention turned to its old export pride, Bang & Olufsen, and the idea was born that Struer should have a special relationship to sound – simply because the company, which today sells luxurious audio systems worldwide, was founded here a hundred years ago and still has its headquarters in town. Read more @seismografmag #sound #art #artistic #arts #listen #kunst #lyd #struer #danish #denmark #culture #kultur #concert #performance #musica #musician #musik #brandidentity #branding #experience

It has been over a week - but all the wonderful people and experiences from this year @struertracks are still resounding within, and have left a deep mark and impression! Thank you so much for a great feedback, amazing sound art, special moments and new friendship! Just sharing here a little (very incomplete) compilation of photos and videos - especially from both late and early encounters with the sun and moon! 🙏🏼🙏🏼 @struertracks @soundartlab_dk @jacoberik

Struer Tracks 2025 has now concluded, and we are so very happy and grateful for how everything has turned out and we would like to extend our deepest thanks to all... … ARTISTS: Anouk Kellner, Stefanie Egedy, Julie Nymann, Donna Simonsen, Line Sandvad Mengers, Noise Research Union, Good Praxis, Samvær Under Tilsün, Maria Komarova & Kunrad, Ariel Orah & Pedro Oliveira, Ensemble MidtVest, Operaen i Midten, Rhea Dally, Shadwa Ali, Sophia Sagaradze, Laura Papke, Bureau for Listening, Snöleoparden, Diane Barbé, Ex Continent, Frederik Blicher and Steffen Mazivila Lystlund, Ross Alexander Payne, Munda, Nordisk Teater Laboratorium, and Julie Østengaard. … COLLABORATING PARTNERS : Struer Bibliotek, Folkets Hus, Struer Musikskole, Struer Museum, Regelbau 411, Sound Hub Denmark, Bang & Olufsen, Kurbadet Limfjorden, Kælderen, Lydlaboratoriet, Apollon, Struer Radioamatører OZ3EDR, Det Nationale Videnscenter for Sonisk Kulturarv SOKU, Sounding City Summer School, Søsportens Hus, Værftet, Struer Havn, Beierholm, Uddannelsesinitiativet i Struer, 89 Sound Art School, Another Sky Festival, Danish Sound Cluster, Det Jyske Musikkonservatorium, Klang Festival, MINU Festival, SPOR Festival, The Lake Radio og Struer Kommune. We would also like to thank Mateusz, Habiba and Kasia for documenting all the activities. Thanks to Nina for again this year facilitating guidet tours for the visiting audience. Thanks to Stine Engelbrecht for visual identity and design. Thanks to Per Fogsgaard and Marianne Knudsen for making a community kitchen. Thanks to Nicolai B. Nielsen for helping for participating in the driving performance. And thanks to the directory board for pushing and believing in the great ambitions for Struer Tracks. … VOLUNTIERS: A very special thanks go to all the vulonteers, without your generous help this would not be possible … FINANSIAL SUPPORT: Art Music Denmark, Augustinus Fonden, Campus Condorcet, Dansk Komponistforening, Det Obelske Familiefond, Færchfonden, Kultursamarbejdet, Ny Carlsbergfondet, Region Midtjyllands Kulturudviklingspulje, Sonning-Fonden, Statens Kunstfond, William Demant Fonden and Struer Kommune. ❤️ Foto: @eklektyczna

Recap from a fantastic, third and final day of Struer Tracks The visual summary is created by @eklektyczna

I’d like to share a project I’ve been working on throughout the past academic year — Almanac which was dedicated for Struer Tracks biennial. The project has two versions: • a main digital edition with contributions from 56 participants who shared essays, articles, sound pieces, and conversations reflecting on the theme of Kommunal Praksis; • and a shorter printed edition featuring 17 selected texts, with a stronger focus on written formats. I want to express my deepest gratitude to everyone who took part and to everyone who supported the project.❣️ A huge thank you to the whole Sound Art Lab team for your trust and support — this internship was a wonderful experience and I’ve learned so much. Special thanks to my partner @jonathan_heneis , for excellent and beautiful work on developing and maintaining the Almanac website, and to @prystavka.jpg for designing the background for the main page. I’m very grateful to @linnhenrichson for the incredibly fast, professional, and precise work on the design of the printed edition; to Mohamed Hamad for copy-editing; to @jacoberik for supervising the project, for giving me the opportunity to join the internship, support and for creating such a valuable learning experience; and to Maryia Kamarova for the beautiful photographs of Struer used in the printed version. Finally, thank you to my family and friends for the countless hours of conversations about this project and for always being there with your support < 33

The essential b/w photographs from the first days of our sound biennial. We’ve all been witnesses to a range of unique experiences. We’re slowly entering the evening programme of Day 03. Check the website and follow the noise spreading around Struer. Photo credits: @eklektyczna