The 23rd edition of CTM, themed Contact, will take place as a mix of in-person and hybrid/online formats, and aims to explore the fragility of physical and communal music experiences, and imagine how we might strengthen them in this new pandemic reality.

Open calls are now out for:

• CTM Radio Lab, which seeks proposals that explore the possibilities of radio and live performance mediums. Deadline 19 September.
• Kontinuum, which seeks generative artworks that respond to the CTM 2022 theme and evolve in sonically interesting ways over the course of one year. Deadline 19 September.
• Research Networking Day, which assembles students and researchers in the fields of music, audio, art, and related fields for a session of presentations and exchanges. Deadline 10 October.

Tickets are now available for CTM 2021 »Transformation« Part Two, which rounds out our 22nd edition with four in-person events. The collection of performances and installations shown all deal with processes and questions of change in critical and affective ways, continuing the exploration of the 2021 Transformation festival theme. With works by: Mouse on Mars with Louis Chude-Sokei; Soundwalk Collective with Charlotte Gainsbourg, AtomTM, Lyra Pramuk, Paul B. Preciado, and Willem Dafoe; Marcin Pietruszewski with Alex Freiheit; Jessica Ekomane and Rully Shabara; Dries Verhoeven; and performances by Stine Janvin & Ula Sickle, Maximilian Marcoll.

Essays and interviews related to CTM 2021 Transformation

New articles have been published in relation to the Transformation theme. MusicMakers Hacklab founder and host Peter Kirn recounts experiences from this past year's Hacklab, in dialogue with co-host Olivia Jack and participants, as they navigated restrictions on meeting in person, developping and testing out new modes of remote collaboration. Two new essays resulting from our Rethinking Music Ecosystems workshops are also online. Taeyoon Choi asks what are the costs of our cultural ecosystem’s shared reliance on centralised platforms, such as Facebook, YouTube, and Spotify, and provides and introduction and ideas on how we could begin to move away from them. Reflecting on the past year of politics, protest, and parties, gonzo journalist Michelle Lhooq outlines how tumult and change have led her to rethink the relationship between drug use and counterculture.

Further articles related to CTM 2021 Transformation can be found via the CTM Magazine, using the #transformation keyword. Most articles from past CTM festival editions are also now available online.

A few days remain to apply for a position in Press Relations & Communications within our team! Integrated tightly with our communications department, the position includes writing as well as press outreach and management, plus collaboration with the press department of our sister festival, transmediale.