Hear Here: Opening / Maria Chávez

Welcome to the offi­ci­al ope­ning of Hear Here 2025 on Thursday April 24, with free drinks and a turn­ta­ble per­for­man­ce by Maria Chávez at STUKcafé

PROGRAMME

14:00 → 19:00: Exhibition open*
17:30: Free gui­ded tours (90’)

STUKCAFÉ

19:00: Start recep­ti­on
20:00: Official ope­ning and wel­co­me
20:30: Maria Chávez (turn­ta­ble per­for­man­ce)
21:00: Maria Chávez (dj-set)

*The works at STUK (Budhaditya Chattopadhyay, Anri Sala, Adam Basanta) remain open until 22:00

PRACTICAL

Let’s cele­bra­te the ope­ning of the second edi­ti­on of STUK’s Hear Here 2025 sound art fes­ti­val. Be the first to dis­co­ver the exhi­bi­ti­on (from 14:00 to 19:00), toast together at the recep­ti­on in the STUKcafé (from 19:00) and enjoy a turn­ta­ble per­for­man­ce by Peruvian-American sound artist Maria Chavez (at 20:30). Afterwards, Chavez will play a DJ set. Everyone is wel­co­me, so bring your friends and come with your ears open.

It is recom­men­ded that you regis­ter in advan­ce for the ope­ning recep­ti­on so that we know how many peo­p­le to expect. You can regis­ter for the recep­ti­on via this link.

Would you also like to take a free gui­ded tour? Of cour­se you can, at 18:00 (Dutch & English). It is best to regis­ter for this as well, via this link, as capa­ci­ty is limi­ted.

MARIA CHÁVEZ

Born in Lima, Peru and based in NYC, Maria Chávez is best known as an abstract turn­ta­blist, sound artist and DJ. Coincidence, chan­ce and fai­lu­res are the­mes that uni­te her work across medi­ums, inclu­ding impro­vi­sed per­for­man­ce, sound and mar­ble sculp­tu­re, visu­al art, and book objects. Her appro­ach is root­ed in Deep Listening, a form of embo­died lis­te­ning devel­o­ped by her late men­tor Pauline Oliveros.

Maria is the only abstract turn­ta­blist in the world who per­forms with a rare need­le known as the RAKE Double Needle. This spe­ci­al devi­ce con­tains two need­les on one head, allo­wing it to read two dif­fe­rent seg­ments of a sin­gle record at the same time. Paired with her ini­mi­ta­ble abi­li­ty to cre­a­te unfor­get­ta­ble sonic expe­rien­ces from shards of bro­ken records, each per­for­man­ce is tru­ly unique.

Maria’s prac­ti­ce is pro­found­ly expan­si­ve, res­pon­si­ve and curious. Her work has been fea­tu­red and sup­por­ted by a myriad of insti­tu­ti­ons over the past deca­des inclu­ding Rewire Festival, Counterflows Festival, Donau Festival, The Guggenheim Museum, The Getty, The Wire, MOCA Jacksonville, Black Mountain College Museum and many, many more. Chavez’s 2012 book, Of Technique: Chance Procedures on Turntable has gar­ne­red a reputa­ti­on as both an aca­de­mic resour­ce on turn­ta­blism and a foun­da­ti­o­nal text for a new gene­ra­ti­on of turntablists.