🎵 Host hands-on workshops exploring AI in music-making → September 2025 – June 2026
AIxDESIGN and Open Culture Tech are seeking up to 4 workshop proposals from hosts who want to design and lead hands-on sessions that help (aspiring) music makers tinker, experiment, and learn about AI in creative, accessible ways.
We're looking for specific workshop concepts that go beyond the typical "intro to AI music tools" and instead dive into particular approaches, workflows, or experimental techniques that spark curiosity, playful exploration, and critical reflection.
This open call is part of Open Culture Tech 2.0, an initiative by Thunderboom Records and the Netherlands Institute of Sound & Vision, in collaboration with AIxDESIGN. We're committed to making immersive technology more accessible to artists through residencies, open-source tools, and knowledge sharing.
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Open Culture Tech makes immersive technology more accessible to artists. We run residencies, publish open-source tools, and host showcases to share insights with the music industry. OCT is an initiative by Thunderboom and the Netherlands Institute for Sound & Vision, in collaboration with six partners.
Sonic Shikara → ****At AIxD, we’re collaborating with artist-in-residence Mihir Raina to build an AI-powered music-making tool that explores the archives of Kashmiri music for creative inspiration, rather than production efficiency.
URL: https://www.thunderboomrecords.com/projects/2
TIME: Apr 2025 - Dec 2026
TEAM: Ploipailin Flynn (Project Lead), Nadia Piet (Creative Lead), Mihir Raina (Artist-in-residence)
LEADING PARTNERS: Thunderboom & Netherlands Institute of Sound & Vision
FUNDING: Cultuurloket DigitALL
Photo from workshop by AIxDESIGN + Fabian Mosele
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💰 Budget*
€500 per workshop (excluding VAT) (€250 development fee + €250 hosting fee)
We’re looking to host each workshop 1x, with the possibility of running the same workshop 2x at different times/events (hosting fee)
** About the budget*
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