Africa-Press – Eswatini. Antidote Culture Foundation , in partnership with the Eswatini National Council of Arts and Culture, is presenting the VUKUBONE Sound Lab 2023.
The programme is targeted at early stage sound artists aged between 18 – 28 years, who are in need of a springboard to launch their careers further.
According to the official Antidote Culture Foundation press release, interested applicants can apply on the link: http://shorturl.at/mnASV. The deadline is July 14 at 11:59 pm. Mmeli Hlanze, co-founder of Antidote Music, stated that VUKUBONE Sound Lab was one answer to the issues raised during the VUKUBONE Music Conference 2022 and hoped to create clear pathways to the establishment of sustainable careers in Eswatini’s creative sector.
“It is an accelerator programme aimed at improving the capacity and quality of Eswatini’s sound production sector through increasing the knowledge competencies of emerging Eswatini sound artists, in the areas of: creative entrepreneurship, intellectual property rights, business and financial management and providing Eswatini sound artists with access to state-of-the-art sound production and recording facilities,” he said.
Hlanze further stated that championing the representation of women in the sound production sector was a priority and women are encouraged to participate in this opportunity. He further detailed how the program will be organised.
“We champion the representation of women in the sound production sector and therefore would like to encourage as many women as possible to apply to this opportunity.
The accelerator programme will be split into two cohorts with 10 participants in each cohort. Each of the cohorts will be enrolled in a six-week programme divided into three phases: trainings and masterclasses, mentorship and lastly, project development,” he informed.
He added that the first cohort would be enrolled from July 31 to August 16 while the second one would be from September 11-27. The project is made possible by the Sound Connects Fund, an initiative by the Music In Africa Foundation (MIAF) and Goethe-Institut.
According to the official press release, the Sound Connects Fund is made possible with funding from the ACP-EU Culture Programme, a project implemented by the Secretariat of the Antidote Culture Foundation June 26, 2023 African, Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) Group of States and funded by the European Union (EU).
The Fund is also co-funded by Goethe-Institut and Siemens Stiftung.
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