Open Studio Project 2006

 An international residency programme in Downtown Cairo exploring creative approaches to sound. 

Open Studio Project 2006 takes sound - problematic in its very definition, scope and relationship to a loosely defined field of arts - as its point of departure. The programme is inspired by Cairo’s rich aural environment, one shaped by the city’s diverse narratives of sound, sound-making traditions and ongoing explorations of sound in contemporary music and the arts.

Seventeen individuals working with sound in various media, from different positions within various cultural fields and addressing alternately diverging and intersecting points were invited to pursue their creative work and research in the context of a process-oriented Residency Programme.

An ongoing Public Programme offers a platform for interaction with the residency participants and their work.  

Open Studio Project 2006 is an initiative of the Townhouse Gallery of contemporary art in partnership with Triangle Arts Trust.