International and local networks
I.C.A.S. – is a global network of independent, non-profit organizations dedicated to advancing sound cultures, music and related arts.
This is a creative platform for reflection and learning on an individual and global level, requiring from its members that they constantly reinvent, question, inspire and challenge each other. The greater aim of I.C.A.S. is to support members in building up sustainable infrastructures to foster, promote and sponsor experimental and critical sound cultures within their specific localities and contexts.
I.C.A.S. / E.C.A.S. is about consciously linking these structures and places to build a positive form of globalization that gives greater international value to local contexts and emerging talents.
The E.C.A.S. network currently consists of 9 co-organizers and 9 affiliated member organizations from 18 cities in 15 European countries.
E.C.A.S. co-organizers:
• CTM (Club Transmediale) – Berlin
• Cimatics – Brussels
• CynetArt – Dresden
• FutureEverything – Manchester
• Insomnia – Tromsø
• Musikprotokoll – Graz
• Skanu Mezs – Riga
• TodaysArt – The Hague
• Unsound – Krakow
Brussels Kunstenoverleg
The Brussels Kunstenoverleg (BKO) is a cultural network that was established in 2001. Today it brings together more than 70 Dutch speaking cultural institutions in the Brussels region of Belgium: theatres, companies, art labs, festivals, etcetera; small organizations as well as big institutes. As a Brussels based network, the BKO has a close collaboration with the French speaking cultural network Réseau des Arts à Bruxelles (RAB).