DICE Conference and Festival 2019

DICE conference + festival is an annual conference and festival featuring women, trans and non-binary people in music. The second edition of DICE Conference + Festival is taking place between October 31st and November 2nd, 2019 at Bi Nuu, Taborkirche and other locations in Berlin-Kreuzberg. The title of this year’s edition is Overtime.

The live programme will include experimental live performances and sound installations at the Taborkirche, as well as live concerts and club nights at Bi Nuu. At Taborkirche the opening night Artist Spotlight will be given by the multidisciplinary performance artist, DJ, and author Juliana Huxtable. In her talk she will trace her artistic development and elaborating on how her experience as an activist and club promoter has lead to her bold, cross-disciplinary artistic output. Furthermore, Parisian producer, writer and mixed media artist Crystalmess will present Collective Amnesia: In Memory of Logobi at the Taborkirche. Also at the Taborkirche, Turkish electroacoustic composer Ipek Gorgun will present an experimental soundscape, drawing from musique concrète, noise and field recordings.

As part of the live concert programme at Bi Nuu there will be artist such as Tami T, Ami Dang, Nadja El Shazly, Lady Blacktronika, Q-BRA and Quay Dash.

The 2019 programme addresses the valuation of time and work in relation to music, art and society, and examines the manifold meanings of 'Overtime' in an ever-changing global context. What is 'Overtime'? What role does it play in our lives? Who benefits? The interdisciplinary festival programme features genre-defying international artists selected for their bold and innovative performance strategies and formats. Our conference addresses methods for artistic and personal self-preservation and advancement, community-building, institutional hacking, and grassroots organising, with music as a driving force for social justice and artistic innovation.