Taking place in Amsterdam from 5 February to 29 March 2026 and spread over 80 events across 15 venues, the programme features cutting-edge performances, contemporary sound experiments, and multidisciplinary art by over 200 artists.

In a world marked by crises, conflict, and displacement, we all long for a place to call home. But what happens when these places fail to offer a safe refuge, or when they are no longer within reach, taken from us, or lost to time? Melted for Love reimagines home, not as a physical structure, but as a site of invitation, attentiveness, and care. With open ears and full hearts, we listen, attuned to the sounds, songs, transmissions, and resonances that hold us close to one another.

Guided by collective listening practices, the programme of the Sonic Acts Biennial 2026: Melted for Love brings together a wide array of artists, musicians, and thinkers across multiple iconic venues, such as Paradiso, Muziekgebouw, W139, Arti et Amicitiae, Rozenstraat – a rose is a rose is a rose, Stedelijk Museum, Eye Filmmuseum, Zone2Source, De Ateliers/Woonhuis, Het Documentaire Paviljoen/IDFA Institute, Oude Kerk, murmur, Singelkerk, Garage Noord, and Athenaeum Nieuwscentrum, alongside a special collaboration with Framer Framed.

Re-Imagine Europe programme during Sonic Acts Biennial 2026 consists of numerous sound works and artworks, as well as symposium talks and workshops presented by Sonic Acts in collaboration with Paradiso.

W139 – Melted for Love exhibition, 6 Feb – 29 Mar
Alina Schmuch – Underpasses
Diana Policarpo & Bernardo Gaeiras – Bugio Eco-Station

Spatial Sound Concerts at Paradiso – 27 & 28 Feb 
Jana Winderen – Djúpr
Mark Fell & Rian Treanor – Crashing Into Bleaklow
BJ Nilsen – Scalar Towers
Drew Mc Dowall & Leila Bordreuil – Somatic Forms
Mariam Gviniashvili & Hilde Marie Holsen – Serene Dine
KMRU & Aho Ssan – Still–Fold

Symposium at Stedelijk Museum, 28 Feb & 1 Mar
With Yuk Hui, Flavia Dzodan, Steve Goodman (Kode9), Eleni Ikoniadou, Martina Raponi, and Salomé Voegelin, pantea, Lawrence Abu Hamdan, Busher Kanj Abu Saleh, Amr Mdah, Fabio Cervi, and ILYICH.

Listening Room at Zone2Source, 5 Feb – 15 March
C. Lavender – Dissipation Traces
Clara de Asís – Infinity this Time
Elizabeth Davis – Syrinx I
Miodrag Gladović – the last trace (non-intentional)
Pierce Warnecke – Empathy Exchanges: Archaeophone Transcodings
Marcin Pietruszewski & Lukas De Clerck – Oto Aulos
Jana Irmert – Portals
Hrvoje Pelicarić – … to dear incomprehension, or the pieces of the personal waiting,

Workshops – Feb – March 
Public Attention – community sound workshop with Roman Tkachenko
Spatial Sound Course – Ji Youn Kang
Feedback Loops Workshop by Martina Rapponi
Redistributing Solidarity – Joachim Ben Jacob & Raem Shilleh

Film screening – 6 March
Lukas Marxt – AMONG THE PALMS THE BOMB

Performance – 13 March
Roc Jiménez de Cisneros – performance MAKINATRAX

Visual identity by studio Knoth & Renner in colaboration with Anja Kaiser.

Visit the website of Sonic Acts Biennial 2026 to learn more.