About us
We are a Silesian-based foundation
our main aim is to establish collaborative platforms of creative environments and to popularise the culture.
Sound is our field of interest – the scientific approach to it, and its use in music, visual arts or public spaces. The organising of workshop meetings related to music and new media arts, which lie at the intersection of the worlds of sound and technology, present a completely new perspective on experiencing music, and arouse curiosity and a desire to search for unobvious solutions.
Our facilities are located on the campus of the Academy of Fine Arts in Katowice, until now giving artists creative possibilities. Our set-up consists of a pioneering multi-channel sound emission system in a 3D domain, a simulation system for creating acoustic surroundings, live, and during concerts and recording sessions as well as a wide range of musical and experimental instruments (recording studio, music production, and the original “Tonarium” instrument). An additional asset is the LORI ASP (The Laboratory of Moving Images and Interaction at the Academy of Fine Arts Katowice) technology equipment.
Explore Technology
Together with Katowice Sound Office curators Piotr Ceglarek and Jan Dybala, we explore spatial sound and the possibilities of modular synthesizers.
The function of the foundation is a follow-up to the Azymut recording and music production studio which has been in operation since 2014, and has been given a slightly different, expanded character. Together with the curators of the Katowice Sound Department, Piotr Ceglark and Jan Dybala, we have been exploring spatial sound and the possibilities of modular synthesisers, resulting in an Innovation Programme grant from the European Union.
Our audio facilities related to the experimental film studio at the Academy of Fine Arts in Katowice forms a unique creative space. Work in such an innovative environment enables the obtaining of unique competencies on a global scale. The scale of the facility and its openness – directly emerges from the traditions of the greatest, historical and modern experimental electronic music facilities – SEPR in Poland, GRM and IRCAM in France, and the German WDR, as well as others, which allowed the realisation of versatile sound forms offering the newest possible technologies.
Music producer and owner of the recording studio and label AZYMUT. From 2002 to 2015, associated with the Łowcy.B cabaret. Co-creator, co-writer, and participant in dozens of TV shows, live programs, original TV programs, and entertainment shows. For over 10 years, he has been running the construction company Solida and its three sister companies. Founder and president of the foundation’s board.
Paweł Pindur
Chief Executive Officer
A Silesia-based producer, DJ, and sound engineer with over ten years of experience, whose sound spans various electronic music genres. He is actively involved in developing the music scene in the southern part of the country. He is responsible for running the Azymut studio, which is part of the New Media Lab.
Jakub Mokrzysiak
Art Director, Sound Engineer
Since 2017, she has been associated with Katowice Miasto Ogrodów – Krystyna Bochenek Institution of Culture, where she serves as an event specialist in the artistic field and is a member of the team working on the Metropolis’s application for ESK2029 and the Design Observatory. Until 2023, she was the music and program curator for the Ars Independent Festival. Since 2019, she has collaborated with the Azymut recording and music production studio. She co-develops the content of the Soundscape Foundation’s program and is responsible for producing its events.
Matylda Badera
Program Director, Event producer
A graduate of Journalism and Social Communication at the Faculty of Social Sciences of the University of Silesia in Katowice. She has always been involved in media, advertising, marketing, and PR. In the foundation, she is responsible for liaising with key partners.
Aleksandra Smolak
Key account manager
A graduate of the University of Łódź in Spatial Management. She has been working with non-governmental organizations for ten years and has been securing and managing funding from various sources for the past five years. She enjoys diversity, the opportunity for growth, and interacting with people in her work. In the Soundscape Foundation, she is responsible for fundraising.
Barbara Matusiak
Fundraising Specialist
A musician, sound engineer, performer, and sound installation artist working within the realms of experimental music and techno. He primarily creates under the pseudonym Tonallaxe, with releases on labels such as Fallen Metropolis, Behind the Stage, and in compilations for Club 999 and Muno.pl. He is also known for collaborations with other artists, the most recent being the audio-visual project Voyage Molecularis, supported by the foundation.
Michał Świeboda
Programme Co-Creator
