SPAIN (Madrid)

LEADER: Ricardo Gassent

DISCIPLINE: Music / Dance / Theatre / Visual arts

SoundpaintingMadrid, awarded the Tres Cantos City Culture Prize in 2016, is an initiative founded by Ricardo Gassent in 2014 with the goal of promoting and developing Soundpainting in Spain. The initiative focuses on both professional artistic creation and interpretation, as well as its application in amateur and educational contexts. SoundpaintingMadrid was created to foster collaboration and integration among various institutions, groups, and individuals involved or interested in Soundpainting, both within Spain and internationally, particularly within the European Union. Since January 2015, it has been a “Resident Project” in Tres Cantos, supported by the city council’s commitment to contemporary creation. In 2018, it began organizing Soundpainting Certification exams in collaboration with Walter Thompson. SoundpaintingMadrid also hosted and organized the Soundpainting Think Tanks in 2019 and 2023.

STPNGM THE COMPANY: A Soundpainting collective composed of 10 artists and 11 collaborators, including musicians, dancers, actors, and performers. The group has participated in various events such as the COMA’15 Festival, Medialab Prado, Talent Madrid 2016 (Finalist), Estación 21, Factoría Cultural, and the FIVO Festival 2018, among others. As a resident company in Tres Cantos (Madrid), it has performed continuously in “Blank Night” with Walter Thompson’s compositions from 2013 to 2020, and in “Women’s Week” from 2015 to 2020. The ensemble has worked and performed alongside some of the most renowned international Soundpainters, including Walter Thompson, Angélique Cormier, Jostein Stalheim, and Étienne Rolin. It was also an invited company at the Think Tanks in 2019 and 2023.

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