Shape (aka Sound, Heterogeneous Art and Performance in Europe) have made their 2020 artist announcement. The initiative, co-founded by the Creative Europe programme of the European Union, brings together 16 non-profit cultural organisations active within Europe’s International Cities of Advanced Sound network (ICAS) with artists working with sound for a year of performances, residencies, workshops and talks.

Artist for 2020 are: Afrodeutsche, Aloïs Yang, Animistic Beliefs, Aquarian, Ben Bertrand, c/a (cslaha), Cam Deas, Celine Gillain, Clara de Asis, Dekj/Hugo Esquinca, Dorota & Dávid Somló, Elina Waage, Mikalsen, Elvin Brandhi, Farida Amadou with Steve Noble, Fausto Mercier, FOQL, Frédéric Gies, Jay Glass Dubs, KӣR, Lawrence Lek, Lyra Valenza with VJ Camille Doussy, Lyzza, Ma’iwa, Marta De Pascalis, Moesha 13, Object Blue, Oktober Lieber, Oli XL, Oliver Torr, Peter Kutin, Piezo, Poly Chain, Rian Treanor, Richard Eigner, Rojin Sharafi, Rrill Bell aka The Preterite, Sacrifice Seul, Schacke, Simina Oprescu, Širom, Stellar Om Source, Svetlana Maraš, Tadleeh, upsammy, Virgen María, VTSS, xin and Yann Gourdon.

The member festivals for Shape 2020 are CTM in Berlin, CYNETART in Dresden, Festival Maintenant in Rennes, Insomnia in Tromsø, Les Siestes Électroniques in Toulouse, MeetFactory in Prague, MoTA in Ljubljana, Musikprotokoll Im Steirischen Herbst in Graz, RIAM in Marseilles, Rokolectiv in Bucharest, Schiev in Brussels, Skaņu Mežs in Riga, TodaysArt in The Hague, UH Fest in Budapest, Unsound Krakow, and, new to the list, Terraforma in Milan.