Katharina Smets

Belgian-Polish Katharina Smets (www.katharinasmets.be) molds documentary materials into performances, sound guides and radio productions.

Fascinated by memories and archives, her collaborations with other artists and musicians invariably start from a shared need to give voice to vulnerable stories. Currently working on a PhD in the arts, Katharina teaches audio storytelling at the Royal Conservatoire in Antwerp. Katharina curates the audio story festival Oorzaken in Amsterdam and she is a proud co-founder of MIRP, the Meeting of Independent Radio Producers. Her multimedia collective is The Space Between.