The Sounding Room is a rotating residency and experimental platform for artists working across sound, music, and performance.
The Sounding Room
July–December 2026
Launching this summer as part of MOCAD’s 20th anniversary celebrations, The Sounding Room is a rotating residency and experimental platform for artists working across sound, music, and performance. Hosted in the garage of the Mike Kelley Mobile Homestead and grounded in Detroit’s histories of cultural innovation and resistance, the program invites artists to use the Homestead as a site for experimentation, collaboration, and new forms of public engagement.
Throughout each residency, artists are supported in developing and sharing new work through open rehearsals, performances, listening sessions, and workshops. Each cycle culminates in a free public performance. In partnership with Third Man Records, each live performance will contribute to a limited-edition vinyl compilation documenting the project over time.
RESIDENTS
- July - Shigeto
- August - Zekkereya El-magharbel
- September - Battle Elf
- October - Na Bonsai
- November - Dave Hurley
Open rehearsals are tentatively scheduled for selected Thursdays and Saturdays throughout each residency cycle. Please check our Instagram for more information.
Please note that performance times are tentative and subject to change.
Good to know
Highlights
- 2 hours
- In person
Location
Mike Kelley's Mobile Homestead
4454 Woodward Ave.
Building B Detroit, MI 48201
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