I’m a passionate advocate for art and music’s role in our society and its inherent potential to create new communities and make us question and reflect on our common world, relations and society. Whether it be music, fine arts or literature, my personal standpoint is that art is so much more than merely nice to have – it serves as a necessary foundation and catalyst for many existential modes of being and offers a unique place to withdraw, wonder and gain perspectives.
My passion for experimental and contemporary music and art goes back to my teenage years. Here, I got involved with local festivals and concert promoters in Aarhus and gained experience with both booking, promotion, fundraising, volunteer coordination and much more. At the same time, I began writing about music for different independent media, including Passive/Aggressive, where I’m now Editor-in-chief.
In 2016, I took part in launching and running the volunteer-driven music venue TAPE. The venue presented experimental and contemporary music across a broad genre spectrum from both Denmark and abroad and gained national recognition for it’s booking profile and sense of community.
After having lived abroad for a couple of years, I moved to Copenhagen in 2021. Soon after, I began working with promotion, press and communication as within the music sector as a freelancer as well as at the Danish music organization Art Music Denmark, where I’m both Head of Communication and Project Manager for different sound art projects.
In different contexts, I continuously work with the topics of cultural criticism’s role in contemporary society and media landscape as well as big tech’s and streaming platforms’ impact on the artistic ecosystems, both through different projects, public panel discussions and opinion pieces for Danish media. You can read my most recent article for Danish media Kulturmonitor here, listen to my interview with Ph.D. and artist Anders Bach at The Rhythmic Music Conservatory here or read my interview with Grasp Festival here.
Alexander Julin 