FOUNDED BY JUSTEN LEROY, SOUNDSYSTEM IS A MULTIDISCIPLINARY PLATFORM THAT INVESTIGATES THE EVER-EVOLVING FORM OF SOUND AND ITS RELATIONSHIP TO THE WORLD AROUND US. THROUGH INNOVATIVE PUBLIC PROGRAMS, EXHIBITIONS, A PUBLICATION, A MULTIMEDIA PRACTICE AND A NOMADIC STRUCTURE, SOUNDSYSTEM LOOKS TO BUILD A INTERGENERATIONAL AUDIENCE ACROSS CLASS AND GEOGRAPHY THAT SEEKS TO BE IMMERSED IN THE STUDY AND PRODUCTION OF SOUND ART, MUSICIANSHIP AND THE SOCIAL PRACTICE THAT ADVANCES IT.

IN 2025, SOUNDSYSTEM PARTNERED WITH THE UNDERGROUND MUSEUM’S CO-FOUNDER KARON DAVIS TO RE-OPEN THE DOORS OF THE BELOVED MUSEUM FOR PROGRAMMING IN THE PURPLE GARDEN.

HOW DOES SOUND IMPACT THE DESIGN OF OUR LIVES? 

WHAT IS SOUND AS SOCIAL PRACTICE? 

WHAT IS SOUND AS SPIRITUAL PRACTICE? 

HOW CAN SOUND GUIDE HUMANITY THROUGH BUILDING EMPATHY FOR THE HUMAN AND THE NON-HUMAN? 

WHAT CAN WE LEARN ABOUT SOUND FROM THOSE OF US WHO HAVE NEVER HEARD IT? 

HOW IS OUR CURRENT CLIMATE CRISIS CHANGING THE FREQUENCY OF OUR PLANET? 

WHAT INFORMATION IS SHARED BETWEEN TECHNO, CLASSICAL, SOUL AND NOISE MUSIC?

2.27.26 - BLACK SOUND SYMPOSIUM W/ SPOTIFY
LECTURES BY ZACK FOX & MEREBA

10.31.25 - BLACK FILM SONICS
CONVERSATION W/ ARTHUR JAFA & DAROL OLU KAE

10.12.25 - ANNASTAHSIA: LIVE
INTIMATE PERFORMANCE OF ‘TETHER’

9.24.25 - AN EVENING WITH SAMARA JOY
INTIMATE PERFORMANCE OF ‘PORTRAIT’

7.27.25 - ESPERANZA SPALDING: CO-MUSICKING LAB
SOUND MAKING WORKSHOP

6.22.25 - JASON MORAN W/ ESPERANZA SPALDING
TRIBUTE TO NOAH DAVIS