This was a public talk held online for the First and Second-year Master students and Third-year Bachelor students at the Rhythmic Music Conservatory (RMC) in Copenhagen on February 2nd 2021. In this talk Salome makes some interesting points on art – science interdisciplinarity and ways under which it could function. It is mainly focused on… Continue reading Salomé Voegelin on Listening Strategies
Category: Global Sonic Cultures
Music of the Spheres
The first time I came across a connection between physics and music was when reading Cosmos, by Carl Sagan. It’s a book on the history of our universe, with many insights on how science developed and how it influenced our civilization. The chapter that stayed with me the most was ‘The Harmony of the World’,… Continue reading Music of the Spheres
What Does Space Sound Like? Like Harry Potter!
I recently happened upon a concert at the Royal Albert Hall that made me think about the relationship between science and art. Space Station Earth is an orchestral composition by Ilan Eshkeri set to footage from space provided by ESA (European Space Agency). Through strings, percussion, synths and human voices, the scope of the composition… Continue reading What Does Space Sound Like? Like Harry Potter!
Visiting Practitioner Series: Samson Young
The works discussed were: Palazzo Gundane (homage to the myth-maker who fell to earth) 2017 Possible Music #1 & #2 (feat. NESS) The Immortals The World Falls Apart Into Facts (2019 / revised 2020) The piece that stuck with me the most was Possible Music. A colaboration with NESS (Next Generation Sound Synthesis) from the… Continue reading Visiting Practitioner Series: Samson Young
Visiting Practitioner Series: Makoto Oshiro
Berlin-Tokyo based performer and artist, founder of label Basic Function. His practice si focused on self-made instruments, improvisations and audio-visual installation work. Self-made instruments Kachi – Kachi The instrument uses electromagnetic relay. A relay is an electrically operated switch used to switch higher voltage from lower voltages. It consists of a coil wrapped around a… Continue reading Visiting Practitioner Series: Makoto Oshiro
Visiting Practitioner Series: Felisha Ledesma
Interdisciplinary artist based in Berlin, Germany. Conceptualized a synthesizer, AMQR, together with instrument designer Ess Mattisson which was used on her releases for labels Ecstatic Recordings and Enmossed x Psychic Liberation. This collaboration led to the formation of Fors, a music technology project creating software instruments. https://fors.fm/ Part of the Synth Library Portland, a collectively… Continue reading Visiting Practitioner Series: Felisha Ledesma
Visitor Practitioner Series: Yan Jun
Beijing based poet and musician. Regularly writes for The Wire. He uses noise field recording, body and concept as materials. Sometimes he goes to audiences home for playing a plastic bag quote. ‘I wish I was a piece of field recording’. Started using body gestures in his performances in an attempt to free himself from… Continue reading Visitor Practitioner Series: Yan Jun