Nel 2011 Simon Whetham ha dovuto prolungare il suo soggiorno a Lisbona a causa dell’eruzione dell’Eyjafjallajökull. Ha così sfruttato il tempo a disposizione per esplorare la città e i dintorni dalla sua prospettiva di ricercatore di suoni, catturati attraverso microfoni e idrofoni e, dopo lunga decantazione, rimaneggiati come base per il nuovo lavoro del compositore …
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2013 marks the 100th anniversary of Luigi Russolo’s letter known as L’arte dei Rumori, a Futurist manifesto usually quoted as being the landmark that pointed out incorporation of the so-called noise in the western musical tradition. And ten decades may seem to be a lot of time but the truth is that Russolo’s legacy (not …
Episode 80 of Futurónica, a broadcast in Rádio Manobras (91.5 MHz in Porto, 18h30) and Rádio Zero (21h GMT, repeating on Tuesday at 01h) airs tomorrow, January 25th. The playlist of Futurónica 80 is: Robert Henke, Signal to Noise I (2004, Signal to Noise, Imbalance Computer Music) Asférico, Sonidos del Subconsciente (I) (2012, Sonidos del …
Scraped plaster, cracked walls, wrecked doors, broken switchboards, shattered mirrors, shorn wires, rusty spikes, wet planks, forsaken rooms, damaged facades. old dailies, faded attires, some tangible clues of gone-by glory and other sparse reminiscences of the heydays characterize this sonic and visual journey within abandoned huge hotel resorts, staged by these young artists. Sound machines …
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This is a collaboration between sound artists Simon Whetman in sound, of Bristol, UK and Hugo Olim, a native of the island of Madeira, Portugal, in images, who toured different parts of the island during November and December 2010 gathering sounds and images. This work was premiered in MADEIRADIG festival in December 2010. This DVD …
This composition was develop in the ZKM | Zentrum für Kunst und Medientechnologie Karlsruhe, IMA | Institute for Music & Acoustics, Germany, to be integrated in the Klangdoom, exploring the Zirkonium software possibilities for sound specialization in a 48 channel sound system. This composition is configured as a formal and conceptual operation, reflecting different dynamic …
A similarly difficult conundrum about modern life is posed by the ever-active Francisco López on his Untitled #284 (CRÓNICA 066-2012). He asks questions about reality, virtual reality, and the disappearance of real things, wondering about what it is we might actually be perceiving, as we flit about from coffee shop to shopping mall. Is it …
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Episode 79 of Futurónica, a broadcast in Rádio Manobras (91.5 MHz in Porto, 18h30) and Rádio Zero (21h GMT, repeating on Tuesday at 01h) airs tomorrow, January 11th. The playlist of Futurónica 78 is: Luc Ferrari, Éphémère I “L’Ordinateur Ça Sert À Quoi?” (1974/2010, Éphémère I & II, Alga Marghen) Hecker, Chimärisation (2012, Chimärisation, Documenta …
Ein bisschen Kopfkino, wohlige Hirnspülungen und morbider Mystizismus: Hauptsache interessant! Findet KRISTOFFER CORNILS – und widmet sich im sechsten Teil seiner Betrachtungen von Randnummern, Underdogs und Grenzgängern den dezenteren Tönen und ihren nachhallenden Effekten. Die Ästhetik des Alltagsleben hat in den letzten Jahren ein grundlegendes Update erfahren: Das Visuelle regiert. Auf unseren Smartphones grabbeln wir …
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