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New Industries Festival: Industrial (Research)

Redazione Digicult
INDUSTRIAL (Research) asks a deceptively simple question: What happened to industry? This question applies not only to the Ruhr but also to large parts of Belgium, Northern France, Northern England, the USA, and formerly socialist states in Eastern Europe. How does the so-called ‘structural change’ affect communities and landscapes globally? And what are its repercussions in art and popular culture?... READ MORE...
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Challenging perception. “SIN”, the first solo exhibition of Mario de Vega

Daniela Silvestrin
The visitors of “SIN”, Mario de Vega’s first solo exhibition (1979, Mexico City) which opened on June 20th at the Laboratorio Arte Alameda in Mexico City, were requested to first read a sheet with pieces of information on the installations in that exhibition, in order to then sign a declaration of having read and understood the text, of not having recently undergone a surgery operation, as well as of not suffering health problems or upset such as high blood pressure, heart problems, general hypersensitivity, panic attacks, or epilepsy.... READ MORE...
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A look at the present day. Laurie Anderson’s “Big Science”, thirty years later

Simone Broglia
Thirty years ago, well, thirty-one, to be more precise; “Big Science”, Laurie Anderson’s debut album, was published. If you want to talk in clichés, what doesn’t do justice to anybody, we could say that the American artist doesn’t need to be introduced: anyway, Lou Reed’s girlfriend, key player in various artistic scenes of the last decades, Laurie Anderson is a complex and an iconic personality, i.e., a child of the ‘80s.... READ MORE...
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Becoming a stranger. An interview to Brandon LaBelle

Anna Raimondo
Sound art lives today a recognition in the art field, both in the art market and in the academic world. Nevertheless, the definition still lives a great dichotomy in its interpretation. On one hand, sound art is understood as an artist practice based on the medium of sound; on the other hand, it is configured more as a possibility of reciprocal listening articulated in different forms, in which sound can be silent.... READ MORE...
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William Basinski: Nocturnes. Playing Loop Tapestries

Silvia Bertolotti
On the 26th of January, at the Ancienne Belgique, one of the best musical venues in Brussels, William Basinski performed live, in an electro-acoustic night together with other musicians like Christian Fennesz. During this concert Basinski performed in a world première his new work, Nocturnes, an album already announced and finally coming up in February 2013.... READ MORE...
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En Abîme. A Journey across Listening, Reading and Writing with Daniela Cascella

Elena Biserna
Daniela Cascella is an Italian writer based in London. Her work, which has ranged between critical and curatorial activities over the years, seems to gravitate around certain ongoing interests. Besides an attention to sound and musical experimentation, which characterizes her practice from the beginning, several of her curated projects focused on the relationships between sound, site, landscape, texts and literature.... READ MORE...
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Accessible Music Hack Day

Redazione Digicult
On Sunday 21 April Drake Music will run a hackday to create and share new instruments that break down disabling barriers to music making. Run in partnership with Furtherfield and Music Hackspace, makers will have the opportunity to work towards one of two prizes for the most innovative work... READ MORE...
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Between design and sound: the feeling of touching according to Yuri Suzuki

Silvia Bertolotti
Yuri Suzuki is a designer and sound artist, born in Tokyo and currently based in the UK and Sweden.He explores the world of sounds using an innovative and challenging approach producing design creations and pieces, and questioning in an unusual and original way the relationship between visual and audio data, as well as the aspects of visibility of electronics. Suzuki also has a background in music and technology, disciplines that converge in his design research around sound.... READ MORE...
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