Heroarky’s new tracks to fight self-isolation
"Amid fear and panic spreading, we are also discovering how fast we can actually respond to a global threat if we are willing to do so."... READ MORE...
Electronic Music
Carl Craig in “Party/After-Party”: the intersection between techno and Minimalist sound
Dia Art Foundation has commissioned acclaimed techno DJ and producer Carl Craig to create a sound installation at Dia Beacon in Beacon, New York, in dialogue with the unique architecture of the space. To mark the opening of Carl Craig’s new commission "Party/After-Party", Dia presents a live performance by Craig and Moritz von Oswald within the installation space.... READ MORE...
Il Manifesto del Futurismo Rurale. Nuove geografie per territori al margine.
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Adversarial Feelings. Interview with Lorem
How does the algorithm interpret our irrational demeanors? Is it able to simulate our emotions and to learn the
characteristics that are typical of human personality? Lorem with the project Adversarial Feelings analyses the
interaction between human and machine with different
expressive media: musical, textual and audiovisual. Interview
by Teresa Ruffino.... READ MORE...
La vibrazione primaria delle piante. Plants Dub: un progetto di musica vegetale
Ricerche scientifiche recenti dimostrano ampiamente che le piante emettono suoni e frequenze non percepibili dall’orecchio umano. Plants Dub ha pensato di lavorare sull’intelligenza comunicativa delle piante e hanno scoperto che, spesso, essa si svolge per via di uno scambio di segnali elettrochimici, trasformati dal duo in suono.... READ MORE...
Sound Art?
The Fundació Joan Miró presents "Sound Art?", an exhibition which reassesses the notion of sound in art and considers the possibility of this category. The show, sponsored by the BBVA Foundation, is set up as a journey tracing the imprint of the sound element in twentieth-century visual arts and led by curator Arnau Horta.... READ MORE...
Celebrating the roots of automated music. Interview with Volkmar Klien
Marco Aruga interviewed Volkmar Klien, sound artist and curator of Artificial Intelligence x Music Festival 2019. Celebrating the roots of “automated” music, the AIxMusic Festival got inspiration also from antique and baroque music, with a program spanning from Monteverdi to contemporary sounds.... READ MORE...
Invisibility: torna l’universo sonico di Ombre Lunghe
Bologna ospita la quarta edizione di Ombre Lunghe dal 17 al 19 ottobre. Tema di questa edizione è l’invisibilità, archetipo mitico che percorre alla stessa velocità il tempo e lo spazio umani.... READ MORE...
Carsten Nicolai’s “Parallax Symmetry”
With roughly 40 multimedia works, the exhibition "Parallax Symmetry" an overview of the oeuvre of the artist and musician Carsten Nicolai. Using electronic sound and light, Nicolai creates minimalist installations, sound performances, and visualizations of physical phenomena that reflect systems and structures of the media world.... READ MORE...
Ryoji Ikeda. A Cosmic Journey from Infinitesimal to Astronomical
Ryoji Ikeda's solo exhibition has officially opened on the ground floor of Taipei Fine Arts Museum. The selected artworks include large-scale sound sculptures, audiovisual installations, light boxes and two-dimensional works, which are newly conceived and exhibited for the very first time, forming an immersive space-time landscape that vaults from microscopic to macroscopic dimensions.... READ MORE...
Connected. Peter Kogler with…
Since the 1980s, Peter Kogler has worked as a media artist between computer graphics, film, collage and architecture. Within the context of the digital influences on our everyday life today, his systematic consideration of the technological and reproducible image and the powerful influence of the media make him a natural successor, interpreter and ideal interlocutor of the generation of visionaries.... READ MORE...
Ari Benjamin Meyers In Concert
Ari Benjamin Meyers In Concert is his first institutional solo exhibition in Italy. Curated by Valentina Lacinio and Judith Waldmann, the show fills the space of OGR - Officine Grandi Riparazioni with something that goes beyond music: a variety of social interactions and experiences.... READ MORE...
Between Creative Coding and Society. Interview with Fabian van Sluijs
Creative Coding Utrecht (CCU) is an interdisciplinary and open community of musicians, designers, programmers and visual artists investigating the influence of technologies on our daily life through a playful and explorative approach. In this interview by Costanza Tagliaferri, Fabian van Sluijs, one of the founders of CCU, talks about the creative community in Utrecht, CCU’s activities and the impact of how creative coding can put new perspectives on the impact of technology on society.... READ MORE...
Sonic Acts Festival 2019: 25 year anniversary edition
Under the heading Hereafter Sonic Acts celebrates its 25 year history in 2019 with a festive anniversary edition, from 21 to 24 February in Amsterdam, taking place from across several spaces, including Paradiso, Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam, Muziekgebouw aan ’t IJ, De Brakke Grond, and Arti et Amicitiae. With Hereafter, the festival will use its 25 year history to reflect on the rapid changes in our cultural and artistic relationship with technology, and share the enthusiasm, hope and concern that come with it.... READ MORE...
Club to Club 2018 condicio sine qua non della ricerca musicale e artistica internazionale
Secondo Caterina Tomeo la diciottesima edizione di Club to Club è stata davvero fiammante, con un numero sorprendente di visitatori - quasi 60.000 - provenienti da 42 paesi diversi: il 75% dall’Italia e il 25% dal resto dell’Europa. Il festival torinese - grazie alla guida del suo padre fondatore - ha raggiunto la maturità a livello internazionale, non a caso dedicando questa ultima edizione alla poesia, quella stessa poesia e spiritualità che nel vecchio secolo pittori astratti come Wassilj Kandinskij ricercavano nel linguaggio musicale di compositori quali Arnold Schönberg.... READ MORE...
NODE 2018
Minimalismo radicale e suoni ad alta definizione, feedback acquatici e ambienti iperreali, arte, scienza, natura: la nona edizione di NODE si muove su una sottile linea dorata che esalta i punti di intersezione tra le discipline ospitando artisti internazionali esploratori del possibile.... READ MORE...
Liminaria: transizioni sonore di narrazione nel meridione italiano
Liminaria, festival alla sua quinta edizione, sposa la ricerca artistica sul “suono”, o sound art, come strumento per l'indagine, la coesione e l'azione sociale, adottando il concetto di “limen” per indicare quella zona di confine labile, laddove avviene l'attraversamento, la “transizione” di uomini e donne, di storie, di leggi della natura incontaminate, poi capovolte.... READ MORE...
TodaysArt turns 2018 edition into72-hour audiovisual spectacle
TodaysArt is known for showcasing the latest works of artists, which cannot always be
placed in one box. While last year, the frame revolved around algorithms and complexities, this year the festival looks at the parallel worlds we all are part of, both virtual and physical, and those in which humans are increasingly missing due to invisible systems of automation.... READ MORE...