review
When the World Trembles, Kirkenes Listens
At the Barents Spektakel art festival, war, borders and vibrations are transformed into sound, conversation and art at Europe’s northernmost edge.
kritik
Når verden ryster, lytter Kirkenes
På kunstfestivalen Barents Spektakel bliver krig, grænser og vibrationer omsat til lyd, samtale og kunst i Europas nordligste randzone.
essay
Conversations with the Ghosts of the Past
Dungeon synth is less a longing for a lost golden age than a conversation with memory itself, carried by noise, decay, and the echoes of forgotten worlds.
kortkritik
Alt hvad en lilletromme kan
Jeg var både underholdt og tankevækket undervejs. Som eksperiment er idéen stærk – men i længden også så insisterende, at jeg næppe vender tilbage
in brief
Everything a Snare Drum Can Do
I was both entertained and intrigued along the way. As an experiment, the idea is strong – but in the long run also a bit too insistent for me to return to often
in brief
Beauty in Decay
I gave up and instead allowed myself, hypocritically, to be intoxicated and seduced
kortkritik
Skønhed i forrådnelse
Jeg måtte opgive og blot hyklerisk lade mig beruse og forføre ganske i værkets ånd
in brief
Sound Crusts in Slow Motion
At Alice, Abul Mogard let tones open their inner life through slowly shifting drone passages
kortkritik
Klangskorper i langsom bevægelse
Abul Mogard lod tonerne åbne deres indre liv i langsomt forskydende droneforløb på Alice
in brief
Labour of Birth
The painful struggle of birth, despite the choir’s insistent chanting, never truly becomes mine
kortkritik
Fødselsarbejde
Fødslens smertefulde kamp bliver, trods korets insisterende messen, aldrig rigtig min
news
From Ice Opera to International Leadership
Louise Beck to head the next chapter of Copenhagen Opera Festival.