PEER article26.06.2020
Sounding new materialism
– enchantment and audio technology
Perspective
what we immerse ourselves in
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PEER article26.06.2020
The composer as curator
How John Cage deconstructed the governed gallery experience and formed a new field of research. -
PEER article26.06.2020
The institutional situation of so-called sound art
A curatorial reading of Bruce Nauman’s sound installation “Für Kinder” calling for a post-medium approach to sound art. -
PEER article26.06.2020
Confronting embodied knowledge
A methodology of working with embodied sound and movement as an approach to creating open score pieces.
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audio paper18.06.2020
The silence of the fans
How can a crowd of football fans use sound to protest a profit-oriented football machinery? By staying completely silent, apparently. -
essay12.06.2020
The hands just carry on by themselves
Two weeks ago, the German pianist Igor Levit took on an iconic marathon piece, fundamentally changing his own conditions as well as the listener’s. -
interview02.06.2020
‘I wanted to be radical’
Instruments struggle to voice themselves in the music of Christian Winther Christensen. His focus on small sounds and deep concentration is a perfect match for a time of silenced soundscapes.
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essay26.03.2020
Nature won’t protect you anymore
Nature seems to have turned on us. That shows in Nordic contemporary music with sonic tales of decay, apocalypse, and protest. -
review25.02.2020
A difficult beast to tame
With ‘Víddir’, a 60-minute composition of light and darkness, the Icelandic composer Bára Gísladóttir demonstrated the breadth of her imagination. -
interview13.02.2020
‘Things are very anarchistic right now’
Neko3 is one of the most visionary ensembles at a moment where the contemporary music scene is changing rapidly.