what we immerse ourselves in

review31.01.2018

The gradual growth of ice crystals

Alexander Banck-Petersen

Thinking big suits Anna Thorvaldsdottir. Celebrated for her orchestral endeavours, the second edition of Njord Biennale let the Copenhagen audience encounter the Icelandic composer’s works for smaller ensembles. Andrew Mellor on Saturday’s double concert.

By Andrew Mellor

review17.11.2017

Gong Tomorrow

Anmeldelse af Neue Vocalsolisten Stuttgart (3.11.17, Koncertkirken) & Copenhagen Piano Trio etcetera (8.11.17, Glyptoteket) under Gong Tomorrow Festival 2017

By Andrew Mellor
PEER article15.11.2017

Beyond matter: object-disoriented sound art

Questioning sound as an ‘exhibited’ artistic object from a conceptual leaning, the article address sound’s subjective inclination as an experience beyond the material object.

By Budhaditya Chattopadhyay
PEER article15.11.2017

A temple of sonic haecceities

An investigation of the sonic and durational experiences that formed the encounter with three artworks at the museum Dia:Beacon.

By David Chesworth

PEER article15.11.2017

The im/mediate noise

This paper seeks to explore digital media polemics in relation to the use of sound in ‘algorithmic culture’ discussing two artistic works by the author himself.

PEER article15.11.2017

Tears, fears and flashes

Considering the relationship between interpersonal understanding and propagandist rhetoric, the article speculates on the ethical implications of such a relationship.

By Ido Govrin
PEER article15.11.2017

Turntable materialities

This article argues that as historic avant-gardes made visible the destruction of art, so modified records attempt to make audible the destruction of sound.

By Mark Harris
PEER audio paper15.11.2017

Collisions

Addressing the collision of the tactile and the sonic, the audio paper discusses how sonic frontiers are exploited and transgressed in the installation “Kabusha Radio Remix”.

By Kwame Phillips & Debra Spitulnik Vidali

PEER audio paper15.11.2017

Listening and not listening to voices

© Kasper Vang

Interrogating the prejudicial foundations of the sound arts canon

PEER audio paper15.11.2017

How to (re) do(o) things with sounds

In this audio paper and in the companion video paper Logan discusses sonic materiality through an inclusion of performative means.

By Kevin Logan
PEER article15.11.2017

Diagram for invisibility

The article suggests a “diagrammatic” reading of the notion of the acousmatic, where an experiential tension unfolds based on what can and cannot be seen, in relation to what is heard.

By Rune Søchting
PEER audio paper15.11.2017

Origo

This audio paper documents the climbing of a pyramid, performing and discussing issues such as sound as evidence, networked ontology and agency, facts and materiality.

By Morten Søndergaard