what we immerse ourselves in

I Most Certainly Will Not Stay Away From Your Theatre

A few days before this year’s Copenhagen Opera Festival begins, I, as a critic, have been asked to keep away from one of the festival’s most experimental performances at the theatre Sort/Hvid. This is a complete misunderstanding of the role of criticism.

By Sune Anderberg

essay04.08

Shoes For People Who Don’t Like Music

An anti-anthem for those who fall asleep at concerts and wake up with Cage talking nonsense.

By Douglas Kahn
review29.07

A Festival For Experiments – But Only When It Dares

Borealis in Bergen promises experimental music but falls short when it comes to traditional concert formats. Instead, magic emerges when the audience is invited out into the forest or into floating sound saunas.

By Patrick Becker
review10.07

Between Skin and Noise in Berlin

From digital melancholy and ritual noise assaults to pure silence – MaerzMusik explored the tactile forces of sound and the boundaries of the body.

By Andreo Michaelo Mielczarek

Roskilde as a Battleground of Sound

Roskilde Festival insists on ecstasy and togetherness, but the most beautiful moments arise in the dark, where the curious still dare to listen.

By Rasmus Steffensen & Andreo Michaelo Mielczarek

review30.06

Dreams, Noise and Apple Crunch in Stavanger

The Only Connect festival in Stavanger transformed the city into a landscape of noise, poetry and bodily vibrations.

By Andreo Michaelo Mielczarek
review29.06

Disappearing Acts: The Resurrection of Tsujimura

Katsuko Tsujimura sought to dissolve the body in postwar Japan. Now, new voices are gently piecing it back together.

By Louise Steiwer
review24.06

»Oops, We Walked Past the Artwork« – the Hidden Presences of Sound Art in Moss

The MOMENTUM biennial in Moss, Norway lets sound art speak, guiding the audience into the borderlands of the senses – where even a toilet resonates like an echo chamber.

By Therese Wiwe Vilmar

Klang has Come of Age – and Dares to Be Solemn

This year’s edition of Copenhagen’s festival for new music embraced sonic rituals, cultural encounters, and performances with loops, bodies, and cassette tapes – and featured French musicians playing as if sound itself could change the world.

By Henrik Friis

review15.06

The World is Leaking – and Art Picks Up the Drops

At the Bergen International Festival, William Kentridge and Ryoji Ikeda let art capture what can no longer be said – only felt.

By Andreo Michaelo Mielczarek
review07.06

When the Past Begins to Make Noise Again

At Geneva’s Archipel Festival, lost instruments and occult soundscapes are brought to life in a journey through speculative rituals and experimental music.

By Anna Ullman
review04.06

The Hunt for Sound Installations in Nuremberg

From seductive echoes in an abandoned yeast factory to allergy-inducing angel wings in a baroque church – Musik Installationen Nürnberg put the body in motion, but left the question of what a music installation truly is unanswered.

By Rasmus Weirup