Essays
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On listening (as a creative task in musical performances)
What can happen when we listen to music sitting quietly? What can be the effect of music during a concert that takes place in a condition of “worshipful silence” [1], as it has been established in Western culture since the…
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Some considerations of paradox
Earlier this year a conversation between Slavek Kwi, Dallas Simpson and I begun after I published my work ‘Circadian rhythm disorders’ where a text accompanies the sound piece. After this exchange, which focused on the different relation that a sound piece and its…
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making with rainbows – towards a philosophy of sound(in)art
Text by Richard Carr originally published in the curatorial publication “Play it by Ear”, for his solo exhibition at Soma Contemporary Gallery, Waterford City, Ireland. Within recent times ‘sound’ has gained in importance. This could be due to the ever increasing acceptance…
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subtle listening – how artists can develop new perceptual circuits
by Kim Cascone
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errormancy: glitch as divination
“…divine by airy impressions, by the blowing of the winds, by rainbows, by circles round about the moon and stars, by mists and clouds, and by imagination in clouds and visions in the air.” – Henry Cornelius Agrippa (1) To the…