Installation
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Between Tension and Echoes: The Sonic Spaces of Rubén D’Hers
Venezuelan artist Rubén D’hers has published some video documentation of his latest sculptures/installations, such as jaula nerviosa, in which modified birdcages serve as sound sculptures in which resonance is activated by a set of strings, tables, piezos, transducers, motors and even…
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Dirty Ear, A Research Platform for Contemporary Sound Studies and Sound Art
With six editions already, Dirty Ear Forum is a project of Errant Bodies dedicated to explore sound studies and sound art in contemporary processes, embracing the multiplicity of sound’s practical and theoretical perspectives. “In particular, the project aims…
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Eco: Interviews about the exploration of sound in Latin America by female artists. Elizabeth Polanco
In Greek mythology, Echo (Eco) was a nymph from whose mouth came the most beautiful words. Once upon a time Zeus wife Hera became jealous of Echo and she cursed her so she could only repeat the last words uttered by other people. Following…
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Aural Superimpositions: Olivia Block on Sonic Architecture and Sonambient Pavilion Installation
Here’s an excerpt from a recent talk by sound artist Olivia Block in which she exposes her approach to sound in relation to architecture, specifically in her recent Sonambient Pavilion, where she explored some interesting topics around sounds, materials, shapes, textures, layers,…
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Muku Kobayashi – Take no Hikui-Ki no Take wa Hikui
Take no Hikui-Ki no Take wa Hikui is a series of wooden-crafted cinematic sound devices by Japanese artist Muku Kobayashi, integrating different sounds based on analogue generators and acoustical experiments, including horns and classic oscillators. As Neural notes, “each and every device…
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Aquaphoneia: Alchemy of Sound and Matter
Sound can be assumed by its transformative properties and processes, as a form of alchemy, a transmutation both tangible and intangible, psychic and physical, where every echo or object is processed in terms of its most primal roots, in terms of deep relationships within nature’s elements.…