Category: Research
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Gesture as a collective phantasm?
“… gestures as key constituents of phantasms , quasi-present objects that are produced through multi-modal utterances”
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Building sound collectives – a workshop concept
Building Sound Collectives is a workshop designed for creating cultural sustainability in groups of people. We work with non-verbal expressions, and play with sound and gesture as a means to develop our capacity of creating new cultural expressions.
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All work and no play? Not anymore!
These are images and sounds from a street intervention in Cali, Colombia in June 2014 made by composer Casper Hernández Cordes during his time as an artist in residence in Lugar a Dudas. The performance concept “The Work and the Play” is build up in two parts: 1) WORK. In this part, a participant is…
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Is even my mother tongue corrupt?
Improvising with my voice, starting experimenting with singing INTO things in my home; when I starting using a white ceramic bowl, I noticed it had this damping effect, and it felt good; It made me start thinking: What if our spoken language itself, is corrupt? The core of my search so far has been the…
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Sonido, gesto, y improvisación colectiva
Estoy preparando la sesión del grupo, lunes. Buscando al Web ejemplos de improvisación de grupo en la que hay una suerte de traducción entre sonido y gesto. En Finlandia hay esta iniciativa, “Sound, Music and Motion”, un grupo de bailarines y musicos que tienen sesiones de improvisación colectiva de vez en cuando. Un ejemplo de…
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Bruno Latour: Deployment, stabilization, composition
Bruno Latour emphasizes three essential duties for faithfully engaging with social experiences: deployment of controversies to attract new participants, stabilization of uncertainties through actors’ standards and formats, and finally, understanding how these assemblages can enhance our collective identity. This framework aims to strengthen our social connections.
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Anthropomorfer – a tool for intercontinental collective sound art improvisation?
The objective is to develop a web-based application, Anthropomorfer, allowing global sound art improvisation. Participants can record or select sounds, manipulate them, and collaborate remotely. Targeted use includes fostering creativity in children and enhancing communication in organizations. Users can save and discuss their collective improvisations online.