Tag: analogue litteracy
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Originally posted on Sounding Out!: The promiscuity of the mp3. Borrowed from NYCArthur on Flickr. The point that had lingered with me after first reading Jonathan Sterne’s essay “The mp3 as Cultural Artifact,” was the idea that the mp3 was a promiscuous technology. “In a media-saturated environment,” Sterne writes, “portability and ease of acquisition trumps…
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Building streetstruments: paint-bucket-bass, drain-trombone and sewer-chimes
First workshop: constructing streetstruments _ _ _ Second workshop: Collective improvisations on electrified streetstruments After the workshops: The streetstruments are left in their street, inspiring passers by to make their own street improvisations Related posts: Construction site interacts musically with neighbors Quotation: Lefebvre about the living disorder of the street The street sound activist’s toolkit
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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.
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Analogue illiteracy in the Urban garden
I was at a workshop in urban gardening. In this collective of people sharing an eagerness for ecological and economic sustainability, I experienced a situation that would have required a similar interest in cultural sustainability. In the break, with mint tea and home baked cookies, one of the facilitators – a 2 meter tall man…
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How do we store the analogue?
Why is it so important to store analogue knowledge? Because our collectives with their extended analogue illiteracy waste to much energy and develop too many negative behaviours, instead of inspiring people to solve common problems in sustainable ways. Developing sustainable forms of analogue interaction is crucial to our collectives, but without an efficient method of…
Building Sound Collectives 