Tag: autistic society

  • How (not) to compose music

    How (not) to compose music

    I made a profile in wikihow.com, and by chance, I saw this article: How to Compose Music The people who have written it out have really done a lot of effort, including pedagogical graphics like this one: Unfortunately, the text is a tour de force through all the typical misconceptions you would meet in any…

  • Originally posted on Matthew Thibeault: I was delighted to be invited to respond to John Kratus’ talk at the CIC/New Directions conference today at Michigan State University. My response focuses on the importance of a critical perspective and pragmatic approach to technology in music education. To assist those who might like to follow up on…

  • Help I’m a bike. Curate me !

    Help I’m a bike. Curate me !

    So it’s official. I’ve often wondered what I should call what I’m doing. Well. It’s art. I’ve found out that my participation in a sound art project at the Knippels Bridge (a bridge connecting main Copenhagen with the island of Amager), is in fact part of Copenhagen art festival 2012. Being a part of a…

  • Analogue illiteracy in the Urban garden

    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…

  • How do we store the analogue?

    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…