Tag: collectives
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Construction site interacts musically with neighbors
Concept: During a street art decoration of the wall around the local metro construction site, akutsk is making a ‘streetstrument’ workshop. The workshop is going to be in two parts: a streetstrument building workshop. In these weeks, I’m collecting debris from the construction. At the event August 11, these objects will be the material for…
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The street sound activist’s toolkit
The fundamental reason why I work with these “street interventions”, using the Anthropomorpher as a tool for inviting passers by in the street to make collective improvisations on the street’s sounds, is because I want to ignite a trend where people start making sound art as street art. There is no official name for this,…
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Spelling out the invisible social wall
Owing to the curious lay-out of the town it is quite possible for someone to live for years in Manchester and to travel daily to and from his work without ever seeing a working-class quarter or coming into contact with an artisan. He who visits Manchester simply on business or for pleasure need never see…
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Collective street improvisations, – how do we get people involved?
How can you start a new trend, create changes in other people’s lives, making them start doing things no-one has done before? How can you make more people start doing what only few people did before? The basic goal of all my activities in the ongoing process I call Akutsk, is to inspire people who…
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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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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…
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The magic of blogging
Yesterday, I posted my thoughts about Learning from folklore, and since I want to get in touch with people, around the globe, that are interested in the same things, I shared the link to the post on facebook to all sites and people that I have a connection to. For a lot of them it…
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Learning from folklore / Reversed colonialism 2.0
It is characteristic for folklore activities that they include people non regarding age, gender, or body shape. I’m at my son’s capoeira graduation, batizado, and I see kids, 50 year old men, young people, tall or small, skinny or heavily build people, all engaged in the same activities, each with his/her own personal style. It’s…
Building Sound Collectives 