Building Sound Collectives

Tag: cultural sustainability

  • All work and no play? Not anymore!

    All work and no play? Not anymore!

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    Casper Hernández Cordes
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    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…

  • unmusic

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    Casper Hernández Cordes
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    “Kraptavicius’ catalog has been recognized widely, with concerts and sound-art installations all across Europe. These events have helped to develop what he calls an aesthetic of “unnecessary notes.” Hence his particular love for digital compositions, since he feels that computers help to “pull” elements of unmusic into his portfolio: machines show scant regard for compositional…

  • The street sound activist’s toolkit

    The street sound activist’s toolkit

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    Casper Hernández Cordes
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    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,…

  • Spelling out the invisible social wall

    Spelling out the invisible social wall

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    Casper Hernández Cordes
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    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…

  • How do we store the analogue?

    How do we store the analogue?

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    Casper Hernández Cordes
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    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…

  • The magic of blogging

    The magic of blogging

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    Casper Hernández Cordes
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    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…

  • Learning from folklore / Reversed colonialism 2.0

    Learning from folklore / Reversed colonialism 2.0

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    Casper Hernández Cordes
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    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…