field anatomies: Laura Cocks
The evolved musician builds a demanding path to reach certain quality standards. Today it is no longer enough to learn to play an instrument with an excellent visual and perspective capacity for the scores,...
Franck Bedrossian’s Don Quixote
In Cervantes' Don Quixote of La Mancha, at a certain point, the protagonist of the novel lets himself be lowered into the Montésino's cave and he discovers a world composed of hidden wonders: Don...
Thinking is perceiving: Kaja Draksler at Artacts
Rudolf Arnheim noted that sensory perception was as important as the certainties of rationality and was an anticipation of intellectual knowledge: in the area of the communicative functions of art, the German author recognized...
Christopher Otto: Rag’sma
The twentieth century was undoubtedly the century of discoveries in microtonality as well as other areas in music. Since the times of Carrillo and Ives, a lot of water has passed under the bridge...
Studies on Colour Field Modulation: Ulrich Mitzlaff & Carlos Santos
L'arte astratta costringe il fruitore di essa a fare uno sforzo di cognizione. Si tratta spesso di andare a vedere cosa c'è dietro un ipotetico muro di incomprensione che caratterizza l'opera e solo un'apertura...
Elisabeth Coudoux: the cello, the Emiszatett’s project and an interview
In the improvisational act the relationships between the musicians are fundamental and the action is supreme. A part of philosophy and pedagogy's world have increased emphasis on the importance of the experiential factor tenfold...
Bernhard Lang: Works for Piano and a short conversation
Linked to the philosophical expectation of "difference / repetition" of the French avant-gardes, Bernhard Lang's first intervention on the piano is in 2003 with the DW12 'Cellular Automata', about 30 minutes in which you...
Dialogue, Space and Multiplicity in British Improv. Confront Recordings at 25. Interview with Mark...
Mark Wastell is a key figure of Britain’s improv and avant-music scene. What is absolutely fascinating about Wastell is his musical plurilingualism, his capacity of speaking, understanding and recording a plurality of experimental languages....
Christian Lillinger, the Punkt.Vrt.Plastik’s project and a short interview
Listening to the Trio Punkt.Vrt.Plastik immediately suggests a good reflection, that is to go straight back in time to understand the birth act of creation. Student of Gunter Sommer, drummer Christian Lillinger has had...
From the Machine to the instruments: Branciforte & Kirschner
Solo qualche mese fa mi esprimevo a proposito degli algoritmi, immaginandoli come dei "fantasmi" evoluti in grado di risolvere problemi complessi, uno strumento per modificare decisioni e pregiudizi della composizione. Questi modelli rinchiusi nei...
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KLANG: Hyperstition
Nell'ambito delle attività dell'ufficio stampa Sfera Cubica, un luogo di promozione musicale con sede in Emilia Romagna, ci sono anche i progetti di KLANG,...
