ZOSIA HOŁUBOWSKA, the synth witch that queers
Born in Poland, Zosia Hołubowska is a sound artist and a non-binary activist based in Vienna; wherein 2014, they founded Sounds Queer? a collective synth…
PHILIP SAMARTZIS & EUGENE UGHETTI, investigating Antarctica’s soundscapes
There is an incredible supply of life in Antarctica, even though the region is often perceived as a barren solitude of ice. It is undeniably…
CTM/transmediale, Digital Culture, News
Festival: CTM 2022 »Contact«, experimenting with hybrids environments
Already a week in, CTM 2022 Contact asks how we might establish positively transformative modes of contact with other realities beyond our own, be it…
RACHEL PIMM & GRAHAM CUNNINGTON, suspending geology in its mutations
As nature preservation has become a major global concern, artists Rachel Pimm and Graham Cunnington scrutinise the magnitude of the physical world and its undisclosed…
Unsound Kraków 2021: The Day After
In 2018, it was the last time I travelled to Kraków without a Covid-19 passport on hand. Presence was the theme of Unsound Festival already…
ROBERT GERARD PIETRUSKO, inspecting data perspectives through sound & design
Robert Gerard Pietrusko is a designer, composer and educator who investigates the strain of everlasting data in time and space. Using multiple resources and jumping…
Festival: MIRA Digital Arts Festival 2021 Barcelona
MIRA Son Estrella Galicia Digital Arts Festival 2021, is taking place from 12th to 14th of November in Barcelona. In this edition, the team behind…
Event: Il Pianeta come Festival XL by MACRO X Terraforma vol.2
Terraforma is an international music festival dedicated to artistic experimentation and sustainability. The three-day event has taken place since 2014 in the garden of Villa…
‘Amoenus & Iklectik Art Lab, artistic explorations into 3D audio’ by Agata Kik
Amoenus has turned IKLECTIK Art Lab into an Ambisonic setup this year, immersed in an amalgam of audio effects. In an organisational partnership, they experiment…
‘Experimental Words: Where Poetry Meets Science’ by Simon Coates
The past fifteen years or so has seen the traditionally uneasy relationship between the realms of science and the arts undergo a series of changes,…
ELI KESZLER, capturing the transitory edge of stillness
Experimental percussionist, composer and visual artist Eli Keszler challenges the reminiscence of the past two years through his latest project, Icons, out now via Lucky…
Festival: ‘Phonetics’, the digital & experimental sound art gathering is back in Saint-Denis Paris
Phonetics is a new digital festival focused on sound art and avant-garde musical practices with a strog focus on the exchanges with the Arab…
Insight: ‘Closed Circuit’ – architectural + immersive sound installation
“If we sit and talk in a dark room, words suddenly acquire new meanings and different textures. They become richer, even than architecture, which Le…
HAINBACH, exploring new sound depths using nuclear research equipment
Crafting beauty from what could be seen as obsolete and exploring new sound depths with it almost sounds like Hainbach’s motto: the composer has a…
Art Russia Fair 2021: ‘The Resistance’, the act of resisting, or the capacity to resist by Daniel Solomons
Art Russia Fair is a contemporary art fair that combines art with a professional educational program. It took place between 1-4 April at Gostiny Dvor,…
Festival: Celebrating the 30th edition of ArtFutura — The Future Arrives Early
ArtFutura is a festival of Digital Culture, and Creativity established in 1990. Since then, each edition has explored and presented cutting-edge trends and projects concerning…
Biomedia, Digital Culture, News
Online: Material Futures Symposium 2021, exploring the impact of materials
The MA Material Futures, Central St Martins, University of the Arts London, presents a series of three evening talks at the intersection of design, biology…
Digital Culture, News, OTHERWISE
Online & offline festival: OTHERWISE 2021 — Polymorphic Futures
OTHERWISE 2021 takes as a starting point the concept of polymorphy as that which describes many forms and none at the same time. It explores…
CTM/transmediale, Digital Culture, News
Online platform: CTM Cyberia
CTM, one of Berlin’s most influential and experimental festivals, has gone virtual. They rose to the challenge of not being able to gather in-person this…
Computing Art, Interviews, Sound
EWA & JACEK DOROSZENKO, capturing our consciousness with sound and computer-generated image
Ewa Doroszenko’s practice enmeshes material and virtual realities. She works analog and digital. Her creative process spans from prints and video works to printed objects…