Now out: Sonic Acts Ecoes 5

The fifth issue of Sonic Acts’ magazine Ecoes is out. It has my interview with Philip Vermeulen in it. It also features Alice Johnston Rougeaux, Anastasia (A) Khodyreva, Annika Kappner, Brackish Collective, Éric La Casa, Hannah Pezzack, Hannah Rowan, Jac Common, Karen Bakker, Katy Lewis Hood, Lucia Dove, Maud Seuntjens, Rita Wong, Stefanie Hessler, Tarek Atoui, Therese Keogh, and Tomoko Sauvage.

Get it here (€7,50 + posting): https://shop.sonicacts.com/product/ecoes-5/.

en,free publicity,leesvoer,nl,reading matter | June 22, 2023 | 11:53 | Comments Off on Now out: Sonic Acts Ecoes 5 |

Evening of the V2_Archive

Tonight – 22nd of June 2023 – I’m one of the speakers on the Evening of the V2_Archive, at V2_ in Rotterdam: https://v2.nl/events/evening-of-the-v2_archive/.

Here’s the blurb:

At the Evening of the V2_Archive we’ll look at digital archives as dynamic spaces for creative experimentation. How can digital archives inform and inspire artistic practice and even provide raw material for new artworks? At this event we’ll take a closer look at a range of artistic approaches that can uncover new patterns and relationships in the V2_ archive but also offer a fresh perspective on how digital archives can be experienced.

Marijn Bril will take us on a question-driven journey through the online archive, after which Sandra Golubjevaite will lead the audience in a collective ambient browsing experience. Finally, Vera van der Burg will show us how artificial intelligence could radically change how digital archives are used and experienced in the future. V2_’s archivist Arie Altena will introduce the V2_archive, and Katažyna Jankovska will moderate the event.

en,free publicity,research,ubiscribe | June 22, 2023 | 9:44 | Comments Off on Evening of the V2_Archive |

Talk at Sonic West

I’ll be doing a presentation on November 21st, 17.30h. at the OBA de Hallen, Amsterdam. Here’s the invite:

You are warmly invited to our symposium Sonic West: collective urbanism through a multiplicity of listening. Join us at OBA De Hallen/Belcampo for this one-evening event. A number of artists, authors, theorists and practitioners will reflect upon the ongoing project Sonic West.

We invite makers, artists, community members, students, designers, activists, politicians, theoreticians, humans and non-humans to come and think about the the societal significance and use of community art projects concerning itself with the sonic aspects of social life. The project Sonic West will be used as a concrete example to discuss questions like can shared listening practises lead the way to a more just city? This evening both speakers involved in the project as well as speakers with an outside view will reflect upon these questions and entice those present to ‘hear into’ a future more shared city.

Programme and details
Sonic West: collective urbanism through a multiplicity of listening
Thursday 21 November 17:30
OBA De Hallen, Belcampo Entresol
Doors open: 17.30
Start: 17.45

17.30 Registration

17.45 Welcome and introduction
Michiel Huijsman, Artist, initiator Soundtrackcity, curator Sonic West

17.50 Presentation
Justin Bennett, Artist, curator Sonic West:
Public space as acoustic territory

18.05 Presentation
Mayke Haringhuizen and Fani Konstantinidou, artists in residence Sonic West:
The sound of Green Space

18.15 Presentation
Michiel Huijsman:
The multiplicity of sonic perception

18.30 Presentation
Donia Jourabchi and Taufan ter Weel, artists in residence Sonic West:
Gentrifriction

18.40 Lecture
Arie Altena, editor and writer. Author of ‘Wat is Community Art?’

18.55 Paneldiscussion, Q&A
Arie Altena, Justin Bennett, Mayke Haringhuizen, Michiel Huijsman, Fani Konstantinidou, Donia Jourabchi and Taufan ter Weel

19.15 Drinks and bites

This symposium is English spoken. More about this event and Sonic West at:

Symposium Sonic West: collective urbanism through a multiplicity of listening

Admission free
Reservation is required due to limited seats. You can make reservations with an Email to info@soundtrackcity.nl

This event is not sponsored or subsidized. Voluntary contributions are very welcome.

free publicity | November 10, 2019 | 1:39 | Comments Off on Talk at Sonic West |

KABK: The Parasite

Yesterday I did a presentation as part of the Studium Generale at the KABK. ‘Serres – Latour – Tsing, 1980 – 2019: from the parasite to the matsutake mushroom’. Beautiful poster by Dayna Casey. Great audience, good questions. Thank you!

My ‘notes’ are here: https://ariealt.home.xs4all.nl/2019/kabk/2019_kabk_parasite_presentation/2019_kabk_parasite_presentation.html. (‘Hidden’ but easily accessible if you have the address). Oh, and I changed the title.

art,free publicity,quotations,research,writing | October 18, 2019 | 16:10 | Comments Off on KABK: The Parasite |

Bruno Latour: Oog in oog met Gaia

‘Acht lezingen over het Nieuwe Klimaatregime’. Wat een plezier om dit in het Nederlands te lezen! Een groot deel van het betoog en de argumenten waren me al bekend. Ik las de oorspronkelijke Gifford lezingen (uit 2013) toen ze nog als PDF online beschikbaar waren, luisterde naar het hoorspel Kosmokoloss, nam verspreide Engelse artikelen van Latour door. Zoals de ideeën en argumenten in deze defintieve versie van Face a Gaia achter elkaar zijn gezet, in dit Nederlands van Rokus Hofstede en Katrien Vandenberghe, gaat het sprankelen, wordt het urgent, en zoveel makkelijke begrijpbaar. Het is niet moeilijk wat Latour hier uitlegt, het gaat alleen in tegen heel veel oude, vertrouwde, afgekloven en schadelijke concepten. (Voorbeeld: wat veel mensen als ‘religie’ beschouwen noemt Latour contra-religie). Dat vergt wat omdenken, maar eenmaal omgedacht is het helder, verwikkelt het één vanzelfsprekend met het ander. Veel inzichten uit Latour’s lange carrière komen in dit boek bij elkaar. Latour schetst hoe we ons de wereld kunnen (nee moeten) voorstellen. Ik las het in 1 adem uit.

free publicity,leesvoer,nl,reading matter,research,uitgelezen | February 6, 2018 | 16:01 | Comments Off on Bruno Latour: Oog in oog met Gaia |

Oorbeek bij Boycott Books

Oorbeek keert terug en begint – zoals altijd – opnieuw. We spelen komende zondag 14 januari ‘s middags bij Boycott Books als onderdeel van de ‘fundraising party’ voor de nieuwe film van Serge Onnen. De kelder van Boycott Books is omgetoverd tot gezellig hol voor schaduwspel (met vrij geluid van Oorbeek). Vanaf 15.00, Waddenweg 10, Amsterdam Noord.

Meer info: oorbeek.net en boycott books. (F8kebook-link mag u zelf opzoeken).

art,free publicity,music,nl | January 10, 2018 | 12:08 | Comments Off on Oorbeek bij Boycott Books |

Literatuur op het scherm

Het Stimuleringsfonds Creatieve Industrie en het Nederlands Letterenfonds roepen schrijvers, dichters en (interactie)ontwerpers op een projectvoorstel in te dienen voor het programma Literatuur op het Scherm 2018. Indienen kan tot uiterlijk 7 februari 2018.

Meer info: http://www.letterenfonds.nl/nl/literatuur-op-het-scherm-2018.

free publicity,nl | December 15, 2017 | 16:27 | Comments Off on Literatuur op het scherm |

RWM Objecthood podcast

I sat down a week and a half ago and talked for 32 minutes about the Kola Superdeep to a microphone, sent it to Roc Jiménez de Cisneros of Radio Web Macba and he edited it to include about 15 minutes (I’m told) in this podcast: RWM Macba Objecthood 4.

art,en,free publicity,research | December 3, 2015 | 17:06 | Comments Off on RWM Objecthood podcast |

Dark Ecology in the Barents Observer

Finally, I’m in the Barents Observer – a pre-announcement of the Dark Ecology-project: barentsobserver.com/en/culture/2014/08/dark-ecology-arrives-borderlands-28-08

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The Dark Ecology team scouting locations, (from left to right) Annette Wolfsberger, Hilde Methi, Arie Altena and Guro Vrålstad . (Photo: Michael Miller)

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Douglas Kahn: Earth Sound Earth Signal

Het nieuwste, lang aangekondigde boek van Douglas Kahn, ik las het van het weekend eindelijk uit. Long overdue. Fundamenteel.

Lees de introductie hier: http://www.thewire.co.uk/in-writing/book-extracts/read_introduction-to-douglas-kahn_s-earth-sound-earth-signal

Kopen: http://www.ucpress.edu/book.php?isbn=9780520257559

9780520257559

Disclosure of interest: ik word, samen met Lucas van der Velden van Sonic Acts, bedankt in de ‘acknowledgements’.

art,en,free publicity,history,leesvoer,music,reading matter,research | June 3, 2014 | 22:13 | Comments Off on Douglas Kahn: Earth Sound Earth Signal |
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