While working on the collaborative publication «All In It Together», Norient’s editor Philipp Rhensius and Rewire’s context curator Katía Truijen enter into a conversation over email where they strive to learn from the various contributions.
How do artists relate to each other and their environments and how does it affect their music? In which way can new forms of listening lead to new perspectives? Explore a publication in collaboration with the Rewire Festival 2023 which assembles essays and audio pieces attempting to think with rather than about music. Curated and edited by Philipp Rhensius and Katía Truijen.
Short Essay by Renata YazzieFor Indigenous people, listening to music can function as an act of kinship, where identities are strengthened and acknowledged through building relationships with their environment. Read an essay by Indigenous musicologist and pianist, Renata Yazzie, inspired by the music of powwow singer Joe Rainey.
Poetic Text by Peggy Kyoungwon LeeWhat happens when a record player is played with acrylic nails instead of a needle? Read an essay by the scholar and writer Peggy Kyoungwon Lee in which she evokes a world that refuses to be reproduced.
Quotation by Hildegard Westerkamp«The sound environment ‹voices› all activities.»
Essay by Heloisa AmaralRead this essay by artistic researcher, and curator Heloisa Amaral, on modes of listening and the possibility of multiphonic attention.
Quotation by Budhaditya Chattopadhyay«New perspectives could be generated by engaging with Global Souths.»
Short Essay by Gisela SwaragitaTo memorize a place and its emotional attachment to it, a form is needed. This is what our writer, Gisela Swaragita, is reminded of when listening to Liew Niyomkarn’s music, in which the musician captures moments of her childhood with field recordings.
Essay by Mark Peter WrightThis essay by Mark Peter Wright unpacks the microphone as an entangled instrument and fosters a listening practice that engages critically with the sounds one hears.
Audio Talk by Thomas Burkhalter, Abhishek Mathur, Suvani SuriHow can people work together across the constraints of time and space, and the cultures they determine? In this talk, Norient founder Thomas Burkhalter and the artists Abhishek Mathur and Suvani Suri discuss their work on the experimental podcast series TIMEZONES.
All in It Together
All in It Together
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