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Audio Essay

Challenging the perception of its listeners is at the core vision of the collective Encor Studio. Listen to an audio essay in which they discuss their site-specific installation «Adsum» which creates moments of pure presence.

Every absence is an ancestor: speak to it,
ignore it, feed it, turn it out of doors,
it will not matter – It knows where you live,
which side of the pillow you prefer in sleep,
where you buy eggs and milk and toilet
Paper. […]
(Igloria 2018)

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Igloria, Luisa A. 2018. «Absence, Presence». In The Buddha Wonders If She Is Having a Mid-Life Crisis. Montreal: Phoenica.

This audio essay was created by the musician, writer, and Norient editor Philipp Rhensius aka Alienationist in autumn 2023 at Klang Moor Schopfe 2023. Each piece features conversations with (and sounds by) the artists and their installations, merged with Rhensius’ own compositions, field recordings, and poetry. To open a speculative realm, each piece is assigned to a poem.

Biography

Philipp Rhensius is an editor for Norient, writer, musician, sound artist, sociologist & musicologist, and curator from Berlin. His work investigates the connections between the micro- and macro-political and is driven by the idea that «feeling the chains» is the moment when emancipation begins. His music and sound art projects (Kl.ne, aphtc, Alienationst) merge sonic fiction with sardonic poetry and visceral sound. His texts are published in i.e. Taz, Spex, FAZ, Neue Zürcher Zeitung, WOZ and several book volumes. He runs the music label Arcane Patterns and hosts a monthly podcast on Noods Radio. Follow him on Instagram, his Website, or LinkedIn.

Biography

ENCOR is an art studio founded in 2016 by swiss artists Mirko Eremita, David Houncheringer, Valerio Spoletini & Manuel Oberholzer. They use light and acoustics as messenger and symbolic value to project themselves into a world which like the properties of light itself are still mainly mysterious and out of reach of our full understanding. Follow them on their Website.

Published on August 31, 2023

Last updated on April 09, 2024

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Apocalypse Nowish

Audio Essay

by Philipp Rhensius,

Zaira Oram

In their sound installation for Klang Moor Schopfe, the collective Zaira Oram explores the apocalypse. Listen to an audio essay featuring the collective’s initiators Francesca Ceccherini and Eleonora Stassi discussing ideas behind their installation «Doom Doom Doom» in collaboration with the Swiss artist Axel Crettenand and the Russian composer and artist Ivan Kurbakov.

[…] An oval pond
winks in the sun, like a zero.
Exuberance challenges pilots
to master the Falling Leaf, perfect the Tailspin,
ignore the Graveyard Spiral, the Doom Loop. […]
(Hayden 2014)

List of References

Hayden, Dolores. 2014. «Exuberance». Poetry Magazine April 2014.

Biography

Zaira Oram, a curatorial collective, realises experimental exhibitions and interdisciplinary projects. Initiated by Francesca Ceccherini and Eleonora Stassi, it has expanded with the participation of Chloé Dall'Olio, Camille Regli, Elisa Bernardoni, Francesca Brusa and Magda Drozd. Their practice includes the exploration of visual art, performance and sound art as well as the creation of networks between different disciplines. Follow them on Instagram.

Published on September 18, 2023

Last updated on March 04, 2024

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A Huge Reservoir of Life

Audio Essay

by Philipp Rhensius,

Juan José López

Ludwig Berger

The first form of communication was not language but vibration. Listen to an audio essay featuring the biologist Juan José López and sound artist Ludwig Berger who sonify species that soon threaten to become completely extinct – if we don’t listen.

Even with insects –
some can sing,
some can’t.
(Issa 1994)

List of References

Issa, Kobayashi. 1994. «[even with insects]». In The Essential Haiku: Versions of Basho, Buson, and Issa, edited by Robert Hass. Translated by Robert Hass. New York: Ecco Press.

Biography

Juan José López (*1992) is researching how insects communicate through mechanical waves at the National Institute of Biology in Ljubljana. Among other things, biotremology investigates the extent to which the communication of arthropods allows conclusions to be drawn about the ecological context. The method can complement the study of different habitats and make a hidden world audible and tangible.

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Ludwig Berger (1986), Zurich-based composer, artist and natural sound researcher, creates electro-acoustic compositions. In his works, landscapes become audible, be they cities, Japanese gardens, glaciers or a bee colony. Follow him on his Website.

Published on August 24, 2023

Last updated on April 02, 2024

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