Philipp Rhensius
Philipp Rhensius is a writer, musician, sound artist, sociologist, musicologist, poet and editor for Norient based in Berlin. His work is driven by the idea that feeling the chains is the first step of emancipation. In his music projects (Kl.ne, aphtc, Alienationst, and INRA), Rhensius merges sonic fiction with sardonic poetry, queer theory and visceral sound. As a curator for Norient and other projects, he attempts to facilitate spaces of thinking and being to open up possibilities for new ideas, and making the familiar unfamiliar and vice versa.
His compositions for performances have been performed at the Venice Biennale, the Palazzo delle Esposizioni in Rome, among others. His essays, articles, and poetry have been 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.
Content on Norient by this Contributor
13th Norient Festival
Do/Thu · January 11, 2024
17:00 · 5pm
Panel Discussion (Festival Hub)
PROGR, Stube, Bern/Switzerland
Sa/Sat · January 13, 2024
14:30 · 2.30pm
Reading Performance (Bubble 02)
PROGR, kleine Bühne, Bern/Switzerland
So/Sun · January 14, 2024
16:00 · 4pm
DJ Set (Festival Hub)
PROGR, Stube, Bern/Switzerland
Text & Essay Publications
«Once upon a grime in London». In Out of the Absurdity of Life, edited by Theresa Beyer and Thomas Burkhalter. 2012. 314–320. Bern: Norient Books.
«I’ve been waiting for this since jungle. Ethnographische Skizze der Londoner Dubstepszene». In Invisible Landscapes - Popular Music and Spatiality, edited by Giacomo Bottà. 2016. 37–55. München: Waxmann Verlag.
«Dubstep ist Körpermusik». In Was erzählt Pop?, edited by Thomas Düllo, Holger Schulze and Florian Hadler. 2017. 224–238. Münster: Lit Verlag.
«Wut im Bauch und Musik in den Ohren». In: NZZ - Neue Zürcher Zeitung. Published 1. September 2018, Link.
Sampling Politics Today. Liechti, Hannes, Thomas Burkhalter and Philipp Rhensius Ed. 2020. Published online on Norient.com.
«Die Überstunden des Nervensystems». In: taz - die tageszeitung. Published 20. July 2020, Link.
«Nullen und Einsen, Emojis und Likes». In: taz - die tageszeitung. Published 20. April 2021, Link.
«Postmigrantische Musik». In: VAN Outernational Magazin. Published 1. August 2021, Link.
Music Releases
Kl.ne - «Rewind The Century». Digital. Released on Miracle Drug Recordings. 25. November 2022. Cleveland. Link.
Alienationist - «Don't Worry, You Can Always Be Reborn As a Screenshot». Digital. Self-released. 30. August 2022. Berlin. Link.
INRA - «I Super Liked You By Mistake». Tapes & Digital INRA. Self-released. 30. September 2020. Berlin & Jerusalem.
aphtc - «Rewind The Subject». Vinyl 12" & Digital. Released on Arcane Patterns. 15. August 2019. Berlin.
aphtc - «When Grounds Shift». Vinyl 12" & Digital. Released on Arcane Patterns. 17. August 2018. Berlin.
INRA «The Content Consuming Its Form». Poetry Book & Album. Self-released. 30. November 2018. Berlin.
Podcasts
Experimental Audio Essays Klang Moor Schopfe 2021. Link.
«Arcane Patterns w/ Guest Speaker DeForrest Brown Jr. aka Speaker Music». Noods Radio. June 2020: Bristol. Link.
Music & Sound Performances
«Don't Worry, You Can Always Be Reborn As a Screenshot». Alienationist performance. 9 April 2022. Walcheturm: Zürich.
«not to be a single being». Sound & poetry performance. 12 September 2021. Klangmoorschopfe Festival w/ i.e. Alva Noto, Rie Nakajima & Ryoichi Kurokawa: Gais.
«Bring In Weight – A Critique on Populism». Sound poetry performance. 27.–29. February 2020: Maribor.
«Die bitteren Tränen der Petra von Kant» by Berit Einemo Frøysland, a solo dance performance. Soundtrack composition & sound design. 7–9. February 2020. Dock 11: Berlin.
«Olympia», a performance by Rachel Monosov. Soundtrack composition, production & live performance. 14.–15. December 2019. Palazzo delle Esposizioni: Rome.
2017, November 23: «Popmusik zwischen Postkolonialismus und Utopie», Lecture & Discussion w/ Mark Ernestus (Ndagga), Bernd Friedmann (Nonplace), Stefan Schneider (TAL), Florian Meyer (DISK), Avril Ceballos (CÓMEME), Interkultur Ruhr, Essen
2018, October 27: «AQNB’s Assimilation Politics», Panel Discussion at 3hd Festival, Kunstquartier Bethanien, Berlin
2018, March 21: «Keynote about Hauntology, Afrofuturism and Black Speculative Art», Lecture & Discussion w/ Natasha A. Kelly, Decad Kunstraum, Berlin
2018, January 11: «Wo bleibt der Future Shock?», Lecture for the «Mark Fisher-Memorial», Institut für Kulturwissenschaften, Universität Wien
2019, December 5: «Killing Flies is Populism», Sound Installation and Lecture Performance at Bring In Weight - A Critique on Populism, 7 Hours Art Space, Berlin
2020, October 25: «Decolonising Classical Music», Moderation of a panel discussion w/ Cathy Milliken, Brigitta Muntendorf, Svetlana Spajicz and Amen Feizabadi about transtraditional composing for Goethe Institut Radialsystem, Berlin