Snaps

A look at the city’s contrasts that delves into how diverse voices blend resistance and celebration. // Una mirada a los contrastes de la ciudad que explora cómo diversas voces mezclan resistencia y celebración.

From the idea of needing a room of one’s own to the shared knowledge on production, venues, and community around electronic music, this piece explores what’s ahead for women and queer communities in Bogotá, Colombia.

A journey through the history and horizons of six independent venues at the center of the nightlife and cultural movement of Bogotá, Colombia: Matik-Matik, Latino Power, El Edificio, Ace of Spades Club, Asilo, and Video Club.

When two people fall in love, they neither know nor talk about it. They can only reach each other through sonic fiction. Read a flash fiction story as a new episode of the Sonic Worlding column.

Percussionist Peter Conradin Zumthor and inventor Gabriel Schneider modify the sound on the bell of the Reformed Church in Gais. Located in the main square of the town, the artistic intervention produces a hypnotic collective listening experience.

Florian Bach and Alexandre Babel play with the idea of negative space and absence in this imagination of their work Ashphalte. Elements such as light, color and sculptures change the objects and their surroundings and create a counterpoint between sound and image.

«I've been fascinated by how circuits and electricity and media change the way you experience the world.»

Japanese artist Kanako Saito’s works explore the dualities of control and the uncontrollable, artificial and natural, city and countryside. Creating an installation with objects from the surroundings of Gais, she endeavours to take meaning out of materials.