Snaps

Selecting a film for a festival requires us to look beyond pure preference. In this essay, Chafic Tabbara, film critic and co-artistic director of Norient Festival 2022, shares his thoughts on curating films for cinema in the age of online streaming.

Can one pursue the past through reimagining the present? Veteran musician Yacoub Abu Ghosh and sound experimentalist Rehab Hazgui talk to Norient about merging tradition with recent techniques at the «Mirath:Music Sound Exhibition», a project by the Goethe-Institut.

In the final part of his Post-Euphoria series, Guy Baron discusses using stripped-down electronic dance music motifs to suggest ambivalent euphoric experiences and capture fleeting moments.

A reflection on the current uncertainties experienced in Beirut and how they have influenced creative processes.

Watching «Sisters with Transistors» reminds Ruth Saxelby that electronic music is a doorway to endless worlds of wonder.

The soundscape of a film defines its perception, yet it is often neglected. While watching «RIAFN», a cinematic journey into the soundscape of the Alps, our writer decided to write a short guide to making a soundscape documentary, in five steps.

At Klang Moor Schopfe 2021, Philipp Rhensius created 12 experimental audio essays. Inspired by installations of Alva Noto or Rie Nakajima, they merge sound art, poetry, interviews, and club music.

In the third part of the series «Post-Euphoria», Guy Baron reflects on his use of audio effects to suggest the faded recollection of lost euphoric experiences.