Music as Embodied Practice

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Music as Embodied Practice

How does a body-self express itself in a digital sphere? In her reflection on a 12th century poem and the singing at anti-CAA protests in India, our writer reassesses the body in pandemic times.

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Design: Elias Chen

My Difference Between Watching and Seeing a Film

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The Difference Between Watching and Seeing a Film
My Difference Between Watching and Seeing a Film

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.

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Amorphous Arab

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Amorphous Arab
Amorphous Arab

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.

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Post-Euphoria – A Moment Frozen in Time: Part 4

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Post-Euphoria – A Moment Frozen in Time: Part 4
Post-Euphoria – A Moment Frozen in Time: Part 4

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.

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Design: Ali Sayah
Sound: Guy Baron

Beirut: Traces of a City – A Pod Poem

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Beirut: Traces of a City – A Pod Poem
Beirut: Traces of a City – A Pod Poem

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

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Quote: Muriel Kahwaji
Design: Šejma Fere

Electronic Adventurers

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Electronic Adventurers
Electronic Adventurers

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

 

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Design: Šejma Fere

How to Make a Soundscape Film

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How to Make a Soundscape Film
How to Make a Soundscape Film

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.

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Design: Šejma Fere

Experimental Audio Essays Klang Moor Schopfe 2021

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Experimental Audio Essays Klang Moor Schopfe 2021
Experimental Audio Essays Klang Moor Schopfe 2021

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.

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Design: Ali Sayah

Post-Euphoria – The Ambivalence of Remembering: Part 3

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Post-Euphoria – The Ambivalence of Remembering: Part 3
Post-Euphoria – The Ambivalence of Remembering: Part 3

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.

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Quote: Guy Baron
Design: Ali Sayah
Sound: Guy Baron

Neither Inside Nor Outside: bittelangsam

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Neither Inside Nor Outside: bittelangsam
Neither Inside Nor Outside: bittelangsam

At Klang Moor Schopfe 2021, Philipp Rhensius created 12 experimental audio essays. Listen to a podcast inspired by the sound installation of the duo bittelangsam.

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Photo: KMS21

I Listened, Therefore I Was

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I Listened, Therefore I Was
I Listened, Therefore I Was

Songs can entail memories about who we are. In an essay inspired by the OneBeat workshop «Everything Old is New Again», our writer reflects on the role of music as a source of one’s own biography.

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Photo: Sara González Salamanca
Remix: Ailín Grad