2021: Dejame Vivir un Día

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2021: Dejame Vivir un Día
2021: Dejame Vivir un Día

This commissioned video for the Norient Film Festival by visual artist Jusomor and sound artist Lechuga Zafiro is deeply inspired by the re-encounter with our elders during the current times of uncertainty and confusion.

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Design: Jusomor

2021: Beautiful Life

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2021: Beautiful Life
2021: Beautiful Life

In this commissioned video for the Norient Film Festival, Taiwanese multimedia artist Monofee uses the medium of silent cinema to present a narrative of hope, conflict, and uncertainty over the turn of the new year.

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Design: Monofee
Sound: Monofee

2021: Future Tense

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2021: Future Tense
2021: Future Tense

In this commissioned video for the Norient Film Festival, poet, writer, and designer Poetra Asantewa ponders over the future of the city of Accra, what it ought to look like, where it ought to be, and who it should aim to be.

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How Does AI Hear?

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How does AI hear?
How Does AI Hear?

AI music often sounds very familiar, because it is limited to its creators’ musical horizon. In the third essay of our «Sonic Vignettes» special, Rolf Großmann asks what happens if one liberated AI «ears» from the constraints of human sensations?

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«Real World» Problems

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«Real World» Problems
«Real World» Problems

Philipp Rhensius meditates on Amanda Melissa Baggs’ communication with every aspect of their environment, via Eden Tinto Collins’ and and Giuliano Ponturo’s film «CoNEC» and his own childhood experiences.

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Design: Šejma Fere

Do Avatars Dream of Real Life?

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Do Avatars Dream of Real Life?
Do Avatars Dream of Real Life?

Digital worlds create disembodied experiences. But what if our avatars could touch, taste, and smell? An essay inspired by a new performance from IOKOI, who attempts to oppose disembodiment with a multi-sensory approach.

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Design: Šejma Fere

Waiting Room of Possibilities

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Waiting Room of Possibilities
Waiting Room of Possibilities

Biographies consist of the actual life one lived, and of the virtual life that one could have lived. Yet, the life of Turkish composer İlhan Mimaroğlu, depicted in the film «Mimaroğlu: The Robinson of Manhattan Island», shows that not every virtual promise is fulfilled.

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Design: Šejma Fere

How You See Is What You Get

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How You See Is What You Get
How You See Is What You Get

Every story results from the tension between form and content. But these rarely deviate from the usual. In the film «Dazzle Lights», the viewer is confronted with a radical blurring. Read an essay about the possibilities of surreal and nonlinear narrative.

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Design: Šejma Fere

An Ode to Imagination

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An Ode to Imagination
An Ode to Imagination

Artists often live a precarious life in which work rules everything. Their constant urge to be productive has intensified further in the pandemic. In this essay, our writer finds relief in the protagonist of the film «Les Contes Du Cockatoo», who refuses to finish projects.

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Design: Šejma Fere

Blood Is Thinner Than Money

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Blood Is Thinner Than Money
Blood Is Thinner Than Money

North Indian classical music was once exclusively performed for the upper class. Today, it is for everyone, yet it is faced with the demands of the 21st century: The constant imperative to self-promote.

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Design: Šejma Fere

The F.r.iction Show

A Norient Snap by Eden Tinto Collins & Gystère
The F.r.iction Show

The «F.r.iction Show» juxtaposes the creations of multi-disciplinary artists Gystère and Eden Tinto Collins. It is the result of a process of global reflection around a musical identity borrowed from different Afro-Eurasian cultures.

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Remix: Gystère