After the Islamist invasion of Northern Mali in 2012, music was widely banned. In their search for peace and freedom, Malian musicians have been fighting back – with music. A short insight into Mali’s music scenes, inspired by the film «It Must Make Peace».
A mythical creature with an ecological conscience, the Curupira protects the Brazilian Amazon from destructive forces. Read an essay by Patricia Jäggi on the problem of representation inspired by the film «Curupira, Creature Of The Woods».
In this commissioned video for the Norient Film Festival, a filmmaker in lockdown connects with his creator friends living in worlds separated by oceans, time, and tides.
Even prior to the current retreat into the home office, life with screens has flattened one’s experience of time and space – but also of work and leisure. In the fourth episode of the «Sonic Vignettes» series, Malte Pelleter investigates Lofi Beat streams.
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.
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.
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.
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?
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.
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.
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.
