Apocalypse Nowish
In their sound installation for Klang Moor Schopfe, the collective Zaira Oram explores the apocalypse. Listen to an audio essay featuring the collective’s initiators Francesca Ceccherini and Eleonora Stassi discussing ideas behind their installation «Doom Doom Doom» in collaboration with the Swiss artist Axel Crettenand and the Russian composer and artist Ivan Kurbakov.
[…] An oval pond
winks in the sun, like a zero.
Exuberance challenges pilots
to master the Falling Leaf, perfect the Tailspin,
ignore the Graveyard Spiral, the Doom Loop. […]
(Hayden 2014)
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This audio essay was created by the musician, writer, and Norient editor Philipp Rhensius aka Alienationist in autumn 2023 at Klang Moor Schopfe 2023. Each piece features conversations with (and sounds by) the artists and their installations, merged with Rhensius’ own compositions, field recordings, and poetry. To open a speculative realm, each piece is assigned to a poem.
Biography
Biography
Published on September 18, 2023
Last updated on March 04, 2024
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