DATE/PLACE: September 20. & 21., 2019 / University of Bern, Switzerland Institute of Musicology / Institute of History, Department of Iberian and Latin American History ORGANISERS: James Barber / Andrin Uetz / Dianne Violeta …Continue reading

(english translation of an article by Holger Schulze: Hören in Situation. Zur Anthropologie der relationalen Klangwahrnehmung, in: Nadin Deventer & Thomas Oberender (eds.), Now This Means War. Magazin zum Jazzfest Berlin 1.-4. …Continue reading

This week an impressive line-up of artists, performers, researchers and thinkers in the field of sound studies, sound art and sound research gathers in Copenhagen on the invitation from Jenny Gräf Sheppard, …Continue reading

Taking steps on different grounds that make different sounds. Keeping the silence in a large group that wanders around parts of Christiania in Copenhagen. Being in the moment, as you have no …Continue reading

Die A100 verläuft mitten durch Berlin und verbindet in einem Südwestbogen die Bezirke Neukölln, Tempelhof-Schöneberg, Charlottenburg-Wilmersdorf und Mitte. Nach Osten in Richtung Treptow befindet sich gerade ein weiteres Teilstück in Bau. Ursprünglich …Continue reading

Last week I had the honour of partaking for the third time at a so-called Silence Meal, a performance by artist Nina Backman. This time the meal was part of the Jazzfest …Continue reading

Have you ever thought about speaking aloud or singing as active exercises for strengthening the body? This was a commonly shared supposition amongst physicians in 19th century Britain where physical education gradually …Continue reading

“What happens when hearing doesn’t do what it purportedly should?” This question is at the center of a promising and inspiring workshop held this summer, June 15-16 in Cambridge at the Centre …Continue reading