Music
In Phantasmagoria of Jathilan, enter the trance of a horse dance
Handmade instruments and electronic rhythms weave together with bone-chillingly moving vocals in the latest epic from Raja Kirk. This is serious anticolonial music: Jathilan recalls the horses enlisted in the fight against Dutch colonial forces, during a war that tore early 19th century Javanese society apart.
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Prequel Tapes works through trauma in meticulous sound and choreography [trigger warning]
The Golden Cage is a deeply intimate work by Berlin-based Prequel Tapes, who strings together electronic sounds and voice to grapple with his feelings about his father. That sense of physical-emotional effort also sees realization in movement with a video featuring dance and performance artist Hana Stojaković.
A five-story pyramid is backdrop for Kyiv’s music artists and queer performers
Inspired by crystalline geometries, Christopher Bauder’s STALACTITE towers nearly five stories over a Berlin backlot. On Sunday, it’s the setting for a dynamic exchange between DJs, queer performance artists, and interactive light – a performance that makes a statement of resistance from unstoppable Ukrainians. The event runs this Sunday, July 31, from 20:00 – 23:59; […]
Movements to music, as Instruments of Things goes live on Kickstarter with sensor system
Peter Kirn - September 20, 2021
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What culture, ritual will be like in the age of AI, as imagined by a Hacklab
Peter Kirn - July 26, 2018
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