Birds on guitars, in the zebra finch sound art of Céleste Boursier-Mougenot

Sound artist Céleste Boursier-Mougenot’s “from hear to ear” is on view in Lisbon, Portugal at the moment. So let’s take a moment for zebra finches playing guitars and other sonic installations driven by elements from nature in the work of this artist from Nice, France (now in Sète).

In Kreuzberg, artists from communities in exile present their own vision

It’s a different vision of a festival and exhibition, one that bubbles up from the Kiez instead of being collected in modern palaces. For the next few days, artists from the Berlin neighborhood around Kottbusser Tor will reveal their self-image in communities in exile.

Peter Kirn - January 24, 2025

Learn modular MetaSounds in Unreal, free, and start thinking in procedural sound

It was once the stuff of dreams — a patchable, modular environment for sound, synthesis, music, and procedural generative audio. Now it’s free (MetaSounds) in a free game engine (Unreal Engine). You just have to learn to use it – which is why this free comprehensive tutorial series by our friend Matt Spendlove is a must.

Peter Kirn - February 2, 2023

Carsten Nicolai reflects on light, emotion – and astrophysics

Peter Kirn - November 11, 2021

NAP, a free, high-performance data-driven visual and audio platform, is now slicker than ever

Peter Kirn - October 15, 2021

The Wall of Sound reimagines a sampler-sequencer for public space and use

Peter Kirn - February 10, 2020

The retro-futuristic Apparatum draws from Polish electronic music history

Peter Kirn - August 1, 2018

Ivy is an epic 240-step hardware sequencer as sound installation

Peter Kirn - October 23, 2017

Two hours of video covers over a century of history of sound art

Peter Kirn - February 13, 2017