upcoming : festival 2§ April – 2 May Oscillation festival 2021 ::: Tuned Circuits
Tuned Circuits, the 2021 edition of Oscillation Festival, borrows its title from Daphne Oram, the early electronic composer and instrument inventor. In Oram’s work and writing we glimpse an avenue to escape the borders of material, in order to be able to “perceive phenomena simultaneously from various sides”, and to find parallels between electronic circuits and biological ones. More broadly; the festival looks at the practice and phenomena of tuning. Tuning is a fundament of music making. To think in terms of tuning is to think in terms of relations; of one thing coming into consonance or dissonance with another, of one thing colouring and affecting another. It is also to think in terms of time, since tuning requires a process of constant calibration: what is now in tune will not stay that way.
Oscillation ::: Tuned Circuits takes place over 4 days at MILL, Brussels and will mix talks, concerts and participatory works as well as a continuous live radio stream. Prior to the festival a number of workshops will take place. ===> Festival website
With the support of Needcompany, [removed], Vlaamse Gemeenschap, Vlaamse Gemeenschapscommissie.
radio transmission 2 April – 19h Oceanographies Institute The Oceanographies Institute studies the relation between the human body and the vast body of the ocean. It is interested in singular human-ocean encounters and the knowledge that is inherent in those encounters. In a series of private meetings, the Ocean Conversations and Demonstrations, the Institute dives into different people’s experiences and memories of the ocean. [>more info]
lockdown package All live events are suspended till April 1st, due to the general cultural lockdown. They will be rescheduled at a later moment. However, in the meantime you can listen to some podcasts, read good books and listen to our latest cassette releases, or watch videos of some recent talks and events.
tape release Mayday Radio Marathon: work on tape by Lazara Rosell Albear + Giovanni Lami / Elisa Ferrari + Olli Aarni / Diana Duta & Julia E Dyck + martiensgohome / Teresa Cos + Planète Concrète / Edyta Jarzab & Pawel Kreis + Penates Oscillation Mayday Radio Marathon took place over 39 hours in May 2020, incidentally during the Covid-19 lockdown. It was broadcast online and on FM radio, in collaboration with several community radio partners. Ten new pieces of the forty-six contributions are brought together for this series of five cassettes. Design by Meeuw. Released as cassettes and as download on Bandcamp.[>more info]
publication The Middle Matter: sound as interstice The Middle Matter is a reader which brings together thoughts on the nature of sound; its substance, specific qualities, and potential – with a specific curiosity to its propensity to occupy the spaces in-between, the instertitial gaps between different spaces, times, cultures, and world views, between the interior body and the exterior space. Contributions by Enrico Malatesta, Séverine Janssen, Tomoko Sauvage & Akio Suzuki, Lila Athanasiadou, Carolyn Chen, Justin Bennett, Brandon LaBelle, Anna Raimondo & Edyta Jarząb, Jennifer Walshe, Gary Schultz, Salomé Voegelin, Marc Matter, Franziska Windisch, David Toop, Pierre Berthet & Rie Nakajima, Mark Fell. Interviews with Jonathan Frigeri, ooooo, Paulo Dantas, Melissa E. Logan, Isabelle Stragliati, Alice Pamuk, Klaas Hübner, Wederik De Backer, Benny Nemerofsky Ramsay, Lucie Vítková. Edited by Caroline Profanter, Henry Andersen & Julia Eckhardt. Design by Ward Heirwegh. [>more info]
publication Eliane Radigue – Intermediary Spaces/Espaces intermédiaires Éliane Radigue is considered one of the most innovative and influential contemporary composers, from her early electronic music through to her acoustic work of the last fifteen years. In the long interview that forms the body of this publication, Éliane Radigue talks about her work, her reflections and underlying research, as well as her historical context. Editor: Julia Eckhardt / French redaction: Benoit Deuxant, Jean-François Caro / English translation and redaction: Eleanor Ivory Weber / Design: Ines Cox [>more info]
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