Gong Semar Pegulingan Rehearsals from habi on Vimeo. This semester, gamelan master I Made Agus Wardana teaches Gong Semar Pegulingan (Balinese Gamelan) at the Musicology Department at the University of Amsterdam. It is meditative to be repeating the complex interlocking rhythms over and over until it becomes second… Continue reading
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Deadline for Application: MA in International Dramaturgy at UvA
The deadline for application for the MA International Dramaturgy is 1 March 2015, (1 February for those applying for scholarship). For more information and online application procedure, visit the program website. Scholarships for non-EU citizens must be applied for directly on the Nuffic website.
Kolloquium Globale Theater und Mediengeschichte(n)
Prof. dr. Nic Leonhardt invited me to give a guest lecture on “Medating Modernities” as part of her lecture Kolloquium Globale Theater und Mediengeschichte(n) at the Institut für Medienkultur & Theater, Universität zu Köln, Germany. Perhaps see you there? 17 December 2015 Institut für Medienkultur & Theater, Universität zu Köln,… Continue reading
My article on Popular Entertainment Studies Journal is now out
Volume 6 Issue 2 of Popular Entertainment Studies Journal is now out. The special issue is entitled, “Negotiating the Entertainment Business: Theatrical Brokers at the Turn of the 20th Century”. My article, “Brokering Sonic Modernities: migrant Manila musicians in the Asia Pacific, 1881-1948”, is included in the issue. You can… Continue reading
Open Encounter: The Boat is Sinking? Addressing the Urgency of Artistic Cross-Cultural Dialogues
Saving the world with meals on wheels. You know how I sometimes have really brilliant ideas? They’re not aliens, they’re Earth…liens! Stop talking, brain thinking. Hush. You know how I sometimes have really brilliant ideas?
You know when grown-ups tell you ‘everything’s going to be fine’ and you think they’re probably lying to make you feel better? All I’ve got to do is pass as an ordinary human being. Simple. What could possibly go wrong?