I am excited to share with you this TIMEZONES podcast episode entitled »Ears on/of Makiling« — a collection of stories about the mountain we call our artistic home. Put on your headphones and listen to the tapestry of soundscapes from the mountain and of the sonic lives of Ibarangs across… Continue reading
Barbara Titus and I will be introducing our project Decolonizing Southeast Asian Sound Archives (www.decoseas.org) at the Amsterdam Museum Symposium, “The Future of the Dutch Colonial Past” in the session “Activism, Academic Research and Decoloniality” on Saturday 27 November at 09.30h CET in Amsterdam. On June 18th, the exhibition The… Continue reading
Check our latest episode of Nusasonic Radio — “Vicissitudes” produced by CTM Festival In this episode, we hear from different voices of Berlin’s Southeast Asian diaspora who are active in music, sound, and art scenes. These voices are compiled into 4 segments: Segment 1: Soydivision and Un.thai.theld collectivesfeatures discussion by… Continue reading
Eigenschwingungen – Forces of Overtones. The encounter: there is no sound without a second, third, fourth one. Something always resonates. But what? European music history prefers fundamental tones; they are considered “harmonious”. Bells, claves, gongs, flutes…most bodies of sound outside of Europe respond to different aesthetic needs. The specialist in… Continue reading