The weft. Time-based media arts and cross-art practices.
(2023)
author(s): Sergio Patricio
published in: Research Catalogue
The weft is an article that requests to hold time and attention about time-based art practices, especially the ones that rely on time as a medium with the usage of technology and multimedia formats to be presented live in the case of performance art, for example. The article is more than a dialogue of a theory, it is a speculation about the future of these practices in terms of cultural impact and sustainability. The questions and speculations posed a question about the status of these practices within the facilitation in educators and practitioners related to Time.
Distanciation and other: implications of distance in an ancestry DNA project
(2023)
author(s): Mike Croft
published in: i2ADS - Research Institute in Art, Design and Society
The exposition focuses on the question of ‘distanciation’ that at-once both distances and furthers one’s understanding of the self through being drawn into a work of text – here taken in a broader sense to include also the visual-material – and geographical and temporal distance. The latter interpretation of distance relates to the artistic research project that contextualises the article, which is in response to a call for drawings on the question of genetics and identity, hosted by i3S (Institute of Investigation and Innovation in Health, Porto University). As part of this author’s response, and as an example that may, through its reading, cause some expansion of one’s notion of self, the novel ‘The Inheritors’ by William Golding is discussed. From the point of view of genetic ancestry, Golding’s novel involves incongruous recognition between a family of Neanderthals and a larger group of Homo sapiens, and a more psychological use of the term ‘other’ for foreignness and one’s negotiation of such initial reaction by oneself. The conjoined question of distanciation and other is considered through reference to a large drawing of the author in progress as part of the ancestry project at the time of writing, and through theoretical reference to the work of Paul Ricoeur, Jacques Lacan and Bracha Ettinger that helps elaborate on distanciation, the psychically interpreted other, and a maternal matrixial idea of pre- and post-natal I and non-I of the self in contiguous relationship not only with psychoanalytical theory, but also with global ancestral mitochondrial DNA.
THE [ W A L L S ] WE CREATE : on distance in research practice
(2023)
author(s): Ewa Łączkowska
published in: Research Catalogue
An interactive, mixed-media artistic research process – using somatic experience, dance, listening, storytelling, and visual arts to ponder on the topic of distance in research practice.
The focal point of this research process has been the somatic feeling of distance and entanglement and exploring those through movement - captured on film, inspired by and enriched with music by Ólafur Arnalds.
The written story is a secondary translation of the research process, formed by the somatic exploration, movement experimentation, painting, and the process of film-making. I’ve used watercolors as an aid to help me translate and express the inquiry in the form of text.
10.1
(2023)
author(s): Levin Eric Zimmermann
published in: Research Catalogue
10.1 is a sound art installation and a sequence of daily performances over a lunar cycle resp. 30 days. It deals with questions about the relationship between art and life, the passing of time and its context in a wider discourse.
INSTALLATION SETUP
The installation view is located in a shop window in a small urban space. It consists of brown sheets of paper hanging from the ceiling of the space that are visible through the storefront windows. On the pages are printed the current lunar cycle, musical notations, text quotations, or quoted drawings. In the lower part of the display window are three instruments. Each of these instruments has three strings that are moved by electromagnets. The resulting sounds are picked up by guitar pickups and sent to tranducers attached to the shop windows so that passersby could hear the sounds through the vibrating window panes.
PERFORMANCE SEQUENCE
Every evening I went into the installation room to play a page of the score with my guitar. Each page lasted as long as the sunset lasted on that particular day in that particular place. My playing was not only accompanied by the magnetic string instruments, but initiated by them, as the instruments began to play as soon as the sun set, signaling me to join them. After the sun set, the instruments played a dedicated night light composition. These night light compositions were composed by me as a daily routine during this lunar cycle. They sounded throughout the night until dawn, when another composition would begin, signaling the transition to the silent daylight.
Bandoneon Explorations
(2023)
author(s): Mercedes Krapovickas
published in: Research Catalogue
This master's thesis explores the augmentation of the bandoneon, an iconic Argentine instrument traditionally associated with tango music, through the integration of live electronics and extended performance techniques. The research delves into the development of a unique system that enables real-time interaction between the performer and the electronics, transforming the bandoneon into a dynamic and expressive instrument. The study investigates the implications of this augmented approach on musical expression, embodiment, and the relationship between the performer and the instrument. Through a series of performances, including collaborations with other musicians and participation in festivals, the thesis examines the practical application and reception of the augmented bandoneon in diverse contexts. The findings contribute to the discourse on the intersection of traditional instruments, technology, and contemporary musical practices, offering insights into the possibilities and challenges of augmenting a culturally significant instrument like the bandoneon.
SamSlag
(2023)
author(s): Håkon Skjæret
Limited publication. Only visible to members of the portal : NMH Student Portal
Et masterarbeid om kunstnerisk utvikling gjennom relasjonelle musikkopplevelser av Håkon Skjæret.
Norges musikkhøgskole 2020-2022
