Erratic and Erotic Voice-led Composition (PhD)
(2026)
author(s): Adriana Minu
published in: Research Catalogue
This is a practice-based artistic research PhD which investigates ways of being with intensities felt in the body and of artistically integrating them into sonic expression. It aims to do so by building sensory precision particularly through use of the voice. I consider voice as a somatic tool that aids in feeling these intensities, and that helps build knowledge about the self and its situated context. I put this sensual knowledge in contact with existing theories of affect and atmosphere, introduce the idea of ADHD selfhood and draw these together in presenting the practice of erratic and erotic voice-based composition. I discuss the processes of making and contexts around twelve distinct and diverse instances of artistic practice that include participatory works in one-to-one or small groups, co-creative duos, small group workshops and ensemble work. I foreground here not just embodiment but the specific body that has done this research, moving through a neurodivergent intersectional complexity that refuses identarian precision, preferencing a tenacity of feeling that invites witnessing and companionship as ways to get to know it.
how to strike roots into the void – a trapeze artists view on artistic processes as permacultural growing
(2026)
author(s): Carmen Raffaela Küster
published in: Research Catalogue
This project researches body and object relationships through practical exploration (practice-led research) in suspension and on the ground. It illuminates connected thoughts linked to posthuman philosophy, permaculture, physical movement and contemporary circus.
Our perception of the world is getting more global and connected, but we have not realised yet the full complexity of all the interdependencies and interplays. In fact it is more than questionable whether this might be graspable for any human to its full extend at all…
The state of being ‘in suspension’ is taken as an analogy for the times we live in – life itself. In a world in which pop-stars sing ‘I have no roots’ (Merton, 2016), mass-migration makes people leave their homes involuntarily and others choose nomadic livestyles that leave them only loosely connected with a geographical place and a single culture. But at the same time, we are always tightly connected (digitally) with ‘the whole world’.
'How to strike roots into the void?' is the essential question of this interdisciplinary research, which has its roots deep 'down' in aerial acrobatic movement. How could this rooting be possible at all? And in which ways? – referring to the question of quality: 'HOW' can we in these times as human being strike out our own roots? Who and what can keep us grounded? To whom or what are we reaching out to search for connection? What nourishes us? And where to hold on to, if the substrate is emptiness – the Void – the uncertainty of life itself?
Desenho e Performatividade
(2026)
author(s): Clara Ginoulhiac
published in: Research Catalogue
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Teaching artists: acting locally, sharing globally
(2026)
author(s): Bob Selderslaghs
published in: Research Catalogue
In this article, Bob Selderslaghs presents a research project by the Royal Conservatoire of Antwerp and Fontys Academy of the Arts Tilburg on how teaching artists can strengthen their practice in an international, hybrid learning community. Through inspiring lectures, practical experiments and in-depth reflection, participants gained recognition for their practice, expanded their artistic-pedagogical repertoire and built valuable contacts. The project emphasises the power of flexible frameworks, embodied learning and sustainable networks for greater visibility and impact in this dynamic field.
Shared Resonance – A Participatory Electro-Acoustic Ritual
(2026)
author(s): Kaixiang Zhang
published in: Research Catalogue
This exposition presents a practice-based research project that reimagines electronic music performance through the participatory and ritualistic ethos of Capoeira. Initially motivated by a critique of audience passivity in contemporary electronic performance, the project shifted from “translating” Capoeira into an electronic context toward constructing ritual-based frameworks that foster shared authorship, presence, and collective agency.
The research unfolded through iterative processes of design, testing, and reflection. Early on, ritual was established as a conceptual foundation, situating the work within debates on participation, spectacle, and cultural belonging. Subsequent phases explored instrument-making as both technical and symbolic practice, producing DIY electroacoustic objects (Lua and Mar) that embody accessibility, agency, and transparency. Attention then turned to orchestrating the ritual performance itself, experimenting with spatial, temporal, and sensory structures that redistribute power and unsettle the artist–audience divide. The process culminated in a public performance integrating instruments, structure, and reflection, while raising new questions around documentation, belonging, and the fragility of agency.
From these iterations emerged the framework of ritual as multi-dimensional architecture: a compositional and perceptual field where time, space, materials, and social dynamics interweave to sustain collective creativity. The exposition combines documentation of instruments and performances with reflective writing, offering both a record of process and a proposition for future development.
Home page JSS
(2026)
author(s): Journal of Sonic Studies
published in: Journal of Sonic Studies
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