Calum Builder

Denmark (residence)
research interests: improvisation, organ, saxophone, spiritual formation, spiral
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I'm a saxophonist & composer originally from Sydney, Australia. After relocating to Copenhagen, Denmark, I commenced an artistic research position at the Rytmisk Musikkonservatorium.


My music deals with post-religious spirituality, stemming from post-Christian thought. What do we believe when we don't believe? What then? 

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  • Although Changed, I Arise the Same (The Spirituality of Spirals) (last edited: 2022) author(s): Calum Builder This exposition is in progress and its share status is: visible to all.
    Although Changed, I Arise the Same (The Spirituality of Spirals) is a personal artistic exploration into the artist’s shifting context & practice derived from the utilisation of spiral formations in the creative process. Originally conceived as an intervallic system based on spiral formations, this project evolved to encompass an investigation into the metaphorical and conceptual implications of spirals. This is a different form of a system — one not built on intervals but on swirling water & howling winds. It is a story about shifting from the concrete & practical to the abstract & conceptual. It explores how, where & why I utilise spiral formations. Yet, more pertinently, it discusses how working with spirals redefined my own artistic context. A spiral became a symbol that transcended inspiration. It became a form of spirituality.
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