Meeting (of) Sonic Beings: Children as Artistic Researchers

This AR-Pilot project, conducted by Wei-Ya Lin, Ragnheiður Erla Björnsdóttir and Jelizaveta Vovka, aims to prepare a FWF-PEEK proposal with the working title – Meeting (of) Sonic Beings: Children as Artistic Researchers. Based on...

SOUND AS SCORE (PEEK project)

What are sound scores? Which composers around the world work with audio scores? What methods do these composers develop? How does the interpretation of audio scores differ from written notation? What new skills do composers have to acquire, and what new questions do they have to deal with when composing audio scores? What can psychoacoustics contribute to clarifying these questions and how does the mimesis (imitation) concept relate to the aesthetic analysis and evaluation of audio scores?

PHILOSOPHY IN THE ARTS : ARTS IN PHILOSOPHY (PEEK project)

This project examines the role of the heart as intuitive reason in artistic research and performance philosophy. Drawing on Nietzsche’s Thus Spoke Zarathustra and Aurobindo’s Savitri, it employs art-labs, a mobile heart-lab, and field-performances in Vienna and India. By aligning contemporary philosophy-physics with South-Asian aesthetics, it probes the virtual plane of possibilities inherent in the heart.

Spirits in Complexity (PEEK Project)

Music is based on the interaction of humans and sounding instruments in a specific context, i.e., a social, cultural and architectural space. This project interrogates the opaque complexity of kinship in experimental music systems. It engages with acoustic, digital, and AI-driven instruments to stage negotiations, confrontations, and ritualistic interactions within a creative context. By unveiling the self-willed dynamics of these black box systems, the project seeks to unlock novel forms of artistic expression and lead to a critical coexistence with emergent technologies.