As a loose community of interdisciplinary contributors, the Fluxus artists of the 1960s questioned the role of art in society. 47 minutes with Carolee Schneemann, Henning Christiansen, Terry Riley, Yoko Ono and others.
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Early Electronic Music – Fieldwork and Funny Sounds (1952-68)
The widespread electrification of music during the 1950s led to a multitude of new artistic concepts. 50 minutes of fieldwork and funny sounds with Alireza Mashayekhi, Delia Derbyshire, Else Marie Pade, İlhan Mimaroğlu and others.
We Are the Machine – The Concept of Polypoetry
Only the development of new technologies will mark the progress of sound poetry, explains Enzo Minarelli in his 1987 manifesto on polipoesia. Using eleven sound poems, Minarelli discusses the concept of polipoesia, folklore as inspiration for poetry, the connection between society and poetry, and how it all began.
Enhanced Poetry (1956-1991)
With the advent of the tape recorder, poetry reached a new dimension in the 1950s. Language was arranged in completely new ways. 37 minutes with Ernst Jandl, Henri Chopin, Neil Mills, Sten Hanson, and others.
Synthesis – Approaching a New Instrument
Synthesizers brought new sounds into the world. 43 minutes of oscillators, filters and envelopes controlled by Conrad Schnitzler, Daphne Oram, Erkki Kurenniemi, Laurie Spiegel and others – between the early 1960s and 1977 (plus an exception).
Ten Magic Pianos (1912-2017)
For some, the piano is the instrument of instruments. Here are ten good reasons why. 40 minutes with works by Charlemagne Palestine, Graeme Revell, Henry Cowell, Johanna Magdalena Beyer and others.
Hello, USA! – Observations From the Land of the Free (1966-2002)
Snapshots of national pride, cars, country music and the human abyss behind respectable facades – 51 minutes with Amiri Baraka, Ann Magnuson, Henry Rollins, Madeline Ridley and others.
Letters & Numbers – Ingredients for Sound Art (1917-2006)
Letters and numbers as material of expression. 40 minutes with inventions by Brion Gysin, Demetrio Stratos, Henri Chopin, Lawrence Weiner and others.
Big Egos – Sound Works by Visual Artists (1981-2006)
Artists see things differently. 45 minutes with sound works by Carole Caroompas, Dieter Roth, Jess Holzworth and Jutta Koether, Magazzini Criminali and others.
The Poetry of DIY – Ideas Expressed With Sound (1956-2016)
39 minutes of ideas being expressed with sound: made up trains, works with found sounds, or a collective approach in making music – realised by Amy Taubin, Angus & Hetty MacLise, Tom Recchion, Tuli Kupferberg and others.