Transcript: The Show Must Go on (and on and on…)—On the Regime of Liveness in the Age of Digital Audio DebateTranscript: The Show Must Go on (and on and on…)—On the Regime of Liveness in the Age of Digital AudioWhy is the concept of “liveness” in culture still as pervasive? Why do we stubbornly hold on to it even in times of a global pandemic?
On Harm Editors’ NoteOn HarmHow may the acts of destruction, injury and harm be productive and aesthetically interesting for artistic strategies? We pursue this question in the context of a new thematic focus on harm—and vulnerability.
Ghost Without a Shell EssayGhost Without a ShellFurther advancing his tentacular exploration of the octopus, Matthias Wittmann dedicates the second part of his essay to paranoid and digital psychopathologies of the present.
Auditions: Field Recordings as Otherly Zones of Entanglement. Part 3 CompiledAuditions: Field Recordings as Otherly Zones of Entanglement. Part 3In the 3rd and final part of this series, Lawrence English concludes his non-linear investigation into field recordings absorbed in the horizon of audition.
Event Note: The Show Must Go on (and on and on…)—On the Regime of Liveness in the Age of Digital Audio DebateEvent Note: The Show Must Go on (and on and on…)—On the Regime of Liveness in the Age of Digital AudioIn collaboration with the Yokohama International Performing Arts Meeting (YPAM), V/A hosts a discussion with performer, composer, and DJ Terre Thaemlitz on December 14.
