Author: sPur

TUNING SPECULATION II—PANEL 3—OLSZANOWSKI, BARRETT & VERTOLLI!

Magdalena Olszanowski (Concordia University, Communication Studies)—The 2012 Quebec Student Strike: the rhythmanalysis of protest as a plurality of resistances. G. Douglas Barrett (Independent, New York)—“‘IDEAS MATTER’: Žižek Sings Pussy Riot”…
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The Occultural Panel @ Tuning Speculation II

Mssrs. Cecchetto, Couroux & Priest's phononeiric propensities for your audio-visual pleasure. DC—The Sound of Both Ears Oozing (missive from an auralneiric sludge-mind) MC—Psycho(tic)Acoustics: Five Psychoalchemical Pathological Propagational Vectors eP—Absolute Ventriloquy…
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Orchids

Eldritch Priest's film about an ice-glazed Russian Sage and a patina of sine tones, distortion, and random harmony.   https://vimeo.com/123272986
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Tuning Speculation II—Panel 1—Hegarty, Ikoniadou & Finn!

Finally! The presentations from Tuning Speculation II... We'll be posting all of the presentations over the next few weeks.  This first post includes talks from a panel that included Eleni Ikoniadou, Geraldine Finn, and Paul…
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The Tapeworm Foundry (everted)

I made my computer read The Tapeworm Foundry without taking a breath (the computer, that is (I took several breaths (short breaths mostly))). Hear it HERE. I've never bothered to listen to the…
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The Null Cipher Cycle

The Null Cipher Cycle (2005/2013) Engram Knots   The Snark One day Pablo lost his imagination. You wouldn’t think this was a problem, but can you imagine losing the very thing…
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Upstream Color; Downstream Habits

Upstream Color (2013) is Shane Carruth’s second film. It’s really weird and dolorous. His first film, Primer (2004), is also really weird, but differently—less gloom, more time-travel. These are a…
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A Plague on Both Your Ears

http://vimeo.com/81781872 A Plague on Both Your Ears —  eldritch Priest Almost everyone knows what it's like to have a song "stuck their head," or more likely, what it's like to have the…
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Tuning Speculation: Experimental Aesthetics and the Sonic Imaginary

Tuning Speculation: Experimental Aesthetics and the Sonic Imaginary  (Deadline Extended — 15 July 2013) A two-day conference hosted by the Department of Art and Art History at York University in…
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