Constellations episodes:

• March 29, 2019myra al-rahim - and the sea gave up the dead which were in it

  “I started making this piece in the summer of 2017. That year marked 15

  years since the US invasion of Iraq. From the piece’s conception, my plan

  was to create a sonic eulogy commemorating this anniversary; to construct

  an audioverse where I could reflect on the hubris of the United States and

  its acolytes. Propelled by ruthless arrogance, bolstered by intelligence

  that was categorically false, their decision to act preemptively against

  the non-threat that was Saddam’s Regime, thrust the region into years of

  destabilization and bloodshed the shock waves of which continue to

  reverberate to this day.”

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• March 15, 2019ayesha barmania - quiet contemplations

  “I have been really inspired by Ad Reinhardt's 'Abstract Painting' from

  1963 which depicts nine very subtle shades of black. At first glance, the

  viewer sees a flat black canvas. Over time, the viewer notices the subtle

  tone differences - one is more red, another blue, one slightly green. The

  viewer wonders: which is the true black? That concept has resonated with me

  when I contemplate the subtleties in silence.”

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• February 20, 2019phil smith - the space between stories

  “This piece expresses the ongoing search for home and meaning in a time of

  ecological collapse and the disintegration of old ideas about our place in

  the world. It’s an expression of conversations I’m having with friends, and

  of things I’m reading. It's an attempt to make something spiritual and

  honest in sound! There are no facts or environmental insights in the piece.

  It's more about the internal flow of feelings and emotions that come from

  the desire to believe that we might be on the verge of something truly

  beautiful, despite (and perhaps also owing to) the health of the planet.”

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• February 15, 2019franco falistoco araya - despojo

  “DESPOJO is a sound work which only uses sounds from an old vinyl record —

  clips and claps. I cut the big sound loop into fragments, creating small

  samples. Then I limited myself to using few processes — 1 equalizer, 1

  reverb, and 1 delay. Anything else I wanted, I had to manually build inside

  the digital audio workstation.”

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• February 01, 2019janna graham - to slow down time

  “In October, 2014, Atsumi Yoshikubo, a Japanese tourist, was seen walking

  down the highway outside of Yellowknife with a camera and a shoulder bag.

  It was the last time she was seen alive. The following summer, a friend of

  mine, Ryan Silke, discovered her belongings in the bush, not far from town.

  Rather than delving into how Atsumi died — her death was assumed to be

  intentional — I began thinking about how we engage in certain processes to

  slow down time."

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• December 21, 2018abinadi meza - vein of sky (winter #4)

  “Vein of Sky is a collection of pieces made from environmental elements

  such as air temperature, humidity, light, and the movements of wind. These

  phenomena were recorded using micro-sensors and translated into sound. The

  project explores a sonic space or ecology not entirely representational yet

  not entirely fictional. I think the sonic space of the piece is kind of

  like a sculptural cast; it is imprinted and formed by real space but it has

  become something other. Space, air...is so full of material. I wanted to

  collect some of it.”

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• December 07, 2018rachel ní chuinn - heavy summer

  “Being a mother is a huge change for me. Fán is 9 months old at the moment

  and sometimes we put her in her high chair and put her up to the piano, and

  she really enjoys playing and sometimes singing along. I had a recording of

  Fán playing the piano and singing. I also rediscovered a field recording of

  a lawn mower in the Botanical Gardens in Dublin that I took a couple years

  ago which had this compelling drone-like sound.”

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• November 23, 2018sol rezza - el primer espacio

  “The uterus is a spatial experience that all human beings share but do not

  remember. Within it, we experience the rhythm of our mother’s heart and

  that of her breathing alongside the rhythm of our own heart. This first

  rhythm, so close in those 9 months of gestation, will shape how we will

  perceive the outside world and how our own sense of rhythm in life will

  develop.”

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• November 10, 2018israel martínez - mi vida

  “I wanted to make a non-linear narrative of a ride ending in a crash. I

  mean, this is the story, but the "events" are presented differently, going

  back and forth and connected through acoustic and gestural similarities -

  composition. I was influenced by literature and films based on this kind of

  structure. I decided to create a work using car sounds to protest the abuse

  of the automobile in Mexican cities, and as a criticism of its status as a

  cult object. “

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• October 26, 2018paolo pietropaolo - ode to the salish sea

  “As the title suggests, my aim was to compose a lyrical tribute to the

  unique beauty of this coastal region by capturing and recomposing the

  sounds and languages of the Salish Sea. I also wanted to explore the

  complexity of the relationship between the indigenous and non-indigenous

  cultures that call the Salish Sea home.”

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