On today's special episode, our host Magno Caliman presents Sound Arguments, an innovative laboratory-atelier for creative artists and researchers dealing with sound. Magno is one of the coordinators of the series, and registrations are open for the 2026 edition.

Sound Arguments is hosted by Orpheus' research cluster Music, Thought and Technology (https://orpheusinstituut.be/en/projects/music-thought-and-technology) and the Academy of Creative and Performing Arts at the University of Leiden (https://www.universiteitleiden.nl/en/humanities/academy-of-creative-and-performing-arts).

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References

• Open call for Sound Arguments 2026 - https://orpheusinstituut.be/en/news-and-events/sound-arguments-2026
• Sound Arguments Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/sound_arguments/
• Contact - [email protected]
• World largest tape loop - https://youtu.be/rZptsl2Yq_4?si=pO7q3WPtZpOykrMk

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Ton Koopman shaped the sound and the intellectual position of the movement to discover how the musicians of the past might have performed the music of their time. Orpheus Instituut is very grateful for the acquisition of the Ton Koopman collection, now integrated into the work of the Resounding Libraries research cluster: https://orpheusinstituut.be/en/projects/resounding-libraries --- References:

• Charles Burney - A general history of music, from the earliest ages to the present period https://www.loc.gov/item/36034066/
• John Hawkins - A general history of the science and practice of music https://www.loc.gov/item/03027652/
• Dieterich Buxtehude https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dieterich_Buxtehude

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You can get in touch with us via [email protected]

Orpheus Sounds is a series of snapshots of Orpheus Instituut, a research center where we explore the making and understanding of music.

https://orpheusinstituut.be

Made with the support of Wederik de Baecker, Pieter Blomme and Kayo Quintens.

Our doctoral researcher Alicia Reyes talks about her work exploring what music means in a world which is not only focussed on humanity. How do we create a more equitable environment, and what can the otherworldly and half-organic shape of plastics formed over decades by the power of the sea bring to a musical and theatrical experience? --- References:

• Donna Haraway - Staying with the Trouble: Making Kin in the Chthulucene https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Staying_with_the_Trouble
• Plastigomerates https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plastiglomerate
• 'Plastics of the Mediterranean' https://www.luftmeer-editorial.com/plastics-of-the-mediterranean/ by Matteo Guarnaccia and Teresa Fernández-Pello
• Heiner Goebbels - Aesthetics of Absence: Texts on Theatre https://www.heinergoebbels.com/heiner-goebbels/texts-by-hg/1568
• Matthias Rebstock and David Roesner - Composed Theatre: Aesthetics, Practices, Processes https://press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/book/distributed/C/bo12313703.html
• 'Re/Making Plastiglomerates' by Allie E.S. Wist https://alliewist.com/Re-Making-Plastiglomerates

Find out more about Alicia's work:

• https://www.aliciareyes.net/
• https://www.instagram.com/hallo.aliciareyes/

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You can get in touch with us via [email protected]

Orpheus Sounds is a series of snapshots of Orpheus Instituut, a research center where we explore the making and understanding of music.

https://orpheusinstituut.be

Made with the support of Wederik de Baecker, Pieter Blomme and Kayo Quintens.

Welcome to Orpheus Sounds!

We are Magno Caliman and Arabella Pare, and we are excited to introduce this series of snapshots of Orpheus Instituut, a research center where we explore the making and understanding of music. Here, we are going to invite the researchers, colleagues and guests of Orpheus to come and tell us about why they are so passionate about their work.

The curtain is rising, and you're invited to join us behind the scenes, to get the inside perspective on what makes music matter, how it works, and why these questions captivate some of the most curious minds in our field: Artistic Research in Music.

After the episode, you will hear the material from which all of our signature sounds emerge; an unfiltered impression of Orpheus' sounds. You can find more information about us here:

• Orpheus Instituut: https://orpheusinstituut.be/en
• Magno Caliman: https://orpheusinstituut.be/en/orpheus-research-centre/researchers/magno-caliman
• Music, Thought and Technology research cluster: https://orpheusinstituut.be/en/projects/music-thought-and-technology
• Arabella Pare: https://orpheusinstituut.be/en/orpheus-research-centre/researchers/arabella-pare
• Fragment: Accordances - Enactments research cluster: https://orpheusinstituut.be/en/projects/fragment-accordances-enactments

You can get in touch with us via [email protected]

Made with the support of Wederik de Baecker, Pieter Blomme and Kayo Quintens