Will present my chapter in the book “Digital Dynamics” in a panel at this conference in August 2019, and the presentation is titled “Digital Affordances.” Here is the abstract.
Visitor Studies Conference 2019
On July 12, I am presenting the VR project The Forest in the House that NOTAM did in 2018 together with the University of Oslo and The National Museum for Art and Architecture in 2018. The title of the presentation is Designing and evaluating soundscapes in virtual reality exhibitions.
Electric Sound in Norway
One of my research interests is the history and development of music technology and its use in Norway, and I have published CDs and texts on several arenas from this research. And now, I have published a book “Elektrisk lyd i Norge” (Electric Sound in Norway) which sums up, explains and describes the main tendencies of this development from the frail beginnings in the 1930s and up to approximately 2005. The bulk of the text is placed under four headings: Electricity and radio, With tape and scissors, Keyboard and mouse, and Control and participation. The book explains how the technology-based music fits into larger cultural and social processes of development.
Organised Sound 23.3
Organised Sound 23.3 has the theme “Sound and Kinetics: Performance, artistic aims and techniques in electroacoustic music and sound art”, and is edited by Neal Spowage and myself. In addition to an editorial text, I have an interview with Benoit Maubrey in this issue, which to me is particularly interesting because it also features two articles from Norwegian artists with work in this field: “Materiality in Sound Art” av Asbjørn Blokkum Flø, and “Music as Organised Time: A strategy for transmedial composition and a questioning of the relation between music and sound” av Christian Blom.
Record release for Knut Wiggen
On October 18 2018 the LP Knut Wiggen – Electronic Works 1972-1975 was released at NOTAM. The album is published by O. Gudmundsens Minde and contains the pieces Sommarmorgon, Rest, Etyd, Massa and EMS för sig själv, and is published for the first time in stereo. The album is mastered by Cato Langnes at NOTAM, and I have written the sleeve notes. The label O. Gudmundsens Minde is an alias for Lars Mørch Finborud and Lasse Marhaug.
Teh record has received great reviews, as here in Morgenbladet and in Vårt Land.
A podcast where I describe Wiggen’s achievements can be found here.