Research Catalogue

The group acts as an open and inclusive formation for artist-researchers who share an interest and practice in working with sound. The group is committed to the indispensable action of encouraging and supporting personas of all diversity to participate and join in the collective exploration in and through sound, sensing and amplifying the heard, unheard as well as the overheard. As a collective the group welcomes contributors who are willing and eager to share their idea and practices, think collectively and are interested in shaping a emancipatory sonic futurism.

This study examines the relationship between the narratives in audio-visual artwork and the temporality of historical preservation within sociocultural contexts of destruction and re-construction, and rusting, through the concept of Sankofa. The series of photographic artworks titled “Patches of Time” delves into the socio-cultural fabric of memory, historical sites, forest, and the contemporary reconstruction of the past. Together with the written content, I show various forms of media such as photos, sound files and videos that reveal different aspects of the audio-visual practice. The photos and sound compositions are discussed here as ways of doing and making, exposing the experiences that hold aesthetic qualities and a sense of the sublime. The materiality of the photos and soundscapes mirrors an archaeological process, where remnants of the past are not only recovered but also recontextualized within contemporary sociocultural frameworks. Specifically, I investigate the integration of destruction and re-construction which aligns with Walter Benjamin’s notion that reproduction destabilizes traditional narratives, offering opportunities for reimagining history, and reshapes the aura of cultural artifacts. The destruction and re-construction of these photos impacts the narrative gestures of going back and starting anew (Sankofa). The study aims to observe the interconnectedness of art, memory and the mind as historical sites and explore the potential for re-imaging the nature of audio-photographic art.

Professional Doctorate in Arts + Creative is an educational pilot program in The Netherlands for an advanced degree in universities of applied sciences. The PD program at an university of applied sciences is developed to train an investigative professional. This portal is a platform for publishing artistic research generated by the PD candidates. Within the Professional Doctorate program, this portal will also be used as an internal tool for documentation.

ES: ¿Existe un enfoque, principio o disposición de la investigación artística que dé unidad a los elementos heterogéneos que la conforman (diferentes procedencias disciplinares y enfoques epistemológicos) y le confiera carácter propio? Ese proceder, se propone aquí, es el especulativo. Desde la danza y mediante ejercicios coreográficos, se quiere hallar descripción de lo que sería una especulación estética, aquella que consideraría al acto de creación como parte del proceso del pensar. Con tal propósito, se desarrolla una propuesta acerca del amor y, específicamente, el eros, entendido como disposición frente a lo que se quiere investigar; añadiendo que esta disposición es también la fuerza que reúne todos los aspectos de la investigación. La acción especulativa estética sería el proceder investigativo del amor que une la dimensión poiética (creativa-imaginativa) y la gnoseológica en la investigación en las artes. EN: Is there an approach, principle or disposition of artistic research that gives unity to the heterogeneous elements that comprise it (different disciplinary origins and epistemological approaches) and gives it its own character? This procedure, it is proposed here, is speculative. From dance and through choreographic exercises, we seek to find a description of what would be an aesthetic speculation, one that would consider the act of creation as part of the thinking process. To this end, a proposal is developed about love and, specifically, eros, understood as a disposition towards what we want to investigate; adding that this disposition is also the force that brings together all aspects of research. The aesthetic speculative action would be the investigative procedure of love that unites the poietic (creative-imaginative) and gnoseological dimensions in research in the arts. Download Accessible PDF

The concept of non-hierarchical collaboration in score-based music offers a new perspective on the score and the instrument as distinct agents within the creative process. This case study, based on my co-creative collaboration with composer Francisco Corthey, explores how my relationship with the instrument – and other experiential factors – shaped the development of the composition, addressed ethical questions surrounding collaboration, and contributed to the production of musical meaning in a work presented to me as a notated score. By sharing control over musical parameters with my instrument and body – and by deliberately unlearning aspects of my instrumental technique – I aimed to cultivate a practice specific to this work, one that treats the musical composition as a site- and context-responsive event. This approach led me to examine how elements such as performance context, venue, and audience affect the emergence of meaning and inform my evolving performance strategies, through processes of responsiveness and an awareness of fragility as a generative force. Several of these reflections are gathered in the Shared Space model – an ongoing artistic experiment that explores inclusive, responsive practices within concert settings. Download Accessible PDF

‘Selective Retention: Composing through Queries and Graphs’ reflects on composing through software systems while focusing on reinterpreting musical materials through computational methods. The exposition examines two projects that utilise software tools as temporal portals, merging algorithms with composition to create new musical contexts. It highlights the evolving relationship between these tools and their source materials, emphasising a process of iterative approaches and adaptation. The text also explores the emergent nature of creative intention and the importance of addressing local details in sound and coded data. Within the exposition, software applications are exposed, the ideas behind them are discussed, and examples of music composed with them are presented. Download Accessible PDF