Music for the inner ear

Niels Lyhne Løkkegaard

Our fantasy has crumbled - yet we must go into utopia to articulate alternative realities that will allow us to escape the current systems we are living in and by. What can we do if we only dream pragmatic and rational dreams that speak into already existing paradigms and systems? When a catastrophic or sudden event occurs we often say that reality exceeds fantasy, this being the exception of the norm, but what if reality exceeding fantasy is in fact the norm - and not vice versa? - what if our fantasy has crumbled in such a degree that we only are capable of imagining realities and solutions which already fit into a dysfunctional system? Are we doomed? - or do we dare to go full on into utopia? In the artistic research project; Music for the inner Ear - Niels Lyhne Løkkegaard looks into the realms of imaginary sound and sonic potentiality unfolded within different artistic domains - raising the questions; Is it possible to create imaginary music only audible for the inner ear of the listener & when does something actually exist? In the project the notion of potentiality is a main driver both in activating the listener but also simply by addressing the potential of potentiality.

MUSIC FOR THE INNER EAR

-an explosion of sonic potentiality

Curatorium

- a festival that (never) takes place

Can the story about a piece of art, become the piece of art? And, can the story about an event constitute the reality of the event itself?

These questions are the subject of the imaginary sound art festival Curatorium – a curatorial non-event celebrated on an annual basis.

Løkkegaard founded the Curatorium based on his interest in how narratives are capable of constituting reality, and how the narrative metasphere can be a space for artistic action in what could be described as curatorial times.

The Curatorium of 2017 took place in Copenhagen and presented a diverse selection of international sound artists from all over the world. The platform on which the Curatorium unfolds itself is divided in two:

1) Programme - posters with the Curatorium line-up are hung up around the city

2) The imaginary pieces by the participating artists are posted as written narratives on the Curatorium Facebook site: www.facebook.com/curatorium

The Curatorium takes action and transforms the curatorial space into a space for artistic intervention and direct action.

The festival programme, the story about the festival and stories about the imaginary pieces become the piece of art itself. The audience becomes the creator, due to the fact that they have to imagine the pieces themselves.

The Curatorium 2017 line up:

Anja Jacobsen (DK), Michael Pisaro (US), Adam Basanta (CA), Felia
Gram-Hanssen (DK), Ea Borre (DK), Johannes Richter (DK/DE), Ursula Nistrup (DK), Xenia Xamanek Lopez (DK/HN), Luke Martin (US), Simon Steen-Andersen (DK), Carolyn Chen (US), Amnon Wolman, Jeppe Just Christensen (DK), Veronica Mota (MX/D), Andreas Führer (DK).

In 2018, the Curatorium took place in Reykjavik, this time curated by Icelandic curator Gudny Gudmundsdottir.

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