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new maps of time, prague / kladno

New Maps of Time sound workshop Praha / Kladno Czech Republic ‘New Maps of Time’ is a project and workshop about mapping architectural and urban spaces using sound as a means to express actions within a space. read more… Workshop Dates: 9-13th October 2009 Festival Dates: 10-16th October in collaboration with FAMU, Skolska28, Open EYE [...]
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time’s arrow landing

jgrzinich – time’s arrow landing maaheli editions 02, web release (1998/2009) Tracks: 1. ignition (10:42) 10:42, 21.1mb mp3 2. cooling the legions (17:00) 17:00, 32.8mb mp3 3. what is written in the clouds (12:35) 12:35, 24.6mb mp3 4. hollow drain (12:27)  12:27, 24.3mb mp3 Download the full album ( 100mb zip archive ) time’s arrow [...]
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harmonic remains

In the last 8 months I’ve made a number of recordings of old, and as far as I can tell, abandoned telegraph lines. My friend Toomas has a step-grandfather who was a telephone repairman during the Soviet times and kindly let me borrow his old pole climbing “shoes” (which are metal claws made from old [...]
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urban exploration : dead meat

An urban research group in Tartu was looking at the phenomenon of urban exploration. I suggested to make a small trip somewhere in the city. Out of a few interesting possibilities we decided on the former meat factory, a site full of urban legends, as it is fairly central and easily accessible. This meat factory [...]
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maaheli editions

maaheli editions is a platform for releasing personal or collaborative experimental productions of maaheli studio. These releases are not subject to any medium, schedule or plan. maaheli is my own compound creation made from two other Estonian words, maa (land, earth, country) and heli (sound). It means sound of the earth or sound of the [...]
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an untitled installation : jonathan coleclough

While in England last week I had the rare chance to see/hear an installation work by Jonathan Cloeclough. It was initially created for a sound exhibition he co-organized in 2006 at Braziers Park in Oxfordshire. The piece is designed for a specific site, an actively used greenhouse that is divided into three parts. As one [...]
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KUNST.EE -Helikunsti eri / Sound Art Special

32 page feature on “Sound Art” + audio CD for kunst.ee magazine – Estonian Quarterly of Art and Visual Culture  (6/06) Editing and design: John Grzinich Estonian translations: Evelyn Müürsepp Articles by / Artiklid: John Grzinich Fred Jüssi Erkki Luuk Interviews with / Intervjuu: Estonian artist – Ki wa Carsten Seiffarth (Singuhr Hörgalerie, Berlin) + [...]
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sound elements: from rust to dust

For the month of September visual and sound artist Jim Haynes was in the MoKS residency. Towards the end of the month we made an excursion with Jim and fellow artist Toomas Thetloff to one of my favorite “lost” places in Estonia, the former collective farm site known as “Avangard” (yes, that was its name). [...]
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night sounds of estonian spring

May and June are an active time in the wilds of the Estonian countryside. The daylight hours extend from early morning to long into the night until the peak time in late June (celebrated by the folk holiday ‘Jaanipäev‘). Nature also follows a similar pattern which can clearly be heard in the soundscape, particularly with [...]
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sounds and images from istanbul

I recently spent a week in Istanbul and took the opportunity to record some of the music I heard. This was my first visit to Istanbul, but hopefully not the last. The city is one of the most vibrant and dynamic places I have ever been. More photos have been posted in my monthly photo [...]
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