Survival through imagination. The tranformational power of figure theater

Listening to music is like any other sensory-based experience: it involves experiencing something through a personal lens of perception. Awareness of our own lenses of perception not only makes us able to have a richer experience of art, it also makes us less prone to personal bias or unconscious prejudice. But what about those experiences which actually demands that we add to them something of our own in order for us to be able to experience their magic? This blog article goes into this through the personal angel of my own family history.

Overlevelse gjennom fantasi: dukketeatrets transformerende kraft – Karel Hlavatý 100 år.

Min opprinnelige interesse for persepsjon kom gjennom arbeidet med samtidsmusikk og lytting. Når man fremfører samtidsmusikk, møter man ofte mye motstand. Hos noen synes motstanden til og med å være der før de faktisk har hørt musikken; det er rett og slett utløst av begrepet «samtids-» Å lytte til musikk er som enhver annen sansebasert … Continue reading Overlevelse gjennom fantasi: dukketeatrets transformerende kraft – Karel Hlavatý 100 år.

Where does the music end and the listenig begin?

Musical jiggsaw-puzzles at Kamfest 2016 Our perception of reality is a highly individual matter: every day our mind is occupied by trying to create coherence between an unimaginable amount of fragments brought to us through our different senses. It is a bit like a game: you're given certain pieces but how you combine them is … Continue reading Where does the music end and the listenig begin?