Yes, Another Fucking Lockdown Edition. But as it is also the last edition of the year, let's balance the scales with a bit of gratitude because, first of all, the whole concept of Improper Dose was born out of lockdown, and I'm very grateful for that—the Dose, not the pandemic of course.
Read MoreThere is an ongoing, urgent humanitarian crisis on the Polish-Belarusian border. Refugees, who are trying to get to Europe, are pushed back into the primal forest by Polish Border guards and then harassed back into the wilderness by the Belarusian military. They wander without water, food, or shelter, and the weather is getting harsher. Humanitarian activists from NGO Nomada are currently collecting smartphones so people can ping their location and ask for help.
Read MoreHarz is the aural love child of Bernd Ammann and Niklers Satanik from western Austria. Founded in 2018 by the studied musicians they began to create soundscapes based on rhythmic patterns, using bass, synth, zither, hang drum and various percussions. Meditative as well as danceable, Harz’ music evokes in-between states of flux within the listeners mind, dulling the senses for outer/worldly influences and stimulating the inner cinematic theatre.
Read MoreJUNGLE JADE delves into the fluctuating mental states that come with trying to create roots in a new space. Crossing paths as fresh arrivals in Vienna, singer- songwriter Yelvilaa (from Ghana & Hong Kong) and guitarist Shari (from Iran) quickly became good friends and collaborators, forming the project as a way to process their experiences.
Read MoreFacebook's "Meta" offers a second digitally integrated life to its users. However, we already have a Second Life. Is Mark Zuckerberg just trying to implement a teenage fantasy into all of us?
Read MoreBesides the strange dreams, there really was no indication for Nathan to send himself bizarre one sentence messages and he did not have a roommate, so this couldn’t be a prank. Additionally, if he really was sleep-walking last night, wouldn’t he have sent himself messages about Carol Baskins feeding her husband to the tigers? It didn’t make sense.
Read MoreHow can sound explore themes such as gender inequality, sexuality, personal experiences, or collective traumas related to post-colonization? If we take a look at these three performances where the sound became a tool for staying with the trouble - we will probably get closer to the answers.
Read MoreIn the second episode of Places we love, you will get to see Aurianne Chevandier, Justina Špeirokaitė, and Márton Zalka adding their thoughts to Dejan Klement's mirror for collective self-reflection.
Read MoreChoose your battles, I mean luxuries, wisely, and maybe one day we will meet in a world where our worth is not measured by material things, social status, or how precisely we follow another man's traditions.
Read More“I believe in the principles of democracy and realize that it can only work with a good education. In this case, it is necessary to be awake and aware of the system’s complexity and to choose means of expression that also reflect the historical context of the territory in which I work. If I subsequently present it in another country, different perceptions occur in the viewer, and the work, by relocating, acquires a new dimension. Context, always important, is what should be available here.”
Read MoreIn this issue of his adventures and reflections on the good old Internet, Pedro wonders: is it time to make webcams grainy again?
Read MoreShe was ecstatic when she was offered this job. Finally, a position that completely aligned with her values as a human rights protector. Her years of unpaid work had finally been compensated. At last, the emptiness, the gaping vacuum, that she would feel at the centre of her chest most nights before dozing off to sleep, would be filled. A rewarding job! What more could she want?
Read MoreAs Florentina Holzinger devised her own Divine Comedy, at Kunsthalle, Tscherner also creates an alternative story about the great Narcissus. Compared to Holzingers’s work, the performance is also based on a narrative story, mythological background: Mirror, mirror concept based on the fairy tale of Snow White, and on the Greek myth of Narcissus, both stories connected with mirrors and virtual images. Narcissus in this way conducts a concentrate of his own virtual image, as it refers back to his role in Greek mythology where he eventually falls in love with his own reflection in a pool of water, staring at it for the remainder of his life.
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