Janis, directed by Amy Berg, nominee at the Oscars in 2006 for the documentary Deliver Us from Evil, retraces the story of one of the greatest blues singer rock has ever had: from her private life with its troubled loves and excesses to her artistic life when she lived at the Chelsea Hotel, the legendary hotel in
“On Your Wavelength” is an interactive site-specific installation that combines arts, music and neuroscience. It’s a large-scale installation of lasers that uses the participants’ brain data and the latest light and sound design technologies. In a dark tunnel-like space, users are equipped with EEG earphones that monitor their brain wavelengths (electroencephalography is the recording of the
Even before coming into the world, the outer sounds we hear are filtered by liquids. But music, as well as water, has an effect on people as an underwater environment. Maybe this is the reason why the combination between water and music has always been stimulating the artistic imagination and production, from John Cage to
Alpharita Costancia Anderson – or simply Rita Marley – widow of the reggae prophet Bob Marley, will be assigned the Living Legends Award and African Women of Excellence Awards (AWEA). During a ceremony that will take place in New York on 12 September, the reggae queen will receive this very important award from the United Nations’ Women
Stephen Orlando, a photographer based in Ontario, has always devoted himself to capture movement on a film through time and space, as if he was obsessed by it. So, in his last project Motion Exposure, he found a way of catching the movements of sound by photographing music. In effect, Stephen, by using LED lights carefully
Guitar and skateboard decks. If we consider these two objects we immediately think of distorted guitars, shabby clothes and evolutions in empty pools in California. But gutar and skateboard are also Nick Pourfard’s main hobbies, a 22-year-old young artist and designer from San Francisco. Nick has recently established his own company, Prisma Guitars, in which
Different places shape the sound in different ways. But, unless you are professional musicians, probably you wouldn’t often think about acoustics. Every environment where you are in, both open or close, has unique sound features that leave their marks on your voice. Wikisinger, a video directed by Vincent Rouffiac and produced by Touché Videoproduktion in collaboration
On 16th June, there was released Neil Young’s latest album, The Monsanto Years, an obvious complaint against the agrochemical giant, leader in the production of genetically modified seeds and pesticides. But his campaign is not over. Since a few days, a ten-minute documentary entitled Seeding Fear and produced by the Canadian singer was released. The
In 1977, the twin spacecraft Voyager 1 and Voyager 2 were launched by NASA. Along with astronauts, a few records of gold-plated copper (Golden Records) containing sounds, music and images of the Earth were sent aboard of the spacecraft. All this was sent with the instructions for use and a record player. Today, it is possible to listen to and
Music has many beneficial effects on humans and, according to recent studies, even on patients in the surgical environment, since it helps reduce pain, anxiety and stress. A joint study of the University of Lisbon and a clinic of Barreiro, Portugal, published in the Journal of Feline Medicine and Surgery, reveals that music has positive influence
