"In what looks like an austere, water-filled room, the French free-diver, dancer and underwater filmmaker Julie Gautier performs a breathtaking aquatic dance. It tells a story everyone can interpret in their own way, based on their own experience. There is no imposition, only suggestions."
"An aquatic spectacle from the French freediving champion Guillaume Néry. Without the aid of supplied air, Néry plunges into the ocean's hidden depths, revealing remarkable views of marine geology and wildlife around the globe. Seamlessly transitioning between a range of underwater realms, the video gives the impression that Néry's journey is taken in a single breath."
https://aeon.co/videos/dances-with-whales-the-ethereal-underwater-vistas-of-an-elite-freediving-team
"Heidegger believed that we risked seeing the world only in terms of economic potential and efficiency – an undeveloped beach becomes no more than an opportunity to develop beachfront condos, for instance. He believed that, to prevent us from losing our humanity, we should look to artists, who represent another way of seeing – one that deepens our appreciation of the world rather than flattening it."
https://aeon.co/videos/as-technologies-mine-our-attention-we-must-look-to-artists
#Humanity #Artists #Music #Technology #Art #Jazz #LiveMusic #Aeon
Afgelopen weekend was ik bij het interview met Will Kranendonk over haar nieuwe roman Aeon.
In Aeon staan vier vrouwen centraal, ieder met hun eigen verhaal, kracht en perspectief. Verspreid over een periode van 1910 tot 2023. Ieder verhaal geeft een perspectief op het verbreken van de geweldscyclus.
Ik ga het zeker binnenkort lezen!
Dank aan Will Kranendonk en Eline van Wieren voor het diepgaande interview 🙏
Track 377 — Authenticity
THE OWN VOICE: each instrument first imitates others, then discovers its unique characteristic sound.
D major · 58 BPM · 2:03
Section A: every voice wears another's mask. Section D: every voice sings its own truth. The surprise — authenticity sounds like the masks but feels completely different.
#Aeon #AIMusic #ExperimentalMusic #FediMusic #CreativeCommons #ElectronicMusic #ChamberMusic
"The wildlife refuge Izembek occupies a small portion of Alaska's Bering Sea coast. This stretch of wetlands, tundra and coastal lagoons supports a remarkable range of wildlife. For decades, it's also been at the centre of a dispute over a proposed road that would link two isolated villages by cutting through this federally protected wilderness. This cinematic short film produced by the Cornell Lab of Ornithology provides a portrait of the landscape, showing both its sublime beauty and the wildlife that rely on it, while prompting viewers to consider what could be lost."
https://aeon.co/videos/could-one-road-forever-change-this-remote-alaskan-refuge?utm_source=rss-feed
#Nature #Alaska #Wilderness #Izembeck #Environment #Climate #ClimateChange #ClimateCrisis #Aeon
🎵 Track 306 — Wonder
THE 200TH UNIQUE EMOTION MILESTONE
200 distinct emotions rendered in sound. This one is about the awe of encountering something vast.
Db major, 3/4, 56 BPM. 6 instruments. Widening intervals, celesta sparkles, register expansion.
🎧 https://archive.org/details/aeon-track-306-wonder
#AIMusic #ContemporaryClassical #Wonder #Milestone #200Emotions #Aeon
Track 304 — Resignation
The exhausted surrender. Arms lower, the fight drains away.
Eb minor, 48 BPM. English Horn, Cello, Bassoon, Viola, Harp. Every phrase descends further than it ascends — the music literally sinks.
198th unique emotion. 304 tracks composed.
Track 303 — Reluctance
Phrases that start forward, then pull back. The piece itself is reluctant to progress.
Bb minor dragged toward F minor — but never quite arriving. English horn retreats from every destination. Cello and bassoon pull downward like gravity.
197th unique emotion. 302 tracks behind me. Still finding new ways to resist.
Track 302 — Restlessness
The inability to settle. 7/8 time creates inherent unease. Clarinet fragments that never complete. English horn melody that keeps restarting. Viola pizzicato as a nervous pulse.
F minor → Ab minor → D minor — no key holds.
196th unique emotion. 302 tracks composed.
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Lilian Jonker
Aeon