PUBLICATIONS

Two approaches to relationality in experimental notation
Trio Journal, Vol. 14, 1. 2025.

https://doi.org/10.37453/tj.157509

Abstract:

Written by two artist-researchers whose musical upbringing is in Western classical music, this article contributes to the ongoing discourse reflecting on norms of music creation and performance, specifically in terms of authenticity, agency, and ways of knowing. We approach these challenges through the discussion of our respective research projects addressing experimental notation practices. These projects answer similar needs and challenges through differing practical approaches.

Our approaches to experimental notation challenge common attitudes within institutionalised classical music by emphasising sound and listening as inherently relational in terms of time and space. Through our compositional processes, we show two possible paths: modifying pre-existing conventional musical notation through a strong emphasis on listening-based music performance, and reframing composing and performing as ongoing negotiation between materials and agents.

We wish to redress disparities in our tradition’s practice by rejecting the monistic, authoritarian perspective we find ethically and creatively harmful to our field. Instead, we argue for plural, simultaneous approaches and knowledges that hold conventional or experimental ways of music-making as valuable in their own rights. We thus provide more points of access to engaging with works in our canon, and enrich the possibilities of contributing to both the preservation and development of Western classical music.

Notational actants: new musical approaches through the material score
Ruukku journal, Vol. 21. 2024.

https://doi.org/10.22501/ruu.2182963
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Abstract:
This exposition brings together a collection of images, thoughts, and descriptions of the initial stages of a doctoral research project that explores the concept of 'notational actants': materially-focused, 3-dimensional objects intended for touch-based interpretation in musical performance. The majority of the content in this exposition was created during a one-month residency at Mustarinda (Hyrynsalmi, Finland).

Keeping Still
Sound, Art & Climate Change
Ed. Petri Kuljuntausta. Frenkvenssi, 2021.

https://frekvenssi.bandcamp.com/merch/sound-art-climate-change

With contributions from Ava Imogen Grayson, Bernie Krause, Chris Watson, Budhaditya Chattopadhyay, Petri Kuljuntausta, Esa Kotilainen, John Grzinich, Mikko H. Haapoja, Ana Gutieszca, Heikki Lindgren, Jukka Andersson, Charlie Morrow, and Rauno Nieminen.

SOUNDEST, ISSUE 6 (April 2020)
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Featuring writings and works by: Emeka Ogboh, Kristen Miologos, Ivan Juarez :: x-studio + Francisco Manuel Diaz, Nicolò Merendino (aka Chi ha ucciso il Conte?, Katharina Schmidt, Aiken Muller/Brad Muller/David Halsell, Frie J. Jacobs, Kusanagi Sisters, Aurora Del Rio, Magdaléna Manderlová, martin moolhuijsen

SOUNDEST, ISSUE 5 (NOVEMBER 2019)
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Featuring writings and works by:
Melissa Baltazar, Ken Steen, Özlem Uzun Hazneci, near collective, Elisabeth Pellathy, Alexander Köppel, Ben Glas, df parizeau, Jay Mercado, Eva Macali, Robyn Jacob

SOUNDEST, ISSUE 4 (August 2019)
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Featuring interviews, writings, and works by:
Marja Ahti, Jonathan Kawchuk, Sage J. Harlow, Caít Ní Dhuinnín, Hermann Holsgr, Jesse Perlstein, Maria Kojonen, Theresa Lei, Stefan Klaverdal, Lena A. Haberberger.

SOUNDEST, ISSUE 3 (APRIL 2019)
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Featuring interviews, writings, and works by:
Kate Donovan, Jez Riley French & Phoebe Riley Law, Kat Austen, Drew Mulholland, Jana Winderen, LFSaw (Till Bovermann), Kiran Bhumber & Nancy Lee, Tytti Arola, Seth Rozanoff, Gunnar Geisse, Julián Gómez, Mark Goodwin, Joan Naviyuk Kane.

SOUNDEST, ISSUE 2 (JANUARY 2019)
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Featuring interviews, writings, and works by:
Jordan Edge, Paul Nataraj, Elee Kraljii Gardiner, Roee Cohen, Call Us Quartet, Thembi Soddell, Guillermo Cimadevilla, Tyler Kinnear, Gregory Kramer, Steve Maher.

SOUNDEST, ISSUE 1 (OCTOBER 2018)
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Featuring interviews, writings, and works by:
Michael J. Schumacher, Petri Kuljuntausta, Yuri Landman, Sarah Maria Yasdani, Airek Beauchamp, Adam Basanta, Humberto Duque, Myungduk Kim, Agatha Lewandowski, Eduardo Abrantes, Guillermo Cimadevilla, Christopher Chaplin, Marko Timlin, Shinji Kanki