Daniil Pilchen - écoute et répète

This is a piece for four speakers producing infrasonic waves in a range of 0-5Hz. Two of them produce sine waves, which one can not hear, but only see the motion of membranes, and the other two produce triangular waves, which are audible as short clicks at peaks of each period. Clicks and movements are in sync at the beginning, but eventually, they start to diverge to the point of complete independence closer to the end.

I am interested in how different we perceive the very similar material visually and audibly, and also in tracing a way of how vision and hearing can be connected and how one can influence another.

Abel Fazekas - How to combat entrepreneurship 

The effects of contemporary consumerist society on our human behaviour is a frequently studied topic across many fields. Consumerism on a very basic level is a social and economic order that encourages the fulfilment of often unconscious desires by consumption of material goods. This is done by setting up a symbolic link between the said desire and the product through advertisement, which leads to the consumption of the product, in pursuit of the desire itself. Values are increasingly measured in symbolic value instead of use or exchange values, as the focus is on psychic fulfilment instead of functionality. Not only our consumption habits are effected by this order, but our everyday behaviour as well. The 'Instagram couple' or the 'happy slapping' phenomena are prime examples of how certain activities (romantic relationships and aggression in these specific cases) are deprived of their intrinsic purpose and value, and are degraded to being means to generating momentary online recognition, that serves no pragmatic function, only symbolic value. Unfortunately this is not the least limited to cyberspace. Studies have shown that as early as children, we develop a narcissistic entrepreneur-like attitude towards the world (or as our Adorno called it, become the 'manipulative type'). Our actions, lifestyle choices and personalities are also increasingly symbolic, devoid of any further meaning other than their instrumental purpose. This puts into question the real motivations and nature behind gestures of our friends, families, loved and hated ones. 

This all sounds terrible, doesn't it? Don't worry, I'm here to help! After giving a detailed presentation on the mechanics of all this horror, I'll provide you a handful of strategies to combat such entrepreneurship!