For a long time, artistic practice (think performing, composing, panting, etc.) was not considered research. Research, traditionally, has always been in written form. We might even think of the scientific methods: hypotheses and experiments and results and the write-up of these results as the most traditional research, and it’s something most people are exposed to […]
Something I’ve been developing in Indonesia is a concept of how music evolves. We’re all familiar with the biological concept of evolution: organisms have random traits introduced into generations, and the traits which stick end up becoming more and more common, resulting in a species that is more successful in its environment. The story I […]
In Amsterdam, I went to the van Gogh museum. It’s pretty impressive and well worth the price of admission to go there and just see the entire history of van Gogh’s works, from his earliest studies to his later, more abstract works. But I couldn’t help but wonder, towards the end of the museum: was […]