Q-O2/iMAL
Oscillation ::: from the Mothership
With Jasmine Guffond, ooooo & Isabel Burr Raty, Sonia Saroya & Edouard Sufrin, Aernoudt Jacobs, Charlie Usher, Tintin Patrone, Laura Conant
Curated by Q-O2
Oscillation ::: from the Mothership focuses on the technologies, tools, and techniques that are an important part of the apparatus of music-making. The festival departs from the observation that cultures are shaped by the way technologies are used, rather than by the intention behind their design. But while technologies might be invented with a certain goal for use in mind and against a backdrop of specific socio-political situations, this junction can be severed and new constellations and findings can emerge. Historically, new technologies have in this way often opened up spaces for marginalised or excluded artists to realise their music without constraints such as manuals or a canon.
In this festival edition, we want to explore some aspects of this observation with the aim of unboxing technologies: understanding what is inside the box offers the opportunity to demystify these technologies and to use them freely and in alternative ways. This concerns the materiality of tools, including their ecological impact and the emergence of artificial intelligence; but we also want to honour the possibilities of vernacular craft, of hacking and open-source cultures, and the role that spaces play in creating inclusive cultures.
