#The Space

[livelovecaliforniadreams]

4x22 | 6x3

[ongawdclub]

G o o d

E n e r g y

[apariciopaula]

29/9 till 25/10, lunáticos x2. 167 días en Berlín.

[dustedmagazine]

Urs Leimgruber — AIR Vol. 1 (Creative Works)

When confronted with a four CD set of freely improvised music, basic may not be the first word that comes to mind. But check out the title. What’s more essential to a saxophonist than air? It’s what they project through a horn. If they can’t gather it and blow it through that metal tube in sufficient volume and with enough control, no sound comes out. Urs Leimgruber has been making records using different members of the saxophone family for fifty years, and been playing longer than that. Originally known outside of Switzerland as a member of Om, which recorded for ECM back in the 1970s, he’s operated in completely composed and totally free settings, as well as many creative nodal points on the line between them.

In recent years, he seems to have narrowed his focus to the soprano saxophone. Each disc of AIR Vol. 1 presents an improvisation with a long-term collaborator in The Space, the rehearsal-performance-recording room where Leimgruber works when he’s at home in Lucerne. Hans-Peter Pfammatter plays a prepared upright piano; Jacques Demmierre, an amplified spinet (an antique keyboard that sounds like a harpsichord); Thomas Lehn, analogue synthesizer; and Gerry Hemingway, drums. The accompanists differ in instrument and aesthetic, but each has an individual and deeply considered approach to his instrument. By performing with each in a sequence, Leimgruber invites one to listen for his essential character as a player and improviser.

Certain musical rudiments do not make the grade. While melody and rhythm can be handy, neither is essential. One might expect one or the other to assert their necessity when playing with a drummer, but while occasionally present, both players abstract them into expressions of line, sometimes drawn quite faintly, and other times with force. Likewise, one might look for harmony in encounters with keyboards, but shape and space seem to be more important. With Lehn, mercurial shifts between proximate and distant timbres come into play. But with all of his partners, Leimgruber sounds absolutely like himself. He alternates exquisitely pure tones with bold, lacerating ones, fashioning them into shapes that complement what his partners play, but could be complete on their own.

Bill Meyer

[thedigitalmuseum]

Digital Works Episode 030 - Fiona Morris

A conversation with CEO and Creative Director of The Space, Fiona Morris. The Space was founded in 2013 by Arts Council England and the BBC and is now an independent not-for-profit organisation. The Space's primary goal is to enable the arts, culture and heritage sector to engage audiences using digital and broadcast content and platforms. Over the last 6 years The Space has commissioned 300+ digital projects from arts organisations around the UK. Fiona and I discuss what makes a successful digital project, how digital programming requires a shift in thinking, the importance digital skills, rethinking value propositions, investment, and the meaninglessness of the word 'digital'.

[cosmeretrek]

Above image is a pride flag with every color band represented by a NASA image. White is Earth clouds, pink is aurora, blue is the Sun in a specific wavelength, brown is Jupiter clouds, black is the Hubble deep field, red is the top of sprites, orange is a Mars crater, yellow is the surface of Io, green is a lake with algae, blue is Neptune, and purple is the Crab Nebula in a specific wavelength.

[stardella]

Maria and her little alien brother sketchbook dump from the last few weeks

Minor spoilers for Sonic 3 ig

[gemini-enthusiast]

Hilariously funny that the guy known for wandering off without warning to look at birds was allowed to do this

[spockvarietyhour]

Star Trek: Deep Space Nine "Past Tense, Pt. 1"

[novaoinova]

This is Viktor, Viktor loves his personal space.

And this is Jayce, he also loves Viktor's personal space

[whiteshipnightjar]

Zoozve, my beloved

[biggest-gaudiest-patronuses]

am taking perverse pleasure in reminding people it's 2025. that's a star trek year. silly little science fiction number. except it's happening, and DANG ain't it underwhelming!

[yuumei-art]

Moon Eater~ I hope everyone had a wonderful holiday and ate everything and more!

[gayvampyr]

asking people to be mindful of others when sharing a communal space (especially one you cannot just up and leave from) is not selfish or misanthropic. come on now