This week saw only one new episode (#013) of the Antiphonary Walk-through, mainly due to Hendrik's voice dropping to, well, zero dB. Meanwhile, you might want to check out http://www.antiphonaria.com, where all the walk-through-movies that have been made and will be made are assembled in a time-line. Or you can subscribe to the playlist on... Continue Reading →
[ENG] Recitations and Reconsiderations [6/15] On creativity
In his acclaimed book Out of Our Minds (2001) creativity prophet Ken Robinson describes some essential characteristics of the creative process: We begin with an initial idea of some sort ... The idea takes shape in the process of working on it – through a series of successive approximations [emphasis mine]. … Creativity is often... Continue Reading →
[NL] Musica Mediaevalis 9/40 – Over tropen en sequensen
Hmm, de titel van deze bijdrage is enigszins misleidend. Het is namelijk zo dat elke sequens op een of andere manier een trope is. Dus ‘over tropen’ zou hebben kunnen volstaan. Anderzijds, omdat van alle tropen de sequensen de beroemdste zijn en het meeste voorkwamen in de Middeleeuwse muziek, en ook omdat volgens bepaalde... Continue Reading →
Shakespeare’s privacy protected
Just a quick and tiny silly thing amidst all the seriousness. Google's Streetview has protected Shakespeare's privacy by blurring his face: London, British Library, at the junction Midland Road - Euston Road. Cheers!
‘Child’ is just another word for ‘Future’
Belgium has lived through a terrible tragedy this week, with 22 children (of which seven from The Netherlands and one from Germany) dying in a coach crash in a Swiss tunnel. Six adults died in the horrible crash as well, and 24 other children were wounded. Our hearts go out to the dead and the... Continue Reading →
[ENG] Recitations and Reconsiderations [5/15] A communication that reflects a topological research approach
A communication that reflects a topological research approach Nyrnes (2006) suggests talking about art research in spatial or topological terms, where “creativity is a matter of being aware of the topoi in order to choose new paths”. Subsequently, three topoi of artistic research are presented. First, there’s the ‘own language’ topos, where the storytelling and... Continue Reading →
[NL] Musica Mediaevalis 8/40 – Hildegard von Bingen
Hildegard von Bingen is een buitenbeentje. Over deze krachtige en prachtige vrouw weten we niet alles wat we zouden willen weten, en dat is erg jammer, maar misschien heeft net dat er toe bijgedragen dat zij tot op vandaag een bijzondere, mythische, ja heilige status inneemt te midden van alle Middeleeuwse figuren. (Hoewel in de loop... Continue Reading →
Psallentes Oude Muziek 