Where The Experimental Things Are
Prague has always had quite the buoyant experimental scene, with several people running DIY shows and even a gallery dedicated to sound-based media.
Andra Nikolayi
Andra "Amber" Nikolayi is a sound artist and researcher. They did a masters on the use language in experimental music at the Art History and Aesthetics department of Université Paris 8 and received their MFA from L’École nationale supérieure des beaux arts de Paris in 2015, focusing on sound and performance art.
Their activity as a freelance journalist began in 2007 writing for the contemporary arts section of Time Out Bucuresti, followed by many other collaborations including Rush Hour, Resident Advisor, The Attic Magazine and other Romanian publications.
They now write about all things electronic music for Bandcamp Daily and Romanian pop-feminist mag Cutra.
Between 2016 and 2018, they ran a weekly music podcast on Pigalle Paris Radio and curated ODD Nights. They also DJ and used to run the concert photoblog Feral N0is3.
Based in Bucharest but they seem to always be in Berlin somehow.
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New Kids On The Eastern Block
Prague contemporary art may not be all that exciting, but the infusion of fresh blood and downright badassery from those crusty club kids might just be what they should be looking for.
That Frivolous Thing Called Electronic Music
A conversation about the complicated relationship between contemporary art and music festivals, with Cosmin Țapu.
Almost a Holiday
The sheer existence of an event such as Outernational Days, especially in a context like Bucharest, is a pretty huge, almost miraculous deal.
Three Nights Under the Full Moon
Due to a fortunate coincidence this year, the Rokolectiv electronic music and art festival seems to have benefited from this lunar tutelage.
Traveling sounds
A discussion with Maria Balabaș and Daria Ghiu.