Down to Earth David Soin Tappeser is a German-born, London and New-Delhibased drummer, composer and performance artist. His practice primarily revolves around experimentation and improvisation. Borrowing from jazz, new music and various musical and percussive traditions he got to know during his extensive travels in India, Nepal and Mexico, Soin Tappeser’s work is shaped by notions of internal pulsation, ideas of phase and fragmentation as well as thoughts concerning the manipulation of time and time-perception through music. He considers music a means of unfiltered, personal expression and play, as something mysterious and whimsical. For “Down to Earth”, Soin Tappeser presents the collaborative work “Boatness” (2020) together with Himali Singh Soin.
Sissel Tolaas
Seit 1990 baut die norwegische Geruchsforscherin und Künstlerin Sissel Tolaas ein Duftarchiv mit Geruchsproben aus aller Welt > S. 89 auf. Sie hat bislang 52 Geruchsprofile internationaler Metropolen erstellt und erforscht die Geruchslandschaften von Küsten und Ozeanen. Ihrer Forschungspraxis liegt die Annahme zugrunde, dass die Welt toleranter und entspannter wäre, wenn die Menschen sich auf ihre Nase verließen, denn: „Geruch ist eine universelle Sprache.“ The Norwegian researcher and artist Sissel Tolaas has been compiling an archive of odours consisting of sample smells from around the world since 1990. So far she has constructed odour profiles for 52 international cities and explored the olfactory landscapes of coasts and oceans. Her research practice is based on the assumption that the world would be more relaxed and tolerant if people were prepared to trust their noses because “smell is a universal language”.
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