a presentation of my ongoing research shared at Dancecult conference on the 16.09.2021:
#CoVideoWatching: sharing the pandemic experiences in comments under YouTube music videos
Abstract
Belarus didn’t introduce Covid-lockdowns, the president was long denying that the disease existed and our society’s health depended mostly on our own responsibility. In spring 2020 I was self-quarantined at a colleague’s flat […]
In this audio-paper you’ll hear how the Belarusian protesters and the state were fighting for the space with voices, noises and music. The field recordings made at demonstrations, DIY concerts, poetry readings, theater performances and other sites of sonic and cultural resistance to the dictatorship are the starting points for a discussion on the multifaceted […]
Pavel Ambiont - ‘Make Utopia Great Again’ EP - 2020, Force Carriers
?P.S.Soundscapes’ is the new issue of ?Topos’ journal for Philosophy & Cultural Studies published by European Humanities University (Vilnius). Co-edited by Benjamin Cope and Pavel Niakhayeu, the volume is dedicated to studies in sound, music and listening in the Post-Socialist region.
Павел Няхаеў - прэзентацыя ““Даследванні сучаснай музычнай культуры і крэатыўных індустрый у Беларусі і Ўсходняй Еўропе: досвед ЕГУ»” - 21 красавіка 2018, “Дзень з ЕГУ ў Мінску”
“Якую ролю музыка грае ў розных візіях ідэальнага грамадства — ад Платона і Томаса Мора да Берліоза і Скінэра? Як уяўляюць сацыяльныя функцыі музыкі фантасты і анты-ўтапісты? Як палітычныя і творчыя рухі апошняга стагоддзя грунтуюць свае ўтапічныя сусветы на рытме і музыцы? Дзе мяжа паміж гармоніяй і тыраніяй?”
Facebook event
I’m co-organizing Mapping Sounds & Cities Workshop in Vilnius for those interested in Urban Soundscapes, Sound Studies, Sociology, Rhythm Analysis and Music/Sound Art. The three-day event will be lead by me and my colleagues - urban researchers/musicians Ben Cope (UK/PL) and Andrey Vozyanov (RU/DE). Apply by 18 Sept. - http://bit.ly/2eHbciJ
Together with VJ Solar Olga (Olga Salakheyeva) we’ll create an A/V installation during the II Parajanov Festival in Levandivka (Lviv, UA, 20-27.08.2017).
UPD: Info about our project - http://solarolga.com/project/i-will-revenge-this-world-with-love/
DEADLINE EXTENDED till 1 August 2017.
Philosophy & cultural studies journal “Topos” has extended a call for papers for a 2017 issue - ‘P.S. Soundscapes’ - focusing on sound, music and listening in the post-Soviet and Eastern European region. The issue editors: Benjamin Cope & Pavel Niakhayeu (Department of Media, European Humanities University). Submit your […]
Together with Volha Salakheyeva i’m curating Artes Liberales festival audio/video/media-art program. This year’s edition is dedicated to all sorts of revolutions. See the full program here - Artes Liberales 2017