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21 красавіка я (хто?) буду рабіць маленькі даклад у ЕГУ. Тэма: ўзаемаадносіны музыкі \ гуку і візуальных мастацтваў \ практык \ тэхналогій.
Адрас: Вільня, вул.Валакупю, 5. Ауд.112. Пачатак ў 18:00. Уваход вольны. [гл.таксама - абвестка на ehu.lt]

interviews with two Belarusian djs:
DJ Headshot - hard-techno dj, working with Euthanasia promo, tells about techno ritual and role of a dj in it. [lang: en, ru]
DJ I.F.U. - is one of the Belarusian Electronic music culture pioneers, linking Belarusian scene with UK and other countries, and the winner of TOP 30 […]

(notes for the paper on ‘liminality in Electronic dance music culture’)
A party has a fractal-like structure with at least three levels of liminality\intensity oscillating and fluctuating in and out on each level — track, set, whole party.
Another possible application of liminality\communitas concepts: EDMC communities, after all, truly exist not in the ‘profane world’ of everyday, […]

14-16 september - visual anthropological trip to Kyiv, where annual gothic festival “Chorna Rada \ Dity Nochi” took place.

couple of photos from the fest

coming (not so) soon: video

Press-conference:

Wonderful gothic people:

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my ukrainian friend and partner — Olga. without her this magic trip wouldn’t happen.
coming (not so) soon: more photos and video

En: Just launched my research project on “rhythmic rituals” — from ancient \ tribal to their contemporary forms. This project mostly considers various aspects of techno & psy-trance (sub)cultures:

Why do we go to techno \ psy-trance parties?
What do we search there?
What do we experience there?
What those parties have in common with ancient \ tribal […]