Sound Jams is my Master's thesis, written in April 2023 at the Piet Zwart Institute (Willem de Kooning Academy, Rotterdam), as part of my MA in Fine Art & Design: Experimental Publishing. It's the research I'm probably most proud of, and I'm making it available here as a digital download, because I think it belongs in the hands of people who could actually use it.
Sound is everywhere, but for most people, actually making it feels like someone else's territory. Reserved for musicians, sound artists, and people with the right training. This thesis is about dismantling that idea.
Sound Jams explores how to facilitate collective sound-making and publishing experiences for groups of people from any background (no musical training required). I designed and ran five different sound jams in Rotterdam, observed what worked, what didn't, and distilled it all into a set of core principles for creating inclusive, accessible spaces for group sound-making.
It draws on the work of Pauline Oliveros (deep listening), Cornelius Cardew and the Scratch Orchestra, the Fluxus movement, and others. It also grounds all of it in real, documented practice.
▲ Facilitators and educators looking for new approaches to collective research and creative workshops;
▲ Artists and practitioners curious about sound as a medium but not sure where to start;
▲ Anyone interested in experimental publishing, collaborative making, or inclusive creative processes;
▲ People who believe art-making should be accessible.
A full digital PDF download (31 pages) including: introduction and glossary, five detailed sound jam reports with process descriptions and observations, five key principles for collective sound-making, bibliography and further reading.
With this purchase, you get a digital download of the full thesis, and you directly support my art and research practice. Thank you, genuinely. ♥
Licensed under Creative Commons Attribution–ShareAlike 4.0: you're free to share and adapt it, as long as you give credit and keep the same licence.
Sound Jams is my Master's thesis, written in April 2023 at the Piet Zwart Institute (Willem de Kooning Academy, Rotterdam), as part of my MA in Fine Art & Design: Experimental Publishing. It's the research I'm probably most proud of, and I'm making it available here as a digital download, because I think it belongs in the hands of people who could actually use it.
Sound is everywhere, but for most people, actually making it feels like someone else's territory. Reserved for musicians, sound artists, and people with the right training. This thesis is about dismantling that idea.
Sound Jams explores how to facilitate collective sound-making and publishing experiences for groups of people from any background (no musical training required). I designed and ran five different sound jams in Rotterdam, observed what worked, what didn't, and distilled it all into a set of core principles for creating inclusive, accessible spaces for group sound-making.
It draws on the work of Pauline Oliveros (deep listening), Cornelius Cardew and the Scratch Orchestra, the Fluxus movement, and others. It also grounds all of it in real, documented practice.
▲ Facilitators and educators looking for new approaches to collective research and creative workshops;
▲ Artists and practitioners curious about sound as a medium but not sure where to start;
▲ Anyone interested in experimental publishing, collaborative making, or inclusive creative processes;
▲ People who believe art-making should be accessible.
A full digital PDF download (31 pages) including: introduction and glossary, five detailed sound jam reports with process descriptions and observations, five key principles for collective sound-making, bibliography and further reading.
With this purchase, you get a digital download of the full thesis, and you directly support my art and research practice. Thank you, genuinely. ♥
Licensed under Creative Commons Attribution–ShareAlike 4.0: you're free to share and adapt it, as long as you give credit and keep the same licence.
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