New, Old, and Circle.
Art & Fear is my favorite reading out of the three. It talks about the relationship between you, others (other artists, critics, audiences, public), and you works. At the end of the day, it’s actually just between you and your work. Your work is not you, but it still matters. Keep exploring, be authentic, whatever you have is whatever you need, and learn from the process. On the other hand, I think I’ll keep practicing the lateral thinking techniques: alternatives, reversal, why, analogies, random stimulation, and cliches, whenever I’m stuck.
Sound, Passion, and Confidence
Being able to ask questions as a student is such a privilege. Students often receive kindness and patience, even when you haven’t yet contributed much to the world. I always have a bunch of questions I want to ask, but I’m never able to finish them all due to time constraints.
I admire how these artists can turn sound, one of the most abstract art forms, into pieces with commercial value. Their passion is inspiring; they can talk about their work endlessly and understand it deeply, as if they are truly living it. Being authentic, smiling, and admitting weaknesses creates a warm and approachable demeanor for networking.
I feel a bit sad knowing that I would learn so much more if I were a tech-heavy sound artist. For areas outside my expertise, I can only grasp general insights about how they perceive their work.
| Artist | Date | Labels | Notes |
| Otis Sandsjö | 5.23 | Experimental saxophone player from Finland (?) | Have limits may lead to more creativity. Aesthetics matter in his work Life experiences don’t really translate to his works embracing the healthy fear of losing inspiration |
| Mariana Carvalho | 5.24 | Experimental sound artist from Brazil. Did her master at UDK | Pain? No she didn’t consider that Being experimental is not just about exploring things people haven’t done, but to go deeper into the same concept When you get too close to sth, you get oversaturated by it. |
| Merche Blasco | 5.28 | Makes he own instruments. Performance artist. | Performance art in public spaces should be site-specific Tech + material (shell) can also create very organic, beautiful sound, not just technical. |
| Ming Poon | 5.29 | Asian queer performance artist. Community building & Chinese culture. | When dying is not personal anymore, everything is taken care of by the authority, choosing death is a way to gain back the right Applied choreography Asian queer, yeah! |
| Harshini J. Karunaratne | 5.30 | Alum. Founder of Manifest.IO | Unintentionally include their own culture in the process. Be NICE and show ppl that you are nice. Cheap to have their master in Berlin? Not being confident is just a stage in your life |
| Field.io | 5.31 | Design studio. | Emotional feedback > survey data. Vibe check > work alignment (I doubt that) Your work is not you, but still be proud |
| Robert Seidel | 6.4 | Experimental film artist, very abstract. | Apply your style to the technology, do not let the technology master your style. Changing the speed in PR, then create another layer of the 2nd section, but with a lil layback |
| Marco Borotti | 6.5 | SOund artist. Environment & tech invasion. | Funding: be introvert/extrovert based on the timing Your work is not you. Being rejected might just mean that the timing isn’t right |
Map, Body, and Woman
My creations centered around these three aspects, which are something that I’m always interested in. The music and the female utensils are out of my comfort zone in the way that I have no idea how music works and I struggled with coming up with ideas for that utensil prompt. However, they are also the projects where the techniques we learned really came into play.
| Name | Date | Picture | Topic |
| Recreate Google Map with 30 circles | 5.23 |  | Yasmine and I put up our lil cicles all around the metros to show our presence in the city |
| Tech Invading Life-Video | 5.23 |  | Technology occupies our mental space even when we are enjoying the present moment |
| Dicetination-Travel toy | 5.27 |  | Solo-travellers not knowing what to do? Try this out |
| Music track-industrial tech | 5.29 |  | Industrial tech music using sounds from construction site |
| Female organ utensil | 5.30 |  | When the body is the tool, and the tool is the things being consumed, what do you, the one consuming, become? |
| Music score-depressed mom | 6.3 |  | Music scores that are acted out by participants. |
| 30min human connection workshop | 6.6 |  | Three non-verbal communication to connect two strangers together |
Don’t mind the gaze
Berlin is a dream city. I spend most of my time here alone, walking and thinking. I met few people I haven’t met in a while and met new people I have never met. I have new ideas about myself. Sometimes I feel like I’m just a hot key to whatever groups I represent, sometimes I feel like I’m more than that, or less than that. But maybe it doesn’t matter.