Journal

Materia Prima – tekhnē journal #2 online now

The second issue of the tekhnē online journal compiles articles by artists interested in the materiality of media and sound reproduction technologies. Their reflections are interspersed between the sound phenomenon and its restitution. They make tangible the hidden infrastructure and politics of the raw material resources on which our digital culture depends and show us how this digitization impacts planetary and ecological systems. This second issue is compiled by GMEA.

Featured writers and artists are Didier Aschour, Marie Lechner, Yann Leguay, Sonia Saroya, Edouard Sufrin, and Stephen Cornford. They are discussing topics such as the material exploration of sound media, the sound of electronic obsolescence, metalllurgy, ecology and planetary impact of media systems and portable sound practices.