My writings...range from fiction to poetry to reflections and critiques on culture, arts, aesthetics, travel, and some other unspeakable bits and pieces – like what you can find in the old drawers of our dear Bruno Schulz, and in the depth of that bird-nest of Marie Antoinette’s powdered hair.
The Melancholy and the Erotic of a Sincere Postmodern Identity: the cinematic spaces and a vulnerable time
Based on the Colloquium lecture given at UC-Berkeley (February, 2023) and the presentation given at the Third International Symposium of Contemporary Music Research (May, 2023) –– July, 2023
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On …à… & Chantal Akerman’s “No Home Movie”
an analytical and theoretical discussion on my 35-min audiovisual work …à… (2019) for piccolo, electronics, video, and scent, written in 2019. First draft presented as a lecture given at the Delian Academy, Mykonos, Greece in June, 2019. —July 2019
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In Response to Marek Polik’s Write-up about New Music
a response critiquing Polik’s text posted on Facebook —April 2017
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Attending Matrix15 at SWR, Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany
a critical report on the conference in Freiburg and a research trip to Berlin, Germany —2015
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Lecture on Composition, My Relationship with Composition, and the Development of My Recent (2010-14) Compositions
lecture note for a lecture/presentation given on May 22nd, 2014 at la Cité Internationale des Arts in Paris, France —2015
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Listening to the Unheard / Writing Double Jeopardy (2013), and the Premiere by the Ensemble Proton Bern (2014)
a journalistic retrospect on my conceptualization of and working experience with Ensemble Proton Bern on octet piece Double Jeopardy (2013) —2014
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Melancholia, or A History of Composing a Percussion Quartet
exploring the philosophical and compositional process of my percussion quartet piece Melancholia (2011-12) —2012
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Lecture on Composing, Listening, and My Music (Mittersill, Austria)
lecture note for a lecture/presentation given at KoFoMi —2011
Force Majeure — Reading by Michael H. Cohen and Excerpt
—2017
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Bonjour Minuit — Excerpts
—2013-14
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an expatriation (the unbearable lightness of)
—2012
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(the story of) Imprinting — excerpts 1 & 2
—2007-09
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