tekhnē #5 - NikNak, Nick Klein, Tintin Patrone & Vomir

Bi-monthly insights into the activities of the European project tekhnē, which started in 2023. The series showcases a selection of artists who share and discuss their work and listen to recorded material. By putting the focus on the user rather than the developer, this project aims to explore the emancipatory potential of technology in music and sound art. Technology as an art of craft, appropriating and transforming existing tools, to imagine multiple ways of creative misuse. tekhnē is a collaborative project, co-funded by the European Union.

In this episode, four short talks with artists NikNak, Nick Klein, Tintin Patron, and Vomir, presented in sequence, accompanied by sounds captured during their residencies at the Skaņu Mežs festival in Riga, Latvia, in the autumn and early winter of 2024. The first interview is conducted by Viestarts Gailītis, while the remaining three feature conversations led by Dmytro Filatov and Bohdan Kuspys. The music and sounds included are on-site recordings from performances and installations at Skaņu Mežs.