tekhnē #1 - Sholto Dobie

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.

This first episode is dedicated to the work of Sholto Dobie, who was invited through the tekhnē open call for research projects at Q-O2 workspace for experimental music and sound art in Brussels.

Sholto Dobie Is a UK-born artist who lives in Vilnius, Lithuania. He uses an array of sound sources including home-made organs and bagpipes. He has explored ideas related to folklore and environment as sonic phenomenon and works with site specific methodologies.