theorie.x

From the barely audible and overheard to broken rhythms emerging from the underground, »the sonic and the void« offers a space for exchange for anyone interested in experimental music and critical sound practices. By sharing music, field recordings, texts and other sound-related projects we collectively ask: *How does silence proliferate and haunt our collective memories? *When does intentional silence and secrecy become an act of resistance? *Can the largely unheard form a resonant space for counter-publics? You are warmly invited to join our sonic gatherings and share sounds that inspire you or that you created. If you are interested in participating drop us a dm and we’ll send you further information. 2024 Dates: 6 April / 12 May / 16 June Our first meeting took place on April 6 as part of the Open Studios at Künstlerhaus Stuttgart. We look forward to meeting you, Kosmas & Theo graphix by @justuslietzke

🌴🦋💸🐢 Jogos e Futuros Financeiros Intertropicais 🌴🦋💸🐢 Quinta-feira,14 de maio · 15h–17h30 Centro Municipal de Arte Hélio Oiticica, Auditório Convidamos para um jogo financeiro intertropical. Realizada no Centro Municipal de Arte Hélio Oiticica, a atividade parte das experimentações da Tropicália entre arte, participação coletiva e imaginação institucional. Se a Tropicália deslocava o tropical do exotismo para o campo da cultura e da política no contexto brasileiro dos anos 1960, o Pós-Tropical emerge hoje como uma condição ecológica, infraestrutural e financeira atravessada por novas formas de cooperação e circulação intertropical. Entre bancos comunitários, moedas sociais, infraestruturas cooperativas e ficções financeiras, a atividade convida o público a atravessar uma história especulativa do Banco Pós-Tropical e participar de um jogo coletivo para imaginar formas de valor, circulação e cooperação para além das lógicas extrativistas dominantes. Ao reunir artistas, pesquisadoras/es, ativistas e integrantes de bancos comunitários, o encontro propõe pensar plataformas coletivas para experimentar outras formas de valor, circulação e organização da vida nos trópicos. Facilitado por: Luiza Crosman @evoluiza Théo Ferreira Gomes @theorie.x Juan Pablo García Sossa @puntojpgs Pablo Somonte Ruano @palabro_ Tatyana Zambrano @tatyana_zambrano_ A atividade integra o programa de pesquisa Prototipando um Banco Pós-Tropical, um projeto que conecta arte, tecnologia e economia a partir dos trópicos.

Half-Closed Blinds ep.06 w/ @theorie.x invited by @lem3thi Théo Ferreira Gomes (*1993, Niterói/Brazil), alias DJ Theory, is a transdisciplinary researcher working between sound, community programming, and curating. His conceptual and research-driven approach oftentimes evolves in relation to practices of DJing: collecting and sharing music, listening and attunement, dialoguing and vibing with communities in movement. He weaves this method into a variety of sound-based formats, including hybrid club nights or performances, audio essays, and listening sessions. Together with Kosmas Phan Dinh, he initiated »The Sonic and the Void«, a series of music sharing circles exploring the politics of silence and listening at the margins of the audible. He is a member of the label LAFmusik based in the Northern Black Forest and hosts the show »NAM: Non-Aligned Music« on Stuttgart’s Full Beans Radio. Moving between militant riddims and noisy textures, this mix for Fritto FM explores the weirder fringes of Techno and abstract electronic dance music. The mix was a chance to explore experimental grooves that rarely find their way onto a dancefloor. Some of the artists included are Sayf from the label Corrupt Territories, Xterea from 5TempleGate, and producer & researcher Speakermusic.

Last Tuesday, I had the chance present my research on financial wellness at Künstlerhaus Stuttgart. My interest in wellness and financialization evolved in relation to an audio essay I’ve performed on a few occasions last year. Künstlerhaus’ monthly event series, Dienstagswerkstatt, provided a great opportunity to metabolize my research into a lecture format that contextualizes and expands the listening experience I propose with »Moneyfestations: Undercurrents of Financial Wellness«. I am grateful to everyone who showed up and contributed to a very focused atmosphere with sensitive questions and remarks. I am certain this community moment will feed back into my continuously evolving work. Special thanks to @kuenstlerhausstuttgart and to Leonie Klöpfer @sans_chichi for organizing and coordinating the event and to Fabian Faylona @floaters_network for capturing it on camera! All photos: Fabian Faylona

Join next Tuesday January 13, 7pm at @kuenstlerhausstuttgart for my presentation at the event series Dienstagswerkstatt. I am going to present my research on financial wellness that evolves in relation to the audio essay »Moneyfestations: Undercurrents of Financial Wellness«. Among others, I am going to draw connections between finance, sound wellness technologies, and the military complex, as well as between the well-being industry and the alt-right movement. I am further going to highlight the structural violence emerging from financial literacy programs and share some references around financial trauma and money-related health risks.

Join us next Sun. Dec 14, 5pm for the finissage of the exhibition »Future Narratives - Shaping Tomorrow in the Age of Intelligent Machines« at @akt_pforzheim . My dear friend @denise_helene and I will give insights into our current research interests through sound, listening, and theory in a b2b. Denise will share »when commons become the seeds«, a sonic lecture performance that reflects on the history of the commons as well as convivial tools and technologies. I’ll have the chance to share the audio essay »Moneyfestations - Undercurrents of Financial Wellness« once more and drift between different bubbles of the financialized imagination. After our performances, we will share some of our references and projects that inform our individual research in conversation with each other. From there, we’ll try to weave some thoughts on network cultures, technologies and infrastructures of relation, and new economies. Thank you to Janusz Czech & Lisa Schlenker of A.K.T; and to the team of @emmapforzheim for enabling this exchange and hosting us. Slide 2) Denise Helene Sumi Slide 3) Theo Ferreira Gomes @kunstraum34 (c) @jan_hottmann

A belated happy birthday to @kunstraum34 for the 40-year anniversary of Klangraum Festival! On the occasion of this special weekend, I had the chance to perform my audio essay »More Moneyfestations«, exploring undercurrents of financial wellness through ambient soundscapes and functional music. I offered a bubbly soundbath for financial wellness, slowly drifting between internet filter bubbles, speculative bubbles, and crypto bubbles, fabricating foamy constellations of meaning. Bubble-hopping between binaural beats for money attraction, positive affirmations for financial traders, and Bitcoin ASMR, the essay questions what is implied when we think of financial wellness. By looking at these phenomena as a set of co-isolated systems, as Sloterdijk proposes in his Pulural Sphereology, a set of social currents emerges that primarily benefits the wellness of the wealthy elites. An important reference for this research is Rachel O’Dwyer’s book »Tokens: The Future of Money in the Age of the Platform«, which is so rich and varied in examples of weird internet economies and money-like tokens. I am also indebted to Max Haiven’s research on the financialized imagination, more specifically, his study on the uses of financial literacy. It deconstructs how financial literacy programs make the individual responsible for their own precariousness, thus creating a form of deep illiteracy towards the systemic and structural conditions of settler-colonial capitalism. Special thanks to the team of Kunstraum34 for inviting and hosting me in a very sensitive and forthcoming way: @the_frameworker @sans_chichi @cheesiscrime @juli_gebhardt @theo.dietz 💕 Thank you @jan_hottmann for the photos (slides 1&2)

Join tmrw 9pm CET @lindenmuseum @falsamoralista will perform »Putaria - The body as carthasis« at Made in Stuttgart Festival by @forumderkulturen and I will support behind the decks. 🫶

Forex Trading Success – A Playlist for Financial Wellness 📈💳💎☯️ Join the kick-off of a new listening series next Monday, December 16, 2024 at the audio lab of @kuenstlerhausstuttgart I’ve been digging into obscure musical genres and sonic expressions that merge notions of mindfulness and wellness with a desire for market domination. Looking forward to seeing you at my sonic spa for financial wellness. The rhythms and noises of financial markets will treat you with a calming blend of Crypto ASMR, Binaural Ambient Music for Forex Traders, and Wall Street-inspired noise. Oscillating between unwavering market optimism and increasing economic uncertainty, the listening experience will remix songs, theory, data, and speculation, disclosing the logic of finance and how it affects social behaviors. Imagine a soothing touch releasing the tensions in your muscles—a firm massage, slowly dissolving the pain in your neck and shoulders. Take a deep breath. Feel the goosebumps tickling your body as the Invisible Hand of the Market works its magic while Fortuna gently whispers in your ear: You live and breathe the financial markets. Thank you @lenalalarose for the invitation and for organizing this new format 💟 Image credits: 1) ASMR Money Manifest 2022 | Playing & Counting $100,000 CASH *no talking*, Youtube 2) The Power Of Sound-Binaural Beats For Stress Management | Braintap, September 2023 3) Money Affirmation, taken from Money Witch online shop, 4) Forex Trading Success - Subliminal & Ambient Music Therapy, Youtube 5) Word Count of ‚Financial Wellness‘ in Google Books Library 1985–2022, Google Ngram Viewer

Sat. 20 Apr. Doors: 21:00 Playin dub mutations with some friends ✳️ @leerstandalsfreiraum

Excited for some days full of passionate listening, dancing & friendship at @kleinundhaarig Festival from July 14 - 17 in Bad Wildbad. If you don’t have it yet get your tiixxx now ⁉️ via link in bio here —> @kleinundhaarig LAF will be opening the festival on Fri at 5pm (happy music for happy people) 💟 followed by @freybenedikt shaking up the main stage for a proper start to the night. Catch me playing some weird machine sounds Sat night on the Bach stage ♨️ Thx for creating this space & for the invite cuties<3 Image: Rendering of LAF project space by Michel Lörz