Petervan’s Musical Ride May 2026 – 62 songs. As usual, mostly recent releases, including those by Mouse on Mars (with Lee “Scratch” Perry), Yu Su, and Hyperstellar. Oldies from Pink Floyd, Mekons, and Nightbus. Play in shuffle mode to increase the surprise factor. Enjoy!
Short trailer for my video installation “Clothesline”. A call for attention to the non-event and slowness.
The installation runs peacefully at a human heartbeat speed of 60 BPM. Based on a static video of a clothesline in the wind. Repetitive ambient soundscape in Ableton Live, combined with Videosync transformations. Installation produces endless random video and audio output. No AI.
I got inspired by David Claerbout’s quote about “Against Strong Images”:
“I notice that when people discuss my work, they often talk about ‘strong images. But that is not what I do. I choose weak images. These are images without voice, without date, without event, without place – situations that can’t be easily communicated. This puts me in the camp of the longue durée. In that camp, that reservation, sit all the losers of history. It is where the non-event lives.” – David Claerbout
The clothesline in the wind is such a non-event.
For galleries and venues: the installation only requires a Mac or a Windows 11 PC (with Ableton Live and Videosync installed) and an HDMI connection to a TV Screen with audio. Less is more.
“Delicacies” is my incoherent, irregular, unpredictable collection of interesting sparks I came across online. Handpicked by a human, no robots, no AI. A form of tripping, wandering, dérivé, with some loosely undefined theme holding them together. Delicacies have no fixed frequency: I hit the publish button when there is enough material. That can be after a week or after 3 months. No pressure, literally. Enjoy!
Some highlights from this edition:
If you prefer the full firehose, check out the Substack link: https://petervan.substack.com/p/petervan-delicacies-184
Petervan’s Musical Ride April 2026 – 52 songs. As usual, mostly recent releases, including those by De Staat, Demmers, and Tiga. Oldies from Cream, Ultravox, and Africa Bambaataa. Play in shuffle mode to increase the surprise factor. Enjoy!
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