Five Video Clips from Bolivia
Producing an album or making a video-clip is not really a moneymaking activity in Bolivia. However, there is important production going on at the margins of traditional industry standards. For our...
View ArticleSeismographic Sounds – Visions of a New World
The upcoming Norient exhibition «Seismographic Sounds – Visions of a New World» shows and discusses contemporary video clips, tracks and Sound Art from around the globe. The exhibition opens at Forum...
View ArticleNorient Book – Seismographic Sounds
The second Norient book «Seismographic Sounds – Visions of a New World» introduces you to a contemporary world of distinct music, sounds and music videos. Edited by Theresa Beyer, Thomas Burkhalter and...
View ArticleB-movies and Biracial Creatures
It is one of Norient's most favored music videos from the past years: «Nunca Tendremos Mar» from the Bolivian underground band Gato Diablo. Here rock critic Javier A. Rodríguez Camacho analyzes the...
View ArticleThe Creature’s Grip
Gato Diablo's music video «Nunca Tendremos Mar» (We'll Never Have the Sea) discusses Bolivia's national trauma: the loss of its access to the sea in the War of the Pacific between 1879-1883. Read a...
View ArticleTotally Independent
In the song «Nunca Tendremos Mar» the Bolivian experimental hardcore punk band Gato Diablo is negotiating with a national trauma, that is, to have lost the access to the sea in the The War of the...
View ArticleKilling Monsters with DIY
Hi, my name is Bernardo. I play the bass guitar in Gato Diablo and I’ve made the video for our instrumental song «Nunca Tendremos Mar» (We’ll Never Have the Sea). I think a country is like a person....
View ArticlePhoto Series: Fragmentary Presence
The photos of Katyussa Veiga on the Bolivian underground punk band Gato Diablo represent the band's constant search for new places. It is a fragmentary, urban spirit, deeply rooted in tradition that...
View ArticleCopy and Past(e)
Recycling footage has long been a common practice in music videos. Due to the mass availability of footage online, it has become even more popular. By freeing existing images from their original...
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