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WERKSHOW: 25 Years of the Nexialist Organization – A Monumental Archive Release Spanning Universes! Architecture as text, text as sound, sound as architecture: This guiding principle has defined the Nexialist Organization since its inception in the year 2000. To mark our 25th anniversary, I am looking back at decades of transdisciplinary inquiry and sonic constructivism. With WERKSHOW, I am releasing a comprehensive archive that goes far beyond a best-of compilation—it is a sonic DNA analysis of more than a quarter-century of work. Inside the Vault (100 Tracks & 10 Films): This release bundles milestones that document the evolution from human-machine synthesis to spatial analysis: Full albums, including Angel Position: The "opus magnum" recorded under the Fragment King alias as a synthesis of lyrical defiance and conceptual critique; Generating Space: An experimental study in sonic architecture under the alias Torso, where digitally processed sound explores imaginary spat...

Urban Evolution was a performance in public space in Weimar, Germany. Our intention was to address the phenomenon that new urban quarters lack atmosphere or "patina" due to their newness. In other words, they can't tell you a story related to their history or milieu, stories which can be appropriated, stories which give people a sense of belonging or identity. In new developments such stories have to be written first. So, we decided to playfully write a synthetic urban history, with boxes operated by individuals that would represent three different developmental steps. Prior to each step and resultant movement of the box, the individuals would mark up traces with chalk on the paving. The boxes represent phases in urban development, the movements indicate where temporary and permanent structures succeed each other, and each step was represented by different colors. The steps all leave traces behind that can be perceived by observers and users of public space ...

Vor ein paar Jahren habe ich eine Artikelserie über die unmöglichen Orte des phantastischen Films für eine deutsche Architekturzeitschrift verfasst. Jenseits der drei veröffentlichten Beispiele (Blade Runner, Twin Peaks, Interstellar) hätte es noch einen vierten Teil geben können, über Ridley Scotts ALIEN. Nachdem ich neulich ALIEN: Romulus anschauen konnte und mich in dem Retrodesign der Raumschiffskulissen fast wie "daheim" gefühlt habe, bringe ich hier den unveröffentlichten Text über den paranoiden Raum des Filmklassikers ALIEN ... Abgeschlossene Räume, Infektionen durch unbekannte parasitäre Erreger, biomechanische Albtraumlandschaften und eine rotgestreifte Katze: Nie war der Science Fiction-Film paranoider, und im Weltraum kann sowieso niemand einen schreien hören. "Alien" ist ein grandioser, unerreichter Film, dessen Alleinstellung durch zahlreiche nachfolgende Variationen zum Thema nur unterstrichen wird. Demonstrierte Ridley Scotts "Prometheus" b...