essays, articles & expositions
2022 Sprache und Spannung: Aspekte der vielstimmigen Stimme im Kontext musikalischer Improvisation
[Speech and Tension: Aspects of the multivocal voice within the frame of musical improvisation]
in: improfil – Theorie und Praxis improvisierter Musik (Sinn und Präsenz in Improvisation), Nr. 85 (Dezember 2022), eds. Corinna Eikmeier, Mathias Maschat and Matthias Schwabe, (Berlin: Exploratorium), 58–63, [improfil—Theory and Practice of Improvised Music: Sense and Presence in Improvisation].
Download article here:
https://www.dropbox.com/s/19zyxhkgqb84sxq/Alex%20Nowitz_SpracheUndSpannung_Improfil_Artikel_2022_v6.pdf.
2021 Zum Begriff der Intersonanz [On the term intersonance]
in com.POSITION, 3rd. ser., 51 (Jan. 2021), eds. Moritz Eggert and Antje Müller (Berlin: Deutscher Komponistenverband, 2021), 26,
https://www.komponist-innenverband.de/com_position-3/.
2021 Assemblages of Multivocal and Schizophonic Practices: Unleashing the machined voice
in Machinic Assemblages of Desire. Deleuze and Artistic Research 3, eds. Paulo de Assis and Paolo Giudici, Orpheus Institute Series (Leuven: Leuven University Press, 2021), pp. 129-141,
https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctv1595mb9
or download the article here:
https://www.dropbox.com/s/spqhbfyeentetu3/AlexNowitz_AssemblagesOfMultivocalAndSchizophonicPractices.pdf.
2020 über die kulturlose zeit [On times without culture]
Cultural Foundation Schloss Wiepersdorf, Showcase project posted on 27 May 2020,
https://schloss-wiepersdorf.de/en/showcasereader-en/kulturlose_zeit_eng.html.
2019 Monsters I Love: On multivocal arts
Documented artistic research project in fulfilment of a doctoral degree in the Arts (Performative and Mediated Practices with Specialisation in Opera) published in Stockholm University of the Arts (SKH), 3 (2019),
https://www.researchcatalogue.net/view/492687/559795/0/0.
2019 Zur vielstimmigen Stimme [On the multivocal voice]
in Musik & Ästhetik, 89th ser., 23 (Jan. 2019), eds. Tobias Janz, Richard Klein, Claus-Steffen Mahnkopf and Johannes Menke (Stuttgart: Klett-Cotta, 2019), 91-95.
[Speech and Tension: Aspects of the multivocal voice within the frame of musical improvisation]
in: improfil – Theorie und Praxis improvisierter Musik (Sinn und Präsenz in Improvisation), Nr. 85 (Dezember 2022), eds. Corinna Eikmeier, Mathias Maschat and Matthias Schwabe, (Berlin: Exploratorium), 58–63, [improfil—Theory and Practice of Improvised Music: Sense and Presence in Improvisation].
Download article here:
https://www.dropbox.com/s/19zyxhkgqb84sxq/Alex%20Nowitz_SpracheUndSpannung_Improfil_Artikel_2022_v6.pdf.
2021 Zum Begriff der Intersonanz [On the term intersonance]
in com.POSITION, 3rd. ser., 51 (Jan. 2021), eds. Moritz Eggert and Antje Müller (Berlin: Deutscher Komponistenverband, 2021), 26,
https://www.komponist-innenverband.de/com_position-3/.
2021 Assemblages of Multivocal and Schizophonic Practices: Unleashing the machined voice
in Machinic Assemblages of Desire. Deleuze and Artistic Research 3, eds. Paulo de Assis and Paolo Giudici, Orpheus Institute Series (Leuven: Leuven University Press, 2021), pp. 129-141,
https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctv1595mb9
or download the article here:
https://www.dropbox.com/s/spqhbfyeentetu3/AlexNowitz_AssemblagesOfMultivocalAndSchizophonicPractices.pdf.
2020 über die kulturlose zeit [On times without culture]
Cultural Foundation Schloss Wiepersdorf, Showcase project posted on 27 May 2020,
https://schloss-wiepersdorf.de/en/showcasereader-en/kulturlose_zeit_eng.html.
2019 Monsters I Love: On multivocal arts
Documented artistic research project in fulfilment of a doctoral degree in the Arts (Performative and Mediated Practices with Specialisation in Opera) published in Stockholm University of the Arts (SKH), 3 (2019),
https://www.researchcatalogue.net/view/492687/559795/0/0.
2019 Zur vielstimmigen Stimme [On the multivocal voice]
in Musik & Ästhetik, 89th ser., 23 (Jan. 2019), eds. Tobias Janz, Richard Klein, Claus-Steffen Mahnkopf and Johannes Menke (Stuttgart: Klett-Cotta, 2019), 91-95.
2018 Manifesto for the Multivocal Voice: Principles for a performance voice in the vocal arts (abridged version)
in 'Artistic Research Will Eat Itself. Proceedings of the 9th SAR International Conference on Artistic Research', eds. Geoff Cox, Anya Lewin, et al., Research Catalogue (2018), pp. 380-94 (PDF),
https://www.researchcatalogue.net/view/512748/512749/0/0.
in 'Artistic Research Will Eat Itself. Proceedings of the 9th SAR International Conference on Artistic Research', eds. Geoff Cox, Anya Lewin, et al., Research Catalogue (2018), pp. 380-94 (PDF),
https://www.researchcatalogue.net/view/512748/512749/0/0.
2016 Designing and Playing the Strophonion: Extending vocal art performance using a custom digital musical instrument
in eContact! 18.3—Sonic DIY: Repurposing the Creative Self, Montréal: Communauté électroacoustique canadienne / Canadian Electroacoustic Community (December 2016),
http://econtact.ca/18_3/nowitz_strophonion.html.
in eContact! 18.3—Sonic DIY: Repurposing the Creative Self, Montréal: Communauté électroacoustique canadienne / Canadian Electroacoustic Community (December 2016),
http://econtact.ca/18_3/nowitz_strophonion.html.
2014 Über das Erweitern und Extrahieren der Stimme. Ein Versuch zur Ergründung des Wesens der Kunststimme im Kontext zeitgenössischer Vokalperformance [On extending and extracting the voice: An essay to explore the essence of the voice in the context of contemporary vocal performance art]
in Signalraum für Klang und Kunst, posted by Horst Konietzny, 20 February 2014,
http://www.signalraum.de/sig/nowitz.html.
in Signalraum für Klang und Kunst, posted by Horst Konietzny, 20 February 2014,
http://www.signalraum.de/sig/nowitz.html.
2012 The Strophonion—Instrument Development (2010–2011)
STEIM Project Blog, posted by Alex Nowitz, 2 January 2012.
STEIM Project Blog, posted by Alex Nowitz, 2 January 2012.
2008 STEIM projects 2007-2008
STEIM project blog, posted by Alex Nowitz, 3 December 2008.
STEIM project blog, posted by Alex Nowitz, 3 December 2008.
2008 Voice and Live-Electronics using Remotes as Gestural Controllers
in eContact! 10.4 —Temps réel, improvisation et interactivité en électroacoustique / Live Electronics, Improvisation and Interactivity in Electroacoustics, Montréal: Communauté électroacoustique canadienne / Canadian Electroacoustic Community (October 2008),
http://econtact.ca/10_4/nowitz_voicelive.html.
in eContact! 10.4 —Temps réel, improvisation et interactivité en électroacoustique / Live Electronics, Improvisation and Interactivity in Electroacoustics, Montréal: Communauté électroacoustique canadienne / Canadian Electroacoustic Community (October 2008),
http://econtact.ca/10_4/nowitz_voicelive.html.