Charlie Morrow & bart plantenga: iMMERSEd in iMMERSion 34

An internal conversation between the creator of iMMERSE!, Charlie Morrow & the producer of  iMMERSE!, bart plantenga. They’ve been working on the iMMERSE book-podcast-exhibition project for some years now & it was time to take stock of what they’ve learned & experienced... The fact is the subject of immersion, losing yourself in a context, a space, an altered consciousness remains fascinating. The podcasts are the offspring of the original iMMERSE! book ideas that came to the surface in 2019 as they reconnected after years of little to no contact. They hit upon a collaboration that continues full steam as they discover the depthless depths of immersion...

samples used
Sea • Delia Derbyshire  
A State of Vibration • Wreck This Mess
Mikro Kosmos -  Archea [Béla Bartók] • Charlie Morrow
Mikro Kosmos - Amoeba [Béla Bartók] • Charlie Morrow  
Train to the Plane • Charlie Morrow 
Haiku Lingo • Shelley Hirsch & David Weinstein
Silence Drawn 4’33” • Paloma Jet & Wreck This Mess
HEADPHONICS  01 • Ryoji Ikeda
Snake Oil Symphony • Daniel Steven Crafts
beach day may 2018 • b/art
Cymatic Frequency • Coldcut & Hans Jenny
Wave Music III - 60 Clarinets & a Boat • Charlie Morrow
4'33" End Groove Conditional (Various) • b/art
Zäuerli • Jodelquartett Säntis
Beethoven Amalgam Piano Trio Opus 70 No. 2 & Grosse Fuga 1.1 • Charlie Morrow 
Trafficante Onosphere • b/art

subjects: immersion, Jerome Rothenberg, dentures, under water, undertow, drowning, marching band, bass drum, Dutch coast, dunes, nostalgia, memory, birds, writing, serotonin, cymatic frequencies, silence, chewing on a bone vs gossip vs science, cochlear implant, SPL – sound pressure level, ears always exposed, mental earplugs, death, drowning, yodeling, Robert Thurman, Tibetan Buddhist Death tales, fallling dreams, lucid dreams, NY Yankees, transistor radio, Mickey Mantle, power of sound, power of words, lifeguard, echo, echo location, soak in the bathtub, enveloped in warm water, Descartes, Plato’s Cratylus, vibration, sense of smell, sight dominance, venue audio aesthetics, Kachun Yu, Halcyon Period, climate change, unstable earth, the valley as recording device, sampling, plagiarism, Beethoven was a sampler, notating folk music, Colin Turnbull, the Ik Tribe, coccoon of specialness, jingoism, the People, immersed in your own uniqueness, Infinite Distraction Syndrome IDS ...