Blant Berlins mangefasetterte spisetilbud finner du restauranten Unsicht-Bar, et sted hvor gjestene sitter i stummende mørke og serveres av blinde kelnere. Her skal jeg ikke gå inn i rollen som matkritiker (noe som heller ikke ville gavne restauranten noe videre) men opplevelsen satte i gang noen tanker rundt de forbindelsene som finnes mellom hørsel og … Read More
Listening
Artistic truth
On the 5 of January 2016 the great composer, conductor and pianist Pierre Boulez passed into eternity. As a lifetime explorer of new musical dimensions he has, for me, been a great source of inspiration. The following is an imagined meeting which I personally would have loved to witness and a small tribute to the great … Read More
Where does the music end and the listening begin?
Musical jiggsaw-puzzles at Kamfest 2016 Our perception of reality is a highly individual matter: every day our mind is occupied by trying to create coherence between an unimaginable amount of fragments brought to us through our different senses. It is a bit like a game: you’re given certain pieces but how you combine them is … Read More
Everything is connected – Entangled senses
Among the gastronomic diverse experiences on offer in Berlin you will find the restaurant Unsicht-Bar, a place where the guests dine in complete darkness served by blind waiters. The role as a food critic is not to be taken here (something which would incidentally leave the restaurant with little credit). The experience however has … Read More