SCHULTERPLAYY

SCHULTERPLAYY

Schulterplayy is a research project by Martina Raponi as Noiserr at the Hamburg Maschine

SCHULTERPLAYY is an investigation on algorithmic music consumption and mapping of listening taste and habits on the Schulterblatt in the city of Hamburg.

About Schulterplayy

Schulterplayy is a project that aims at investigating the implications of algorithmic listening, listening to algorithms, and observing the impact of streaming services' use by feeding back theoretical and field research into the public space it belongs to. The overall interest is in challenging the idea of soundscape, together with the notion of the self in contemporary algorithmic times.
Schulterplayy has a separate dedicated page where content is being collected, you can find the page here.
On the page you will find: 
- a diary with all different entries regarding field research and observations, together with some sporadic theoretical reflection
- a page with texts contributed by kindred researchers, thinkers, artists, practitioners invited by Martina Raponi
- a page with links to commercial platforms hosting playlists containing the songs collected from the people on the Schulterblatt and other platforms containing field recordings and remixes by invited artists
- a page with references to articles, videos, and papers discussing the topics related to the Schulterplayy project (music consumption, streaming platforms, music discovery, music communities, soundscape, etc)

Related Events and Initiatives

Schulterplayy is a project that has the ambition of connecting theoreticians and practitioners to it, in order to develop collectively, in the real spirit of Noiserr, a discourse on the topics entailed in the research and their implications.
The first related event is a collaboration with German electroacoustic researcher and artist Florian Koch A.K.A. Broshuda. The event "NOISERR FEAT. BROSHUDA - SCHULTERPLAYY REMIXED" is going to take place at Westwerk., art studio space/gallery/concert venue which is hosting Martina Raponi/Noiserr during the project research period.

About Broshuda:
Cross-pollinating a wide textural range of influences, Broshuda´s music incorporates elements of sound art, electroacoustic techniques, processed spoken word and field recording excursions, as well as more rhythmically oriented and beat-heavy pieces.
Though kaleidoscopically varied, the work is held together by a playful sense of experimentation and a willingness to explore new directions of soundthrough an experimental approach and the use of changing production techniques to expand and further his already broad sonic palette. 
Pursuing a strong Fluxus inspired interdisciplinary ethos in his artistic output, the same attitude is applied to his audio works, resulting in detailed sketches which at the same time show and disguise their inner logic while transporting a range of carefully distilled emotions and feelings. 

Links to Broshuda's muziek:

The streaming of the event Noiserr Feat. Broshuda - Schulterplayy Remixed can be watched here (live stream Facebook video): https://www.facebook.com/bonniejellybean/videos/2097374237057082/

Martina Raponi/Noiserr's SCHULTERPLAYY project is supported by Hamburg Maschine, Hamburg Behörde für Kultur und Medien, Westwerk., and XYZ Cargo.
Picture of Martina Raponi Noiserr Feat. Broshuda by Theodor Yemenis © www.photovisionproject.com
Schulterplayy continued in August 2019. Martina Raponi was hosted for another month-long residency at Westwerk. Hamburg, during which she organised the Algorhythm March, an exhibition in the Westwerk. gallery, and invited other musicians and artists to remix and rethink the project alongside with her.
The Algorhythm March was sonorized live by Broshuda and Thomas Baldischwyler.
Louise Vind Nielsen joined the project after the march reached the Westwerk. gallery, and reinterpreted Schulterplayy with a track titled SchulterNoise SuperBlatt and with a Human Amplifier performance.

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