peripher_ies

At the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020, we, in our role as lecturers, conducted hybrid workshops with design and art students from ten partner institutions on five continents. Our goal was to explore soundscapes from different viewpoints, and we were deeply impressed by the outcome. The recordings and their accompanying images and conversations dissolved geographical borders along with social, cultural, and structural differences. Following Hartmut Rosa, we understand this atmosphere of connection produced between the participants and the soundscapes themselves to be a resonance space, which only became explicit to us after some time had passed. In this article, we re-interpret this space through personal recollections and theoretical positions, and claim that such a collaboration holds pedagogical and artistic implications for future teaching and creative practice. These include not only the impact upon technology in the classroom, temporal perception, inter-relationality, and care practices, but also the artistic benefits of opening up spaces of resonance as a means of engaging with the challenge of intercultural communication and witnessing in our global world. 

Webpage under construction / Release: Early 2026

peripher_ies is a project initiated by Max Spielmann, Andrea Iten, Catherine Walthard (Academy of Art and Design Basel, IXDM FHNW, Institute Experimental Design and Media Cultures, Switzerland) and Daniel Hug (Zurich University of the Arts, Department of Music Switzerland).

Partner Institutions

•  Australia, Canberra, Australian National University, School of Art & Design

•  Austria, Graz, FH Joanneum, Sound Design

•  Botswana, Gaborone, University of Botswana, Industrial Design and Technology

•  Canada, Montréal, Université du Québec, École des arts visuels et médiatiques

•  Greece, Thessaloniki, ArtBox

•  New Zealand, Auckland, AUT Faculty of Design and Creative Technologies

•  Finland, Rovaniemi, Lapin Yliopisto, University of Lapland

•  Island, Isafjördur, University of Akureyri, University Centre of the Westfjords

•  Japan, Niigata, Nagaoka Institute of Design

© peripher_ies 2025 / Daniel Hug, Andrea Iten, Max Spielmann, Catherine Walthard

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