Aaron Taylor Kuffner in conversation with Dages Juvelier Keates
Photography by Jake Jones
Aaron Taylor Kuffner, conceptual artist, inventor and adventurer, uses Indonesian gamelan as a jump-off point for his robotic sonic kinetic sculptures, lovingly called Gamelatrons. Here he speaks about living in Indonesia, his process creating transformative art, and the physical in the metaphysical experience of sound. Dages Juvelier Keates is a yoga and embodiment teacher, an author, and a poet. Read on as these two big thinkers geek out on listening practices and colourful metaphors.
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