Research into/around Sounds in Poland: An Interview with Michał Libera and Daniel Muzyczuk

Interview

Abstract

[In English]

Beneath is a transcript of an interview held with two researchers from Poland working in innovative ways at the interface of sound, art and research. Michal Libera is a sociologist working in the sound and music field mostly as dramatist, producer, curator and writer. He runs the conceptual pop label Populista, which is dedicated to the mis- and over- interpretation of music, and experiments with various modes of sound narration, such as tape music, installations and opera. Daniel Muzyczuk is Head of the Department of Modern Art at the Muzeum Sztuki (Art Museum) in Łódź, where he works with histories of audiovisual art in Eastern Europe. The aim of the interview, held on 25.07.2017, was to explore the configurations in which research in and around sound is being developed in Poland.