waste(s) BY KMRU
16.09.21
Waste is fundamentally crucial to environmental discourse both in physical and digital domains. It contains the value, usage, and temporality of things, although many are unaware of how much these phygital wastes contribute to the climate catastrophe. Just from our daily lives, we are in situations that contribute to carbon emissions generated through our devices and internet use. In contrast, other parts of the world, such as Nairobi, the subject of KMRU’s piece, are battling with tactile wastes surrounded by landfills affecting communities and the life of humans and other species. waste(s) (2021, 15:48 min.) seeks to reflect on the concept of pollution. It asks: How is waste created? What happens when waste is thought of in different ways, and can waste be a source? To create the piece, KMRU collaged field recordings of waste(d) spaces, electromagnetic sounds of social media sites, and the digital debris of trashed and recycled audio fragments into new compositions. A juxtaposition between the digital-physical concept of waste is recontextualized as an artistic resource for real and imagined pollutions.
More Videos
12.12.24
Join us for this end of year bonus episode with the one and only Telfar.
11.12.24
NTS resident OK Williams and Berlin-based DJ mobilegirl come together for the final NTS Rush Mix of the year – brash rhythms and peaktime energy for the full hour...
09.12.24
Bar Italia performing live on the Agnes Stage, presented by NTS.
08.12.24
The full recording from the closing set at NTS' Square Party in Gillett Square, Dalston.
06.12.24
ML Buch performing live on the Agnes Stage, presented by NTS - at RALLY Festival in Southwark Park, August 2024.
06.12.24
Japanese folk songwriter and guitarist Ichiko Aoba stops by the London NTS studio to share a handful of her mesmerising compositions in a special medley.
06.12.24
Mount Kimbie performing live on the Channel Stage, presented by NTS - at RALLY Festival in Southwark Park, August 2024.
26.11.24
Brazilian DJ and producer Mu540 brings their signature sound to the NTS RUSH hotseat ahead of the release of his new 4x4 EP - blending four-to-the-floor rhythms with São Paulo's signature baile funk.
13.11.24
World-beating South African duo Major League Djz bring deep house, amapiano and afro house flavours to the NTS RUSH Mix...
23.10.24
Bumpin' and trippy house and techno from two NTS regulars.
09.10.24
A rocket ship ride from Scotland's next technicolour pop auteur.
25.09.24
Percussion, percussion, percussion in the latest NTS RUSH Mix from Regal86 – the Monterrey, Mexico producer and DJ currently blazing a hole through the club underground.
