Un tune

The second edition of the CTM Magazine, published on the occasion of the CTM 2015 Festival, is thematically centred on the topic "Un Tune“. On 104 pages, texts by scholars and artist investigate how the immediate effects of frequencies, sound and music confront and disturb the human body, and explore the extent to which pre-conscious, psycho-physiological affects influence the perception and interpretation of sound and music. The word “tuning” is used as a metaphor for aligning, fixing, and optimizing, often to a norm or standard. Untuning, therefore, signifies sound’s ability to dismantle expectations and bend pre-established rubrics as well as to affect (both positively and negatively) humans’ physiological and psychological balance. The magazine incorporates and excavates the „Un Tune“ theme through a multiplicity of approaches, from discussions of the use of sonic weaponry in psychological warfare to the healing power of ASMR, and from archaeoacoustics to inspection of the racial politics of Berlin’s techno scene. Articles address the use of classical music in public spaces as an anti-loitering tactic, AutoTune’s potential to neutralize gender binaries, and the observation of sound as a manifestation of unexplained, paranormal phenomena. The collection also features of a handful of artworks by visual artists. With contributions by a. o. Chris Salter, Paul Devereux, Lawrence English, David Wojnarowicz, Alexander G. Weheliye, Annie Goh, Marie Thompson, James Hoff, Marc Couroux, Toby Heys and Anke Eckardt, Shintaro Miyazaki, Annie Gårlid, Jakub Juhás, Clarie Tolan, Marc Schwegler and Remo Bitzi.