Luis Tsukayama-Cisneros's public scholarship, photography and visual documentation
This is just a personal opinion: a lot of people have been saying for a few years now that contemporary music sucks, that it is not as good as music was in the 80s or 90s…. And I kind of agree with that. I listen to a lot of music, I make music, but I am also a social scientist.
Read MoreWhat is the meaning of music to a society? Everyone has a special relationship with music, but not everyone can very clearly say what makes a song, a style or band special to someone. By looking at the cases of the two grandfathers of electronic music (Kraftwerk in Germany, Yellow Magic Orchestra in Japan), and how electronic music emerged in Germany and Japan in the 1970s, we can explore the relationship between popular music and the social, historical and cultural context in which it appears.
Read MoreI am broken-hearted. I cannot find words that will do justice to what I feel about David Bowie’s passing; neither about his death nor about how much his artistry influenced my life. He is the first person (and one of the only ones) I ever saw who showed that what you produce and show to the world can be anything: music, acting, a life of artistry in general and to the full extent of the word.
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