MEMORABILIA. COLLECTING SOUNDS WITH…
Conversation with Ed Veenstra on his sound collection.
Dutch collector Ed Veenstra collects all kinds of music-objects by plastic artists (a total of around 3,500) who have worked with sound at some point in their careers. Records, but also what he calls “anti-records,” strange, impossible and unclassifiable formats that approach the object from a radically different perspective and exceed the traditional functions of the medium. His thorough and detailed collection and classification work sheds light on the art world’s fascination with sound and music.
MEMORABILIA. COLLECTING SOUNDS WITH… is a new series that seeks to break through to unearth and reveal private collections of music and sound memorabilia. The documentary series is a historiography of sound collecting that reveals the unseen and passionate work of the amateur collector while reconstructing multiple parallel histories such as the evolution of recording formats, archival issues, the sound collecting market and the evolution of musical styles beyond the marketplace.
Conversation with Douglas Mcgowan on his sound collection
This is a conversation by email with the American new age collector Douglas Mcgowan, which took place in Winter 2012.
Transcript of Ed Veenstra's lecture: "Broken Music, anti-records and object records".
Ed Veenstra. Teaser
This music selection was used as a teaser for the MEMORABILIA. Collecting sounds with... Ed Veenstra lecture, which took plave on April 15th, 2011 at the MACBA, and features some of the highlights of Ed Veenstra’s collection.
Meta-records
A selection of records that mention, replicate, utilise or study the phenomena of vinyl, the record player and/or recordings.
Ed Veenstra. Part II
A musical selection of some of the secret jewels found in Ed Veenstra's record collection, specialised in Broken Music: records and paramusical works produced by visual artists and other avant-garde creators.
Ed Veenstra. Part I
Dutch collector Ed Veenstra is one of the world’s leading authorities on the genre of Broken Music: records and paramusical works produced by visual artists and other avant-garde creators.