Noise Research Union (NRU)

Sept 2025

Happy to join a wonderful crew of people who founded the Noise Research Union, investigating noise in all its permutations, and scheming events to think through them collectively. Plenty of iterations in various locations and manifestations coming up. Founding members: Cécile Malaspina, Inigo Wilkins, Martina Raponi, Mattin, Miguel Prado and Sonia de Jager.

From the NRU website: Even though it seems difficult to assess to what extent things are different from whatever came before, it does seem as if the world is in a state of crisis. This acceleration of complexity, together with issues such as climate change and a growing suspicion in regards to the power for change through political or cultural means leave us with the need for concepts that can help us understand these times of turmoil. Noise is such a concept. Therefore, it is not surprising to see an emerging interest in noise in different fields and systems as diverse as information theory; music and sonology; AI and machine learning; capitalism and finance; aesthetics; biophysiopsychosociology; complexity; etc.