Sonically, the term 'clipping' signals distortion - where sonic excess exceeds clarity, opening up new spaces of possibilities.

Clipping I: Coming of Age gathers transcripts, commissioned texts, personal reflections and tracks that explore the social, emotional, and infrastructural dimensions of 'becoming' through sound and music.

With contributions by alys(alys)alys, Ash Kilmartin, Brandon LaBelle, Content Care, corecore, Emily Moore, Federica Notari, Golnoosh Heshmati, Juliette Lizotte, Katía Truijen, Natasha Rijkhoff, rEmPiT godDe$$, and Slikback. Design by Catharine Hu, Cleo Tsw

Sonically, the term 'clipping' signals distortion - where sonic excess exceeds clarity, opening up new spaces of possibilities.

Clipping I: Coming of Age gathers transcripts, commissioned texts, personal reflections and tracks that explore the social, emotional, and infrastructural dimensions of 'becoming' through sound and music.

With contributions by alys(alys)alys, Ash Kilmartin, Brandon LaBelle, Content Care, corecore, Emily Moore, Federica Notari, Golnoosh Heshmati, Juliette Lizotte, Katía Truijen, Natasha Rijkhoff, rEmPiT godDe$$, and Slikback. Design by Catharine Hu, Cleo Tsw

Clippings are a series of publications by the Nieuwe Instituut’s Through Sounds project that bring together fragments from its ongoing activities. The name refers to the sonic phenomenon of ‘clipping’, whereby audio distorts when signals exceed their limits, as well as to the concept of ‘clippings’ as gathered, cut and rearranged excerpts. Several editions will appear each year, tracing and highlighting developments within Through Sounds as they unfold.