Futurism Restated: September 12, 2023

Waves, mountains, and deserts: Oren Ambarchi, Pauline Hogstrand, Deena Abdelwahed & more

Steve Roden died last week at the age of just 59, after being diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease in 2017. Roden’s work—what he called “lowercase sound,” and was sometimes lumped in with a broader microsound movement—came as a revelation to me back around the turn of the millennium. He took simple objects, like pieces of modernist furniture, and unlocked…