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Robert Rabinowitz
A portal into music, writing, sound, strange systems, interactive tools, and the occasional interference of Doktor Are.
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Composer · Writer · Multi-Instrumentalist
Robert Rabinowitz
Music, writing, interviews, recordings, collaborations, and current creative work.
Visit Robert →Alter Ego · Cryptophonic Theorist
Doktor Are
Robert’s surreal double, devoted to arcane systems, musical experiments, false precision, and occasional useful discovery.
Enter the Workbench →Imaginary Archive
Gersh Georgewin
An alter ego once removed: an impossible musical archive curated through Doktor Are’s even less reliable orbit.
Enter the Archive →Essays · Interviews · Articles
Writing & Listening
Practice · Philosophy
Zen and the Art of Playing Flute
A reflective approach to being a flutist, where practice, attention, sound, and identity meet.
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The Lost Art of Listening
A continuing Flutist Quarterly series on attention, deep listening, musicianship, and the role of sound in contemporary life.
Read the Series →Interview
Listening as a Life Practice: Claire Chase
A conversation with Claire Chase on listening, performance, Density 2036, and music as a life practice.
Read Interview →Interview
The Sound of Hope: Listening with Anders Hagberg
An interview with Swedish flutist Anders Hagberg on sound, improvisation, hope, and musical presence.
Read Interview →Essays · Notes · Future Archive
Other Writing
Program notes, ramblings, collaborations, Library of Congress work, and other writing as it comes into focus.
Explore Writing →Interactive Tools · Experiments · Impossible Performances
App Playground
These browser-based projects include practical utilities, educational resources, sonic experiments, and interactive reimaginings of historical or otherwise impossible musical performances. For the best experience, use a tablet, laptop, or desktop.
Internet Performance
Imaginary Landscape No. 4
A web-enabled realization inspired by John Cage’s work for twelve radios, twenty-four players, and conductor.
Launch →Generative Music Tool
Íslenzkr Rúnar ok Galdrastafir
Transform ancient Norse runes and magical staves into ethereal musical structures, soundscapes, and exportable scores.
Launch →Audio-Visual Experiment
Equation Driven Resonance Engine
Explore equation-based worlds where mathematical variants shape motion, resonance, and sound.
Launch →Manifesto · Interactive Text
The V0̸w of The FrAct/ure
A unified declaration from the Re-Assemblers: part manifesto, part rupture, part cryptic transmission.
Enter →Visual Experiment
Interactive GL Shader
A live browser-based visual instrument for exploring motion, color, texture, and shader-driven abstraction.
Launch →Coming Next
Art & Media
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Artwork
Assemblages, junkbots, papiers collés, visual experiments, and other objects from the studio.
Coming SoonVideo · Performance · Documentation
Video Archive
Performances, demonstrations, interviews, experiments, and embedded media from YouTube or hosted sources.
Coming SoonQuestions · Collaborations · Odd Signals
Contact
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