Musical Fields Forever

MusicalFieldsForever is a group of Artists and also a Project. The members have diverse artistic backgrounds within music, industrial design, interaction design, but share the use of Networking models and the Computer as their major working tool and material. They also share a vision for the democratic potential of these technologies.

The project is to explore new forms of expression in interactive media by creating open, audio-tactile art installations. They call their installations musical fields. A musical field is open for co-creation on many different levels, both on a material level, musically as well as open for diverse interpretations. Therefore a musical field can be open for different movements and actions like seeing, creating music individually and for collaboration between many people. A musical field can be open for the co-creator so that he can change between different roles and interpretations over time, just to mention some meanings of openness. The consequence of openness is therefore a hybridisation between the audience and designer-composer. The democratic potential is that everybody can become a co-creator, on his or her personal level of interaction, expertise and engagement.

Members of the group MusicalFieldsForever are Anders-Petter Andersson, Birgitta Cappelen, and Fredrik Olofsson. They have worked together since 2000 when they met at the Swedish Interactive Institute. The group has exhibited their artworks in places such as the MusicMakers event in Berlin, Ogaki Biennale at IAMAS in Japan, ICA in London (Institute of Contemporary Art), Rooseum in Malmö, Sweden (Centre for Contemporary Art), House of Culture in Stockholm, Sweden, Museum of Contemporary Art in Roskilde, Denmark, House of Culture in Hässleholm, Sweden, Designåret/Design Year H05 in Helsingborg, Sweden, DogA (Center for Design and Architecture) in Oslo, Contemporary Music and Art festival in Växjö, Sweden and Museum of Modern Art in Stockholm.

Recent Activity:

• Jun 9-11 - MFF presents paper, Trans-Create - Co-Design with Persons with Severe Disabilities, at UD2021
• Oct 2020 - MFF workshop, Inspire to Move - Home:Online, AHO
• Oct 2019 - MFF workshop, Invite and Inspire to Dance, AHO
• Oct 30 - Nov 2 - MFF presents paper at UDHEIT2018, Dublin
• Oct 2018 - MFF workshop, Inspire to Move, AHO
• Sep 28 - MFF exhibits Polly World, at Sofiemyråsen School in the Cultural Schoolbag Programme, Arts Council Norway

• Sep 27 - MFF exhibits Polly World, at Rud High School in the Cultural Schoolbag Programme, Arts Council Norway
• Sep 25 - MFF exhibits Polly World, at Skåningsrud School in the Cultural Schoolbag Programme, Arts Council Norway
• Sep 21 - MFF exhibits Polly World, at Mailand High School in the Cultural Schoolbag Programme, Arts Council Norway
• Sep 18 - MFF exhibits Polly World, at Garderåsen School in the Cultural Schoolbag Programme, Arts Council Norway
• Sep 17 - MFF exhibits Polly World, at Hvalstad School in the Cultural Schoolbag Programme, Arts Council Norway
• Sep 14 - MFF exhibits Polly World, at Frydenlund School in the Cultural Schoolbag Programme, Arts Council Norway
• Sep 11 - MFF exhibits Polly World, at Drøbak School in the Cultural Schoolbag Programme, Arts Council Norway
• Sep 10 - MFF exhibits Polly World, at Blakstad School in the Cultural Schoolbag Programme, Arts Council Norway
• Sep 6-7 - MFF presents Vitalizing Health Promoting Technology for Elderly in Design Education, at 20th Engineering & Product Design Education International Conference, E&PDE2018, at the Dyson School of Design Engineering, Imperial College London, UK