AN IMMERSIVE CREATIVE PROGRAMME AND COMMUNITY-POWERED STUDIO.
FOR PEOPLE FUELLED BY CURIOSITY.

At Channel Twelve, we playfully explore the intersection between living adventurously and the creative process.

Through an evolving series of participatory Quests & Projects - our mission is to inspire a more curious, connected, daring approach to both living and creating.

CREATIVE QUESTS

A monthly club for the
creative and the curious.

We run adventures into the creative unknown, exploring a different, innovative theme during each 2 month Quest cycle. Join a crew of global Questers and playfully widen the lens of your creativity with us. Designed for your spare time.

Creative Quests 2022 is here! Sign up open now.

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PROJECTS

A community-powered studio.

At Channel Twelve, the journey doesn't have to finish when the Quest ends.

We work in collaborative and adventurous ways to develop the most illuminating ideas to emerge from our monthly Creative Quests into artistic projects for everyone to experience.

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TLDR (Too Long, Didn’t Read): For those who aren

TLDR (Too Long, Didn’t Read): For those who aren’t bookworms, you could just join our next Creative Quest where we embody these kinds of principles, challenging our perceptions around a certain theme, and as a result, the way we think more generally. 🧠 💭

🐛 If you’re still reading, you’re probably the bookworm type. And in that case, you’re about to armchair travel and hear our thoughts on our favourite books on perception and living a more creative life.

📕 Unlock your creative potential with “Conscious Creativity” (@consciouscreativity) by Philippa Stanton (@5ftinf). This book is a practical, playful guide bursting with inspiration to help bring more colour into to your life. It will help you open your senses to the beauty you may not notice every day, and show you how to capture it with simple, engaging exercises that encourage observation and experimentation.

📕 An art school required reading, “Ways of Seeing” (1972) by John Berger, is one of the most stimulating and the most influential books on art in any language. This is an eye-opener in more ways than one: by concentrating on *how* we look at paintings… he will almost certainly change the way you look at pictures. Disclaimer: if you aren’t interested in art history, maybe steer clear of this one.

📕 By revealing the startling truths about the brain and its perceptions, “Deviate: The Science of Seeing Differently” by @labofmisfits founder @beaulotto, shows that the next big innovation is not a new technology: it is a new way of seeing. Visually stunning, with illustrations and optical illusions throughout, and with comprehensive explanations of the science behind how our perceptions operate, “Deviate” will revolutionise the way you see yourself, others and the world.

Got any recommendations? Leave them in the comments 👇

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There's something about the materiality of this ar

There's something about the materiality of this artwork that is so fascinating. Although made of steel balls, a drum, motor and light, the sound it produces is remarkably similar to being at the ocean shore. ⁠
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This artwork is aptly called "Pleasure Waves" (2022) and is by @moritzsimongeist, a self-proclaimed robot musician. ⁠
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Build: Jonas Engelhardt @jonas._.engelhardt⁠
Film: Robert Arnold @cuthead_uv⁠
Thanks to @bennobrucksch @theconstitute @mouseonmars⁠
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#artofinstagram #composer #installationart #sounddesign #experimentalmusic #soundart #soundinstallation #musicrobots #moritzsimongeist #robotics #oddlysatisfying #asmr #new_media_art ( #📷 @new_media_art )

It's our third week of exploring SOUND in Creative

It's our third week of exploring SOUND in Creative Quests. At this point in the process we begin to start CREATING!

We are now thinking how to channel the experiences back into something. Maybe it's an experience that inspires us to write / draw / meditate / sing / dance / make a film or make an instrument... the possibilities are endless.

We found a mesmerising video by @simonasnekrosius (first slide). He is an experimental sound artist who creates his own instruments. We love your work, Simon! Equally as fascinating are the videos by @pushandtweak (second slide) and @olivierdelevingne (third slide). @olivierdelevingne recorded an inverted tower of cymbals, an artwork called ‘Shimmering Beast’ by @konnekt.c.

To get the creative juices flowing we are looking at the concept of Silence vs Noise and what that means to us... and then responding to it. Maybe it’s not quiet as literal as quiet vs loud.

Remember: stay playful! Do what feels most natural.

( #📷 @simonasnekrosius )
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🤫 Ever heard of a composer who didn’t invite

🤫 Ever heard of a composer who didn’t invite a sound to be made? With no notes on their musical sheet? ** John Cage enters the chat ** ⁠
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Reminiscent of other artists who turned their faces from tradition in search of new horizons, John Cage (1912 – 1992) was a pioneer of indeterminacy in music, electroacoustic music, and non-standard use of musical instruments. 🎹 ⁠
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He is perhaps best known for his 1952 composition 4”²33” which is performed in the absence of deliberate sound; musicians who present the work do nothing aside from being present for the duration specified by the title… 🤫 It would confirm John Cage as one of the most controversial – and significant – composers of the 20th century. ⁠
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Poetically, we love the irony of the piece. 🎼 Traditionally, composers write and arrange music, taking you on a predetermined sonic journey. And here’s John Cage, just advocating for silence, presence, and stillness. ⁠
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BRAVO, Mr Cage, BRAVO! 👏⁠
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To leave you on a funny note… we found this little joke:⁠
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Debussy: The music is not in the notes, but in the spaces between them.⁠
Cage: I got ya, mate. ⁠

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