<p><i>Sound Jams: Deluxe Edition</i> by Ål Nik [Alexandra Nikolova] gathers five collectively made sonic publications and their visual elaborations within the walls of aCD case. It aims at inspiring practitioners to play with different methods for including sound in their research and artistic practice. This bubblication in a rectangle form collects the outcomes of facilitated group experiences of sound-making and publishing. </p>
<p><i>Ål Nik [Alexandra Nikolova] (Sofia, 1985) is a mixed-media artist, designer, and facilitator who is working between the Netherlands, France and Bulgaria. With her work, she plays with bringing mediums such as illustration and sound together towards an experimental publications and artworks. In the context of her master research, she aimed at finding accessible entry points for other visual makers like her to use sound in their research and artistic work. </i></p>
<p>This special edition celebrates the launch of [sound jams] - a series of facilitated collective sound-based publication makings that I started doing as part of my master’s course research. In this case, you will find the first five editions of the sound jams: the stories behind the making, highlights from the process, visual scores, illustrations and, of course, the sonic pieces (on the micro SD card as well as accessible through a QR code & web link). </p>
<li><ahref='http://wiki.alnik.me/index.php?title=Sound_jams:_m%26m_at_pzi'target="_blank"class='ext'>#1 // deep listening improvisational jam session</a></li>
<li><ahref='http://wiki.alnik.me/index.php?title=Sound_jams:_what_do_books_say%3F'target="_blank"class='ext'>#2 // what do books say?</a></li>
