In the 1970s David Toop became preoccupied with the possibility that music was no longer bounded by formalities of audience: the clapping

and Chigozie Obioma—Hearth suggests that empathy and storytelling hold the power to unite us when we have wandered alone for too long

and wrote about - as he wrote about all natural life - with rare attention

the lives of distant family members

dass der Mensch nicht mehr Rechte hat als die Natur

kat austen - The Matter of the Soul (Tape) Katya García-Antón In the 1970s David ToopThe Matter of the Soul is a music, sculpture and performance work. It focusses on the difficult problem of emotional engagement with climate change, and aims to engender empathy in humans with the process of dispersal and transformation in the Arctic region. The work draws an analogy between human migration, the movement of water from ice to ocean in the Arctic and changing identity online. The musical compositions for The Matter of the Soul are based