麻豆社

In 2020, we're joining up with dozens of public service radio stations around the world to invite listeners everywhere to share the magic of SLEEP remotely.

We asked Max what drove him to embark on this gargantuan project, and to explore the ideas he is exploring through the work.

I’ve always been interested in sleeping. In common with a lot of people who do creative work, I have an instinct that this state is where a lot of important things happen, both to do with my work, and also more generally. This is one reason why sleeping is one of my very favourite things to do.

I also feel that there is an intuitive connection between sleeping and music beyond this - and this connection is summed up by the tradition of the lullaby, which seems to be a universal in human culture. Sleeping and music seem to be related altered states in some way.

So many of us today are overwhelmed by a blizzard of information, and because of this our engagement with the things around us can end up one-dimensional. I hope this project can function as a holiday from our usual very busy data universe.

In focussing on a single, very large object like this, I’m hopeful we can engage with it more reflectively and deeply. Actually, in a way, this engagement, the experience of the listener, is the subject of the project. For me, this connects to the recent renewed interest in mindfulness techniques.