After the Maestro w/ Xenogothic and Wyrd Signal: Episode 2/2

In Episode 2/2 of ‘After the Maestro’ with Xenogothic, Wyrd Signal and Tom K Kemp, the Pineal Gland, Toxiplasma-gondii, Spermatazoa and Heart face a profoundly existential threat to their newly reformed anatomy. Biological processes are re-rerouted, secrets are unearthed, and the future of the emancipated City hangs in the balance. In this special edition of tetatet, artist Tom K Kemp is joined by writer and blogger Matt Colquhoun (@xenogoth, @buddieswithoutorgans) and hosts of the podcast Wyrd Signal (@wyrdsignalpodcast) to play a session of his roleplaying game ‘After the Maestro’, set within an ‘anthropomorphised anatomy’, as seen in animations like ‘Once Upon a Time.. Life’, ‘Osmosis Jones’ and ‘Cells at Work!’. Players adopt the roles of groups of microbial and cellular workers during the aftermath of a successful labour emancipation within the inner body, where the ‘Maestro’, or centralised vital force of the body, has been removed. Each session of the game generates a new narrative of anatomical and social re-organisation, complicating and estranging common body-politic metaphors into a tale of emancipatory body-horror. Music for the episodes - Legal and General Life Solutions, kindly provided by Percival Pembroke (@oiseaux) These episodes are hosted by fanfare, recorded at Rupert Residency, Vilnius, and supported by Radio Orsimanirana at MKG Hamburg (@mkghamburg). The After the Maestro project is supported by the Stimuleringsfonds Creative Industries @stimuleringsfonds.