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Darmstadt 2014: Make it New!

New Zealand writer and composer, Celeste Oram takes us to the Darmstadt Composers' Festival, featuring interviews with some of the world's most forward thinking artists and composers, and photos by Daniel Pufe.

The Georg-Büchner-Platz aglow with the furnaces of hot air balloons and aerial footage of the city of Darmstadt. Photo: Daniel Pufe.

Elisa Medinilla pianist of the Nadar Ensemble gets wired up ready to rehearse Generation Kill. Photo: Daniel Pufe.

The Nadar Ensemble rehearse Stefan Prins' Generation Kill in Darmstadt's Georg-Büchner-Platz. Photo: Daniel Pufe.

The Nadar Ensemble in the thick of Stefan Prins' multimedia octet Generation Kill. Photo: Daniel Pufe.

Stefan Prins' Generation Kill features a quartet of Playstation-controller players a quartet of live musicians onstage and a quartet of the live musicians' video avatars. Photo: Daniel Pufe.

Dries Tack clarinettist of the Nadar Ensemble displaying virtuosity on a new instrument. Photo: Daniel Pufe.

Belly dancer Meiver de la Cruz prepares to clamber atop the giant cube of video screens in the centre of the square. Photo: Daniel Pufe.

Meiver de la Cruz dances with her corps-de-ballet of quadrocopter drones. Photo: Daniel Pufe.

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