Black Med is an ongoing platform initiated by Invernomuto in 2018. The Mediterranean sea, once understood as a fluid entity aiding the formation of networks and exchange, is now the…

Black Med is an ongoing platform initiated by Invernomuto in 2018. The Mediterranean sea, once understood as a fluid entity aiding the formation of networks and exchange, is now the scenario of a humanitarian crisis and heated geopolitical dispute. Black Med aims at intercepting the trajectories that sounds trace passing through this protean area, as migration routes leave sonic trails that, in the words of Iain Chambers, “resist representation, and propose an affective economy intrinsically diasporic.” The core of the project is an algorithm able to play with the tracks and to broadcast an endless stream. The archive consists of music and sounds selected by Invernomuto and a network of contributors that were invited at different stages since the inception of the project. Moreover, the system is open and anyone can upload new sounds into it: the goal is to have a growing archive, a Black Med magma, which evolves constantly.