In this episode I talk about a series of unusual encounters with art and music.

It all started at the contemporary art exhibition Documenta 13 in Kassel in 2012, where I watched a mesmerising video installation about a bird, a flute and a 35,000-year-old melody.

That experience stayed with me for years. Eventually, it sent me looking backward through the history of music — from prehistoric instruments and ancient music to Bach, Glenn Gould and a peculiar little device.

All these impressions, combined, resulted in an amusing idea I want to share with you.

This is the first episode of my podcast, where I plan to explore and demystify art (and, probably, mystify it too) and look for answers that perhaps only art can give.

See pictures from this episode, listen to the mentioned music, and read the transcri ...