"The act of composing as an extension of profound existential experiences in the sensuous field of interaction between the virtual and the real. How come no one conceived this before as an artistic expression of its own? Technology affords this opportunity, but it needed a warmblooded composer to explore the viable potentials available. Arnt Håkon Ånesen's onlinecomposer.org is a document of such a successful finding."
- Bjørn Howard Kruse (Professor in Composition, Composer and Artist)
"A work of art often has one rather narrow, but important way to be relevant. Arnt Håkon Ånesen, the creator of Onlinecomposer, however uses multifaceted tools and means to comment on and process universal and vital themes, though always relevant - on many surfaces simultaneously. His art balances on the not always straight paths of life and manages to enlarge the lonesome and personal to something that is large and important for all of us."
- Malin Kjelsrud (Librettist, Writer and Multi-artist)
"Arnt Håkon uses elements that are equally weighted: Music, soundscape, text, picture and video. Today we might call it mixed media. Back in 1827 when the German philosopher Trahndorff coined the German word “Gesamtkunstwerk“, it meant the different arts combined in one work as opera. The concept was later used by Wagner in 1849. It isn’t known if he knew about Trahndorff. Arnt Håkon isn’t afraid sharing his own personal experiences with the audience. His focus on homosexuality is in my opinion about universal love, and not the ongoing identity war as such. The boarders between reality and fiction was erased introducing the SMS-chat with non-existing Aron Tennenze i season 3. I hope Arnt Håkon is going to develop that angle further. The onlinecomposer site contains furthermore chats with friends and colleagues on a broad types of topics. The music is melodic art-pop combined — Arnt Håkon has a great voice — with the experience from post-Darmstadt academism, but based on state of the art production way beyond the ruling Lo-Fi post-conceptualism."
- Dagfinn Koch (Composer)
"onlinecomposer is at terms with its own time. Creation in presence, communication and enlightenment through social media are key words as descriptors from and out of our modern society. In a mix between performance, philosophy, social awareness and art, onlinecomposer as concept meets the needs of modernity as we know it. The concept can be viewed as a dynamic, pulsating blog where the end product, the music itself, is the very goal of the process. Alternatively, the process can be viewed as the goal itself, leaving the music as a mere byproduct. The composer in solitude, or the band as a community of composers, are all left behind in Aanesen’s extending project. The art lies within and between every post and every shared status. If this is not the future, it sure is the now. Our now."
- Geir F. Stavsøien (Composer)
- Bjørn Howard Kruse (Professor in Composition, Composer and Artist)
"A work of art often has one rather narrow, but important way to be relevant. Arnt Håkon Ånesen, the creator of Onlinecomposer, however uses multifaceted tools and means to comment on and process universal and vital themes, though always relevant - on many surfaces simultaneously. His art balances on the not always straight paths of life and manages to enlarge the lonesome and personal to something that is large and important for all of us."
- Malin Kjelsrud (Librettist, Writer and Multi-artist)
"Arnt Håkon uses elements that are equally weighted: Music, soundscape, text, picture and video. Today we might call it mixed media. Back in 1827 when the German philosopher Trahndorff coined the German word “Gesamtkunstwerk“, it meant the different arts combined in one work as opera. The concept was later used by Wagner in 1849. It isn’t known if he knew about Trahndorff. Arnt Håkon isn’t afraid sharing his own personal experiences with the audience. His focus on homosexuality is in my opinion about universal love, and not the ongoing identity war as such. The boarders between reality and fiction was erased introducing the SMS-chat with non-existing Aron Tennenze i season 3. I hope Arnt Håkon is going to develop that angle further. The onlinecomposer site contains furthermore chats with friends and colleagues on a broad types of topics. The music is melodic art-pop combined — Arnt Håkon has a great voice — with the experience from post-Darmstadt academism, but based on state of the art production way beyond the ruling Lo-Fi post-conceptualism."
- Dagfinn Koch (Composer)
"onlinecomposer is at terms with its own time. Creation in presence, communication and enlightenment through social media are key words as descriptors from and out of our modern society. In a mix between performance, philosophy, social awareness and art, onlinecomposer as concept meets the needs of modernity as we know it. The concept can be viewed as a dynamic, pulsating blog where the end product, the music itself, is the very goal of the process. Alternatively, the process can be viewed as the goal itself, leaving the music as a mere byproduct. The composer in solitude, or the band as a community of composers, are all left behind in Aanesen’s extending project. The art lies within and between every post and every shared status. If this is not the future, it sure is the now. Our now."
- Geir F. Stavsøien (Composer)