Essays
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Defining Tradition of Sound Culture: Questioning The Importance of Authenticity | Essay by Guoda Dirzyte
“In the future varying cultures will be unified and, assisted by technology, eventually we will have a global culture” [1] It is difficult to talk about contemporary sound culture or cultures in general, their traditions and heritage while living in…
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Sounding the Archives: Sounding the past towards a future living archive
A message from the author: The following is writing from an earlier time in my recent research project, Wayback Sound Machine: Sound through time, space, and place. It felt an appropriate beginning to share here as the first part of the…
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Against Immersion
There is a clear and present danger of climate change, whether or not we pay adequate heed to the facts and figures that are lurking and loitering around us. Perhaps we are yet unmindful of the reality. Perhaps our fear…
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Silentium – Exploring spirituality in electroacoustic music
This text describes the processes of composing Silentium, an electroacoustic piece conceived during a residency in Prague in December 2015 [1]. The piece interrogates the notion of spirituality in electroacoustic music by utilizing sounds of religious origin and ponders on…
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The Politics of Not-listening
Am I not speaking to you? If I am, then why do you look away from me? ‘Not-responding’ is a usual tactic employed by many to undermine the integrity of a sender or speaker and her/his intention to communicate. The tactic…
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Ambient sound: presence, embodiment and the spatial turn