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Sound Studies Journal Special Issue: Sonic Skills in Cultural Contexts
During the last three months, Sound Studies Interdisciplinary Journal has been publishing some articles of their Volume 2, an special issue on Sonic Skills in Cultural Contexts: Theories, Practices and Materialities of Listening, edited by Joeri Bruyninckx and Alexandra Supper. It can be read and download openly…
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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 reflects the gesture of ignoring…
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Muku Kobayashi – Take no Hikui-Ki no Take wa Hikui
Take no Hikui-Ki no Take wa Hikui is a series of wooden-crafted cinematic sound devices by Japanese artist Muku Kobayashi, integrating different sounds based on analogue generators and acoustical experiments, including horns and classic oscillators. As Neural notes, “each and every device has a specific “identity” (the…
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On Listening #1: Thinking (through) the ear
Curated by Arnau Horta is ON LISTENING, a new program by the radio of Barcelona’s Museum of Contemporary Art, MACBA. The first part of the series, Thinking (through) the ear, is a fascinating exploration of listening and sonic philosophy in the words of key contemporary thinkers,…
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Listening Across Disciplines, New Program at Resonance FM
Listening Across Disciplines, a recent project by Salomé Voegelin and Anna Barney dedicated to inter-disciplinary exploration of listening, now has a radio program at Resonance FM. Produced and edited by Voegelin, the program is focused on presenting “methods of listening as they are used by astrophysicists, urbanists,…
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Aquaphoneia: Alchemy of Sound and Matter
Sound can be assumed by its transformative properties and processes, as a form of alchemy, a transmutation both tangible and intangible, psychic and physical, where every echo or object is processed in terms of its most primal roots, in terms of deep relationships within nature’s elements. In that way, resonance and…
