Composition
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Pauline Oliveros, Deep Listener (1932 – 2016)
Exactly one month ago, artist and theorist Pauline Oliveros passed away, but her legacy remains in our hearts, where, as she knew and taught, our listening experience expands. Among a wide variety of things she did in her extensive career, she…
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Dirty Ear, A Research Platform for Contemporary Sound Studies and Sound Art
With six editions already, Dirty Ear Forum is a project of Errant Bodies dedicated to explore sound studies and sound art in contemporary processes, embracing the multiplicity of sound’s practical and theoretical perspectives. “In particular, the project aims…
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Eco: Interviews about the exploration of sound in Latin America by female artists. Elizabeth Polanco
In Greek mythology, Echo (Eco) was a nymph from whose mouth came the most beautiful words. Once upon a time Zeus wife Hera became jealous of Echo and she cursed her so she could only repeat the last words uttered by other people. Following…
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Aural Superimpositions: Olivia Block on Sonic Architecture and Sonambient Pavilion Installation
Here’s an excerpt from a recent talk by sound artist Olivia Block in which she exposes her approach to sound in relation to architecture, specifically in her recent Sonambient Pavilion, where she explored some interesting topics around sounds, materials, shapes, textures, layers,…
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Calls for Recordings: Wildlife Exhibit, Sacred Spaces, Innerscape
There are some calls for field recordings you might be interested to participate in: One is at Sonospace, for Wildlife Field Recording Exhibition 2016. It will be launched in December and presented in an interactive installation in Lisbon, Portugal. Deadline is…
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The Next Station, A poetic sound map of London Underground
You may already know about this wonderful project called The Next Station, result of a collaboration between Cities and Memory and London Sound Survey. It is defined as “the first ever sound map of the London Underground.”, although it is not merely…