Ecology
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World Listening Day 2017: Listening to the Ground, Tribute to Pauline Oliveros
World Listening Project has announced the theme for the annual World Listening Day (#wld2017) to happen next July 18th. It will be “Listening to the ground”, which remembers and honors the life and legacy of artist Pauline Oliveros, who passed away…
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Sound Journeys
“Sound journeys is an experiment into how sound shapes the way we understand the world, created by The Principals in collaboration with sound recordist Chris Watson (sound recordist for David Attenborough and formerly of the band Cabaret Voltaire). Shot and…
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‘Earth is a Solar Powered Jukebox’, New Book by Gordon Hempton
Acoustic ecologist Gordon Hempton, known as “The Sound Tracker” has published Earth is a Solar Powered Jukebox, a new book dedicated to explore his scientific and artistic perspectives around environmental sound, field recording and sound design. “Presented in two parts, Forces of…
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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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Sound Maps in the 21st Century
Interesting reflection by sound artist John Kannenberg around sound maps and its current possibilities, challenges and meaning. “Sound maps are boring. Why? I would argue it’s because they’ve become stuck in a rut that began when the idea of ‘sound…
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Towards a “New” Sonic Ecology, Lecture by Marcel Cobussen
In his inaugural lecture as as professor in Auditory Culture at the University of Leiden, Marcel Cobussen, researcher, founder of the Journal of Sonic Studies and recently co-editor of The Routledge Companion to Sounding Art, exposed a fascinating idea around…