Listening
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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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Eco part 2: Alma Laprida
This is the second part of Echo, a series of interviews of Latin American female artists. This time I interviewed Alma Laprida, an artist from Buenos Aires, Argentina, whose work with sound has been drawing my attention for some time now. Here the interview.…
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New Books: Beyond Vision, Theorizing Sound Writing, Quiet Ecology, Age of Noise in Britain
Here are four interesting new books on sound you might be interested to explore, in this case mostly covering discussions on sound studies and sonic philosophy. Some of them are already published, others are available for pre-order. The new titles include…
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Marcus Fischer’s Words of Concern for Critical Times
Sound artist and composer Marcus Fischer started a project just the day before January 20th, 2017, date in which the new president of the United States started his government period, arising all kind of reactions which probably you already know well.…
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Journal of Sonic Studies, 13th Issue: Acoustic Ephemeralities
A new (13th) issue of our beloved Journal of Sonic Studies has been published and is available online. This edition was coordinated by guest editors Monika Dommann, Boris Previšić, and Marianne Sommer and has been focused on the idea of acoustic…
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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…