Listening

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…

December 23, 2016
Sound Thought 2017 – Labora[R]tio, Call for Submissions

Sound Thought has opened a call for recitals, installations and performances for the 2017 edition of the festival, which will take place between May 10 and 12, 2017 at the Centre for Contemporary Arts in Glasgow, Scotland. Deadline for submissions of…

December 21, 2016
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…

December 8, 2016
New Book: Sonic Thinking, A Media Philosophical Approach

Bloomsbury has announced Sonic Thinking, a new book with 344 pages on sonic philosophy and sound studies to be published on February 23, next year, edited by Bernd Herzogenrath, with participation of a very interesting team of contributors who explore…

November 23, 2016
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…

November 22, 2016
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…

November 9, 2016