Listening
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“Acoustic Infrastructures”, continent. journal special issue on sound
Continent. journal has published an interesting issue on sound called Acoustic Infrastructures, exploring a wide range of perspectives around them, crossing art, ecology, technology, philosophy, among others. The street-level sonic cultures, acoustic ecologies and personal interventions available to us have,…
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Salomé Voegelin on silent agency, auditory imagination and the listening avatar
Interesting article by Salomé Voegelin at four by three magazine, featuring some reflections about the agency of oneself and others in silence, the contemporary processes happening on listening and aspects of auditory imagination, addressing interesting issues and also pointing to some writings of…
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Ambient sound: presence, embodiment and the spatial turn
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#SoundCon 2016: Call & Application for Online Conferences
SoundCon is an online conference happening this year and dedicated to explore several topics around sound. It is partnering with World Listening Day 2016 to offer live streaming of discussions and presentations around this year’s WLD theme, “Sounds Lost & Found”. It…
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Living Earth, Dark Ecology and the Exit of Toxic Modernity
Based on philosopher Timothy Morton’s idea of Dark Ecology, Sonic Acts team has been collaborating with Norwegian curator Hilde Methi between 2014 and 2016 in a rich exploration of territories aimed to embrace Morton’s idea of “ecology without Nature”, which points…
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On listening (as a creative task in musical performances)
What can happen when we listen to music sitting quietly? What can be the effect of music during a concert that takes place in a condition of “worshipful silence” [1], as it has been established in Western culture since the…