Thinking
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Sound Worlds of Japanese Gardens
Michael D. Fowler presents an interdisciplinary approach to investigating the sound world of traditional Japanese gardens by drawing from the diverse fields of semiotics, acoustic ecology, philosophy, mathematical modelling, architecture, music, landscape theory and acoustic analysis. Using projects – ranging…
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Three New Books: On Acousmatic Sound, Sonic Continuum and Orality
Here are three books I’ve been exploring recently and strongly recommend. All of them have been written by well-known sound theorists and were released in June/July. In general, I’d say the texts are dedicated to explore different aspects of sound, mainly featuring a…
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ruins in the distance
“The title can hopefully act as a reminder of what all our efforts as a species and a society may amount to if we do not take the necessary precautions to safeguard against our own demise. The audio component is…
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Interview with Tessa Elieff by Jay Dea Lopez Tessa Elieff works as a sound archivist and curator at the National Film and Sound Archive of Australia.When she is not archiving other people’s recordings Tessa works on her own sound practice.…
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Invisible Places | Sounding Cities
A city is a place of diversities. Its rhythms are sometimes contrapuntal, sometimes synchronous. We live in a city of multiple destinations and routes—spaces populated by sounds, smells, gestures, visions, exchanges, encounters, and feelings. We have a better a city…
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Oral History of Wildlife Sound Recording
Cheryl Tipp has published a great post at the Sound and vision blog, featuring seven interviews aimed to explore the perspectives of different professionals dedicated to wildlife sound recording, such as Simon Bearder, Patrick Sellar, Nigel Tucker and David Tombs. The…