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  • Silence and Forest Sentience in Mustarinda, by John Grzinich

    Silence and Forest Sentience in Mustarinda, by John Grzinich

    Sound artist John Grzinich has published an interesting article on a recent residency he had at Mustarinda. “In October-November 2019 I was fortunate to spend a month experiencing the slow transition between late-Autumn and early-Winter in the forests of central…

  • The Thingness of Sound | Essay by Mandy-Suzanne Wong

    The Thingness of Sound | Essay by Mandy-Suzanne Wong

    [‘Thinking Resonance’ is a series articles based on a bidirectional relation considered between sound and thinking, approaching the interstice between thinking about and/or through sound/listening, that is, sonority both as object of study and as speculative/critical device] The Thingness of Sound…

  • Sound Maps in the 21st Century

    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…

  • Ear | Wave | Event – Issue Two

    Ear | Wave | Event publication has published issue #2, including the following articles: Listening? BY BILL DIETZ & WOODY SULLENDER Relational Listening : The Politics Of Perception BY LAWRENCE ENGLISH  Relational Listening P.S. BY BILL DIETZ & LAWRENCE ENGLISH Sound,…

  • Sonic Boom

    Sonic Boom

    How digital technology is transforming our relationship with sound Full article

  • Reflections on silence

    Reflections on silence

      When you listen to silence, silence listens back to you There is no traffic hum or any other urban sound. There are no trees around or even the softest breeze to filter through their leaves. With nowhere to find…