film
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Silence
Two nice trailers for today: Silence, by Pat Collins (an excerpt here) In Pursuit of Silence (not yet released) by Patrick Shen
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‘The Field Recordist’ Film
“The Field Recordist” by Lawrence Barker is a film which has an unusual twist in that it is to be an autobiographical documentary complying with a fixed set of rules; an approach different to that taken by the aspiring, or…
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Justin Boyd: Sound and Time
Great documentary by Walley Films on the work of sound artist Justin Boyd. Justin Boyd, Department Chair of Sculpture and Integrated Media at Southwest School of Art, shares his connection with sound and how he uses it to create original…
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Excerpt of “Silence”, a film about field recording
The Wire has published a nice excerpt from a film about field recording, called Silence. Watch an excerpt from a film tracing the fictional travels of a field recordist through north west Ireland. Silence is reviewed by Dan Barrow in The Wire 354. Silence tells the…
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Listen
“A soundscape is any collection of sounds, almost like a painting is a collection of visual attractions,” says composer R. Murray Schafer. “When you listen carefully to the soundscape it becomes quite miraculous.” David New’s portrait of the renowned composer becomes…
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Soundwalkers, Listening to the World Around Us
There are some fundamental principles regarding the construction of an acoustically healthy society, one where we can exist within the sounds of life. Respect towards voice and words, sonic awareness, the awakening of the sense of hearing. To preserve the…