hildegard westerkamp

  • The Sound of Memory Symposium: Sound-track/Sound-scape, Call for Submissions

    The Sound of Memory Symposium: Sound-track/Sound-scape, Call for Submissions

    The Sound of Memory Symposium has opened a call for submissions for upcoming events taking place between 22 and 24 April 2017 at London, in two locations: Zilkha Auditorium: Whitechapel Gallery and Goldsmiths, University of London. “Proposals are invited for academic papers, study…

  • The Disruptive Nature of Listening, by Hildegard Westerkamp

    The Disruptive Nature of Listening, by Hildegard Westerkamp

    Hildegard Westerkamp has published in her site at SFU a transcription of the keynote address at the International Symposium on Electronic Art, held in Vancouver, Canada in August 18 this year. Below is the abstract: A true state of listening cannot…

  • A Short History of Acoustic Ecology

    A Short History of Acoustic Ecology

    Great audio documentary produced by Chris Wood, Camara Miller and Nathan Clarkson and mastered by Magdalena Kasperek dedicated to acoustic ecology and published at The Banff Centre Blog. A Short History of Acoustic Ecology’ is part one of our two-part…

  • An Interview with Hildegard Westerkamp

    An Interview with Hildegard Westerkamp

    Hildegard Westerkamp is a composer, radio artist and sound ecologist. 
She is a pioneering figure within the field of soundscape studies and sound ecology and an integral member of the World Soundscape Project. She presents soundscape workshops, performs, writes and…

  • Six Recordists on Soundscape Exploration

    Brilliant post at Sounding Out! featuring short interviews with six sound artists/recordists talking about their approach to field recording/sound exploration. The list includes Jez riley French, Rui Costa, Catherine Clover, Andrea Williams, Hildegard Westerkamp and Eric Leonardson. “It devolves on…