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  • A blind astronomer who studies the stars by hearing

    A blind astronomer who studies the stars by hearing

    The touching story of Wanda Diaz Merced, an astronomer focused on data analysis who, after becoming blind because of a degenerative disease, loose the main tool for her visual research on big mass/energetic cosmic movements, a situation which turned to…

  • The Beautiful Lies of Sound Design

    The Beautiful Lies of Sound Design

    In a TEDx event in Athens, sound designer Tasos Fratzolas from Soundsnap library shares some interesting reflections about sound design and the process of illusion and storytelling made in the acousmatic when working around the audiovisual contract created in movies, tv shows and videogames. By…

  • Christine Sun Kim on Sound, Listening and the Importance of Sign Language

    We have previously mentioned sound artist Christine Sun Kim and her amazing work. Born deaf, she is dedicated to sound, offering a very interesting perspective towards it, also creating engaging questions toward the act of listening, as she notes in the latest issue…

  • Meklit Hadero: The Unexpected Beauty of Everyday Sounds

    Using examples from birdsong, the natural lilt of emphatic language and even a cooking pan lid, singer-songwriter and TED Fellow Meklit Hadero shows how the everyday soundscape, even silence, makes music. “The world is alive with musical expression,” she says.…

  • Christine Sun Kim: A New Way to Listen

    Christine Sun Kim: A New Way to Listen

    Though she was born deaf, Christine Sun Kim’s favorite medium to work with is sound. We visited her Brooklyn studios and she showed us what she has in store for her Lincoln Reimagine Project. As a Lincoln Reimagine Project honoree,…

  • Audible Silence: Jez Riley French at TEDxHull

    Audible Silence: Jez Riley French at TEDxHull

    Interesting talk by Jez Riley French at TEDxHull in 2013. Jez Riley French is fascinated and passionate about the infinite detail and expanding vistas of life around us, its sights and sounds, often overlooked or hidden. His creative output focuses…