Kiki is a graduate student studying in the UK. She was among the many people met in Corfu for “Crossing Listening Paths” 2011 WFAE International Conference. Among the questions I respond to are, In the video I respond to four questions, “What feelings to the soundscapes in Corfu inspire in you?”, “What is ’silence’ for you?”, and “When a soundscape is mediatized, does it lose its naturalness?”
“A Week of Sound and Silence” will feature interviews with Christopher W. Clark, Katharine Norman, R. Murray Schafer, David Murphy, and Allen S. Weiss, and other participants in “Crossing Listening Paths.”
Conference of the World Forum for Acoustic Ecology, “Crossing Listening Paths” in Corfu
Monday, October 3, 2011
7:00 - 8:30 PM
Municipal Theater of Corfu
Kerkyra, Greece
The World Forum for Acoustic Ecology hosts a collaborative, hybrid lecture-performance, entitled “Conversation, Improvisation, and Locality,” by Eric Leonardson (Faculty, Sound SAIC), Jay Needham (Faculty, Radio-Television, SIU, Carbondale), and Sabine Breitsameter (Faculty of Media, Hochschule Darmstadt, Germany).
Maile Colbert explores how several key field recordists define and explore the notion of soundscape. In her podcast, Jen Boyd, Rui Costa, Maile, and I address our work in sound studies and field recording.
Join the Midwest Society for Acoustic Ecology, Chicago Phonography, World Listening Project, National Park Service, and the Chicago Park District Stargazers Saturday evening, July 23 at Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore, as we celebrate World Listening Day 2011.
The event takes place from 7:00 to 9:00 p.m. (Central Time).
Paul H. Douglas Center for Environmental Education
100 N. Lake Street, Gary, Indiana 46403
Douglas Center Telephone: 219-395-1772
Chicago Phonography will perform first. The evening soundwalk on Miller Woods trail follows.
More details are posted on the Midwest Society for Acoustic Ecology website: http://mwsae.org/?p=1480
COMING UP: Chicago Phonography performs at the Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore for World Listening Day on Saturday, July 23. Find more information on the website of the Midwest Society for Acoustic Ecology (MSAE).
Chicago Phonography is an informal collective that performs with field recordings from around the Chicago land area: www.chicagophonography.org/
“Nature performs, we provide the secretarial services.” R. Murray Schafer
The second annual World Listening Day is on Monday, July 18. I join hundreds and perhaps thousands more people to celebrate and observe this day all through the week.
World Listening Day is being recognized in a substantial, truly global way. Participation last year was phenomenal. Please visit the WLP website to learn more, participate, and subscribe to our Yahoo! Groups and Facebook Group.
On Saturday, May 21 I led a soundwalk in Miller Woods at the Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore, with the Midwest Society for Acoustic Ecology and World Listening Project. It was a lovely experience with some very interesting people who participated. Above are photos taken one of the soundwalkers, Paul Hertz.
On Saturday, April 16 I will give a talk about the World Listening Project and give a performance at the CIT Cork School of Music. Pauline Oliveros will also be performing telematically from the US with John Godfrey. On Sunday at 12 p.m. I lead a soundwalk workshop in Cork.
Just Listen is a sound art event initiated by the National Sculpture Factory that will unfold across various venues and sites across Cork and Limerick through April 2011. Just Listen will include installations, performances, talks, workshops events and concerts. Invited artists include: David Toop, Anne Bean, Pauline Oliveros, Michael Prime, Eric Leonardson, Stephen Vitiello, John Godfrey, Sabine Breitsameter, and Nicolas Collins. Just Listen was curated by Danny McCarthy and Sean Taylor.
