Category: Global Sonic Cultures

The lecture began with a really exciting Pauline Oliveras sound meditation in which we all sat on the literal edge of our seat with our feets planted down, felt our pulses and all tapped out the rhythm down the microphone.  Lena made it clear that she was very respectful of nature within her practice, this…

Rie Nakajima’s carries her equipment in a suitcase rather than a hardware case, this implies to me that Rie’s art is part of the way she lives rather than an extension of it, she says that her art is a subconscious  thing and describes the physical places in her brain where her art comes from:…

Johann said that this piece was not a performance but more him creating a listening room, this almost removes him from the picture and places an emphasis on the space he is in, as it is not titled a performance this removes the idea of a “performer” for the listener and conjures ideas that it…

Vicky Browne began her guest lecture with an acknowledgment of the fact that the ground she was on was colonised, this is called an “Acknowledgement of country” . She described it as important “Because of our colonial history and the contested nature of the ground we are on” after this she explained that this is…

At the start of every lecture in the sound arts lecture series, the guest lecturer always gives a brief history of their personal backgrounds and interests including where they are from. This is important at the beginning of a talk about your work as it tells people about the places where you work and your…

Derek Bacon is an artist who releases concrete, computer and chamber music. I really enjoyed To the planetarium, it uses repeating concrete sounds of the human voice in a hypnotic way at the start. The excerpt of the planetarium shown uses voices that reminded me of my own childhood. I remember sitting with the older…