May 16, 2021
In contemporary Western culture we seem to have lost an intimate
connection with the land. More often than not we consider our
surroundings as a passive backdrop in which humankind can take
center stage: controlling the landscape, developing
infrastructures, and extracting resources at will. This rather
anthropocentric position has become unviable, however, as recent
human-driven ecological crises – like climate change, the dramatic
loss of biodiversity and large-scale destruction of habitats – are
clearly indicating. If we wish to develop a more sustainable
future, we urgently need to reconnect to our environment and
restore a more reciprocal relationship with the earth.
In the context of the project Land, studium
generale commissioned the Radio ArtEZ series Sounding Places /
Listening Places in which writer and music journalist Joep
Christenhusz and creator of sound works, musician, writer, poet,
and Deep Listener Sharon Stewart enquire how sound and listening
can help us to do so.
In this second episode we focus on urban and domestic sounds with
field recordist, musician and researcher Peter Cusack and sound
artist Elise ‘t Hart.
Shownotes
Reading
- Cusack, Peter, Berlin Sonic Places: A Brief Guide (Wolke Verlag)
- Cusack, Peter, Sounds From Dangerous Places (ReR Megacorp, 2011)
- Voegelin, Salomé, Listening to Noise and Silence
Links
- Peter Cusack: https://www.crisap.org/people/peter-cusack/
- Favourite Sounds: https://www.favouritesounds.org/
- Sounds From Dangerous Places: https://www.sounds-from-dangerous-places.org/
- Elise ‘t Hart: https://www.elisethart.com/
Sounding Places - Listening Places was commissioned by ArtEZ
Studium Generale. Interviews, texts and voice overs by Sharon
Stewart and Joep Christenhusz. It is produced by Ondercast for Studium Generale ArtEZ.
Studium Generale curator for this series: Catelijne de Muijnck