Interview: Chris Watson and Jana Winderen

Chris Watson and Jana Winderen in an interview with Robert Dornhelm (23:50). A discussion about “Snaefellsnes” (2008) a Multi-channel audio work encoded for 47 channel Commissioned by Thyssen-Bornemisza Art Contemporary. The project was recorded on location in Iceland, this composition, which resonates throughout the structure of The Morning Line, captures the atmosphere, mystery, and elemental forces of the remote Snᴂfellsnes Peninsula, home to the Snᴂfellsjökull volcano. The audience is invited to enter and browse within this unique acoustic landscape, which was recorded in surround sound at the time of the midnight sun, before being drawn up the mountainside into the crater and transported toward the center of the earth. – the artist. Source: TBA21-Academy: A Research Based Creative Initiative

Interview: Chris Watson “Whispering in the Leaves”

Whispering in the Leaves -- An Interview with Chris Watson (29:40). On the occasion of his installation 'Whispering in the Leaves' at the Sunderland Winter Gardens commissioned for AVFest 2008, Sounding Out , the international academic conference on sound and the moving image, took the opportunity to interview Newcastle based and world-renowned sound recordist, experimental musician and sound artist Chris Watson about his work. Source: Digital Drift.

Lecture: Lawrence English - Can We Hear Someone Listening?

We Can See Someone Looking, But Can We Hear Someone Listening? (13:20) Composer and artist, Lawrence English is interested in audition, which is the act of perceiving with our ears to extract information from the world around us. Unlike our eyes, our ears have no lids but does this mean we’re always listening and what is this thing called listening anyway - is it merely hearing or is it something more decisive? Most of all he ponders, can we listen to a listener’s listening? Source: TEDxSydney Salon 

Sound Recording - Mosquito Identification

Mosquito Identification (3:59) A simple recording of a mosquito’s buzz on a cell phone could contribute to a global-scale mosquito tracking map of unprecedented detail. The Prakash Labat Stanford, led by Manu Prakash, assistant professor of bioengineering, is looking for citizen scientists to contribute to Abuzz, a mosquito monitoring platform the lab developed to produce the most detailed global map of mosquito distribution. All that’s required is for as many people as possible to 

submit audio recordings of mosquitoes they encounter. 

Visit Abuzz: http://abuzz.stanford.edu/

Soundscapes by Claude Schryer

9 simplesoundscapes videos A 27-minute video compilation of iteration 2 of simplesoundscapes featuring e74 sky, e20 rumeurs, e38 meter, e09 propelled, e57 ducks, e78 wind, e11 arrival, e77 drum and e01 rumble by sound artist Claude Schryer.

Lecture: Sam Auinger IVP 2017

Quiet is the New Loud (57 min.) This video documents Sam Auinger’s keynote presentation, at the 2017 Invisible Places: Sound, Urbanism and Sense of Place. S. Miguel Island, Azores, Portugal.

Lecture: Juhani Pallasmaa IVP 2017

Touching the World (1:06) This video documents Juhani Pallasmaa’s keynote presentation, at the 2017 Invisible Places: Sound, Urbanism and Sense of Place. S. Miguel Island, Azores, Portugal.

Lecture: Hildegard Westerkamp IVP 2017

The Practice of Listening in Unsettled Times (1:19) This video documents Hildegard Westerkamp's keynote presentation at the 2017 Invisible Places: Sound, Urbanism and Sense of Place. S. Miguel Island, Azores, Portugal.