Sounds are ever present: They continue to envelop and move through you and me in every single moment. But what agencies drive those sounds, what sort of personae are performed, in historical …Continue reading
Postcolonial Repercussions
These days the sixth volume in the Sound Studies Series (since 2008) is being published by Transcript Publishing: Postcolonial Repercussions: On Sound Ontologies and Decolonised Listening Edited by Andi Schon and Johannes …Continue reading
Sound Art in the 21st Century
What is sound art in the 21st century? Who are today’s performers, and what do they do to find and create sounds that make us listen, think, discuss, doubt, or imagine? What …Continue reading
120 Years of Sound Art
What is sound art in the 21st century? Who are today’s performers, and what do they do to find and create sounds that make us listen, think, discuss, doubt, or imagine? What …Continue reading
Sound Studies Lab Lectures 2022
“What do we want? Climate justice. When do we want it? Now!” Battle cries of climate change activists like that can be understood as evidence for the proposition that especially in recent …Continue reading
HOW TO DO THINGS WITH SOUND?
Sonic fictions are everywhere: in conversations about vernacular culture, in music videos, sound art compositions, and on record sleeves; in everyday encounters with sonic experiences and in every single piece of writing …Continue reading
Sounding the Dissolution
On September 1st, Giada Dalla Bontà started to work at the University of Copenhagen as a PhD researcher within the Sound Studies Lab. In her project she investigates the role of experimental …Continue reading
Sounding Crisis
On Febuary 8, 2021 the European Commission announced the results of the MSCA Individual Fellowship 2020. €328 million in grants have been awarded this time to 1,630 excellent researchers from all over …Continue reading
My Listening Protocol IV
A sonically rhythmic carrot, cauliflower, cumin soup to brighten a winter day As part of the listening protocol series, I propose a sonic sensing experience in the form of a performative recipe. …Continue reading
What is the Sound of the Energy Revolution?
Recently, the German magazine zweitausend50 (meaning: twothousand50) − issued by the German Association of Energy and Water Industries, representing about 1,900 companies − got in contact with us. They wished to know …Continue reading