During a journey to the Brescian Pre-alps I accidentally encountered a shepherd who brought his cows up on the high-Valtrompia mountains. The sound piece Amicizia con la Ciòca refers to the anthropological tuning of the shepherd with the place he inhabits and his working setting. Stream it on KunstRadio or listen to it on the austrian radio Ö1, 13 Nov. 2011, 23:03.
CitySoundResearcher is a research month in which I develop a series of listening strategies for specific locations in the city of Köln. The city serves as laboratory for my soundwalks and interventions. Perhaps an exploration on the wild side, CitySoundResearch may also survey sound locations or serve as a deep collective listening experience. 3>29 Nov 2011. Click here for more info about dates and meeting points.
I’ve been invited to give a sound lecture at the Master of Artistic Research in The Hague. 1st of Nov. 2011, 2-5pm, Royal Academy. The talk will introduce some practical aspects of my research with a particular focus on listening modes and sound surveys.
I teach a workshop on listening-and-the-city at the Design Course of the New Academy of Fine Arts in Milan, 19>28 October 2011. Together with the students, we look for meaningful listening places and structures in the city and design listening strategies in relation to body posture and position in space.
My project A Balloon For… has been awarded with an honorary mention at the Prix Ars Electronica 2011. For the occasion, the new video “A Balloon for Linz” will be exhibited at CyberArts 2011. I will also lead “popping balloon walks” – 2/5 Sep 1:00am, and 3 Sep 5:00am, departure point at the Ok Centrum, Linz.
Invited by director Carsten Stabenow, I will present my project A Balloon For…, as part of the warm-up events at the Tuned City Festival, 6 July 2011 Tallinn, Estonia.
My Listening Modes workshop will be part of the MA in Scenography at the CSSD, University of London, 1>3 June 2011. The workshop will mainly focus on the body’s position in space, the loudspeakers’ placement on stage, and the integration of speakers with different objects and materials.
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I lead a 2-days-and-1-night-out sound expedition along the Rhine river in Köln, 30 April > 1 May 2011. The workshop, A Night in Tent: Exploring and Experiencing Sound Locations, is held in collaboration with Festival for Applied Acoustics and Institut Fuer Musik and Medien Robert Schumann.
SounDesignBlog asked me to answer a few questions about my football sound ethnography project. Click here to read the interview How to fall in love with football for its sound.
