Listening as Intervention (2012-ongoing)
This workshop has been presented in these locations.
The workshop is open to anyone interested in the possibility of interaction between sound, space, and movement. Through a series of exercises based on touch, filtering, and distance, it encourages an active role for the listener and invites participants to explore their capacity to produce, perceive, and physically engage with sound. Starting from guided sequences and moments of improvisation, the workshop leads towards a final choreographed performance composed of different actions distributed across space and occurring simultaneously. The performative dimension of the proposed material unveils listening as a situated activity, revealing the agency of the listener and manifesting their capacity to interfere with and intervene in the acoustic field.
A short list of possible activities includes: listening to the sound of one’s own footsteps; walking toward a wall with eyes closed; touching other participants with a microphone; listening from inside a cardboard box; playing the ‘analog filter’ with one’s body; listening through a wall; producing sound by blowing air on a sheet of paper; moving through space while avoiding sudden feedback between microphone and loudspeaker; finding the point where two different sounds are perceived at the same loudness; walking as far as possible from a sound source without it disappearing; and using other participants’ bodies to absorb sound.
Credits
Work by Davide Tidoni
Photo: Laura Arlotti
Listening as Intervention (2012-ongoing)
This workshop has been presented in these locations.
The workshop is open to anyone interested in the possibility of interaction between sound, space, and movement. Through a series of exercises based on touch, filtering, and distance, it encourages an active role for the listener and invites participants to explore their capacity to produce, perceive, and physically engage with sound. Starting from guided sequences and moments of improvisation, the workshop leads towards a final choreographed performance composed of different actions distributed across space and occurring simultaneously. The performative dimension of the proposed material unveils listening as a situated activity, revealing the agency of the listener and manifesting their capacity to interfere with and intervene in the acoustic field.
A short list of possible activities includes: listening to the sound of one’s own footsteps; walking toward a wall with eyes closed; touching other participants with a microphone; listening from inside a cardboard box; playing the ‘analog filter’ with one’s body; listening through a wall; producing sound by blowing air on a sheet of paper; moving through space while avoiding sudden feedback between microphone and loudspeaker; finding the point where two different sounds are perceived at the same loudness; walking as far as possible from a sound source without it disappearing; and using other participants’ bodies to absorb sound.
Credits
Work by Davide Tidoni
Photo: Laura Arlotti
