Sonic memories as embodiments of technological infrastructure

'Collective Womb' By Ximena Alarcón

‘Collective Womb’ By Ximena Alarcón

Commemorating 150 years of the construction of the London Underground, the Centre for Metropolitan History (IHR), in association with the London Transport Museum organised the conference ‘Going Underground – travel beneath the metropolis 1863-2013′. Here perspectives from artists, architects, historians, engineers, and commuters were brought together to reflect on the past, present and future of this iconic urban infrastructure.

Here you can listen to the podcast of the paper I presented in the conference on the 17th of January, 2013:

Listening and sounding in the London Underground: sonic memories as embodiments of technological Infrastructure

Here you can listen to all the papers presented at the conference:

https://historyspot.org.uk/podcasts/going-underground-travel-beneath-metropolis-1863-2013

Many thanks to the organisers for bringing together all the people who have been fascinated with the underground environment.


Exhibition FAT: FESTIVAL DE AUDIO TANGENTE at Burgos

Sounding Underground was exhibited at/instalación en:
FAT: FESTIVAL DE AUDIO TANGENTE
Este año dedicado a la música electroacústica.
Dirección Artística: Luis Tabuenca y Ana María Alarcón.

Artistas Invitados: Trevor Wishart, Lissa Meridan, Jaime Reis, Alberto Bernal, entre otros.

Un artículo sobre el evento. Felicitaciones y gracias a los organizadores!

http://www.elcorreodeburgos.com/noticias/2012-10-02/la-electroacustica-reina-en-el-fat

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Pauline Oliveros – Embodiment

Sounding Underground and myself, as an author, were honoured by being mentioned in Pauline Oliveros‘ keynote speech of the Symposium “Her Noise: Feminisms and the Sonic” organised by CRiSAP and Electra at the Tate Modern, amongst 6 women that are innovating in sound and music composition, offering hints of the future of this field; Pauline’s emphasis was in embodiment. Daniela Cascella published an insightful post which I quote and link here: “At the core of Oliveros’s lecture is the notion of ‘embodiment’, an expanded insight that frames the entirety of human activities in connection with the sonic: not just listening and music-making in theory, but also the technology, politics, networks and procedures that enable them in practice. She gives an overview of her commitment to raising opportunities for women’s involvement with the sonic, claiming for individuality and equality beyond gender; she speaks of how in tape and electronic music, since the late 1950s, she found sounds that expressed inner listening. She then introduces the work of six women composers: Ximena Alarcón, Ellen Fullman, Brenda Hutchinson, Maria Chavez, Jaclyn Heyen, Clara Tomaz. What seeps through her words, and through her choice to devote a good portion of the lecture to presenting the work of other women, not hers, is the desire to facilitate, to educate in the highest sense, to promote the work of women in sound. The more distant she appears from any inclinations to highlight her persona, the stronger her presence is sensed in the room as radiating from a resolute yet unselfish person.”

I also have made links to the works of all mentioned women to know more about their works, and the different “embodiments”. In the case of Sounding Underground I am currently writing about embodiment of the commuting experience, for paper in the forthcoming conference Going Underground: Travel Beneath the Metropolis 1863 – 2013:

Ximena Alarcón

Ellen Fullman – The Long String Instrument

Brenda Hutchinson

María Chávez

Jaclyn Heyen

Clara Tomaz

Clara Tomaz


John Cage x 100

Contribution to the project John Cage x 100: http://www.eartotheearth.org/johnx100.html

Amongst many interesting soundscapes…


Internet Auditoriums – Locus Sonus

(En español abajo)

Sounding Underground  was presented last weekend in the Internet Auditoriums Symposium, along with Networked Migrations. The spaces that these two projects create can be understood as Internet Auditoriums. Here the abstract of the paper. In the symposium we were listening to Interconnected Auditoriums which create a space for collective listening, using the Internet or not, with and without wires; listening collectively to the body (in hammocks), listening to the cloud, listening to real-fiction in Berlin, listening to twitterscapes, listening to the dreams, listening to all abilities, listening to Brazil, listening to sounds of childhood, listening to the tiny movements of the Big Ben, to Venice, and to the musicality of the languages that is extracted from the non-sense. We also listened to the strike and the protest in Nantes against the construction of the Airport. Interconnected listening makes the nature of sounds migratory, do we travel with them?. Rich, ethereal, complex, fragile, metaphoric, poetic and politic auditoriums. A delicious time of learning in Nantes! Many thanks to Locus Sonus team and to all the participants! and to the city of the giant Elephant!

Networked Migrations fue presentado el fin de semana pasado en el Symposium Internet Auditoriums, con Sounding Underground. Los espacios que estos dos proyectos crean pueden ser entendidos como Internet Auditoriums. Aqui esta el abstract de la presentación. En el Symposium escuchamos Auditorios Interconectados, los cuales crean espacio para la escucha colectiva, usando o no el Internet, con y sin cables; escuchando colectivamente al cuerpo (en hamacas), escuchando a la ‘cloud’, escuchando a ficción-realidad en Berlin y a twitterscapes, escuchando a los sueños, a todas las habilidades, escuchando a Brasil, y a los sonidos de la niñez; también a los sonidos imperceptibles del Big Ben, a Venezia, y a la musicalidad de los idiomas que se extrae del sin sentido. Escuchamos también a Nantes en huelga, en protesta por la construcción del aeropuerto. Escucha interconectada hace que la naturaleza de los sonidos se vuelva migratoria, viajamos con ellos?. Ricos, etéreos, complejos, frágiles, metafóricos, poéticos y políticos; así son estos auditorios.  Un tiempo delicioso de aprendizaje en Nantes! Muchas gracias, merçi! al equipo de Locus Sonus y a todos los participantes! y a la ciudad del elefante gigante!


Tracing Mobility: Cartography and migration in networked space

Sounding Underground will have an installation at this event, and a presentation in the Open Platform, on November 27th, at 2:00pm.

Very interesting projects that invite us to reflect on place and the traces left, in memories, smiles, silences, all over the world. It would be a treat for those living or passing by Berlin.

http://trampoline.org.uk/tracingmobility/

http://trampoline.org.uk/tracingmobility/events/category/open-platform



La Veracruz Intangible – Arte Transversal

Un día de taller en el Centro Veracruzano para las Artes – CEVART compartiendo percepciones de la ciudad con 22 talentosos artistas de diversas disciplinas, explorando el inmenso y bello puerto de Veracruz – México en silencio. Este taller fue parte del Primer Encuentro de Arte Transversal.

An intense day workshop in Centro Veracruzano para las Artes – CEVART sharing perceptions of the city with 22 talented artists from diverse disciplines exploring the immense and beautiful port of Veracruz- Mexico in silence.

Gracias a todos los participantes!!!



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