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| oscillation series - sonic theories and practices #9 - The Politics of Listening |
// Talk, Presentation & Sound
// Date: 29th May 2011, 20h
The 9th session will be dedicated to: The Politics of Listening
Rachel O’Dwyer – Media Publics: The Politics of Listening Together
Recent transformations in media practices through digitally networked platforms have chronicled a shift from traditional media audience models towards ‘media publics’, reflecting the active and engaged stance that this term infers. Today’s media publics, it can be argued, are not passive receivers, but are directly contributing to the critique, production and dissemination of contemporary culture.
This talk will explore this condition by focusing on the evolution of contemporary listening practices in response to the proliferation of mobile, networked and reproduction technologies. In light of changing media ecologies, how might we understand listening, as opposed to discursive practices, as publically and politically orientated? What opportunities exist for political consensus, action, or resistance through these new ways of listening together?
Profile Rachel O’Dwyer
Rachel O’Dwyer teaches on the MSC for Interactive Digital Media in the Computer Science Department of Trinity College Dublin and is currently undertaking a PhD in the Department of Engineering of TCD on mobile networks, funded by the Irish Research Council for Science, Engineering and Technology (IRCSET). She is founder and Editor in Chief of Interference, an online peer reviewed journal of audio culture. www.interferencejorunal.com. She is co-facilitator of the Dublin Art and Technology association DATA 2.0., an organisation for the presentation and discussion of digital art practices within Ireland and abroad www.data.ie www.DATA.ie. She has curated various panel discussions, workshops and exhibitions on subjects such as mobile computing, contemporary soundscape ecology, and electromagnetic spectrum within Dublin and internationally. Her practice-based work includes experiments with locative media, audio installation and electroacoustic composition. She has published papers on audio culture and various aspects of technology studies with a particular focus on mobile sound and network cultures.
Gilles Aubry: Artist Presentation
For the Sonic Theories series, Gilles Aubry will present some of his recent artistic works, including Hi-Fi Borders (2010), an installation combining a research on the transformation of the Swiss-French border within the Schengen context and a critical analysis of surround sound technology, Outside of the Plane (2008), an installation based on a conversation about airplanes sounds with Egyptian sound artist Magdi Mustafa and Reversible Sound Wall (2011), an installation created for the outdoor art exhibition “Art en plein Air 2011” in Môtiers, Switzerland. These works will serve as an introduction for discussing several artistic strategies related to political aspects of sound production and reception within various contexts.
Profile Gilles Aubry
Gilles Aubry is a Swiss sound artist living in Berlin since 2002. Holding a Master’s degree in Sound Studies, his artistic practice is based on phonographical and ethnographical approaches of sound environments. His compositions and sound installations are informed by researches on auditory perception, cultural acoustics, history of sound technologies, addressing more generally issues related to politics of the audible. In its underlining of the social, spatial and cultural dimension of sound and listening through reflexive strategies, Gilles Aub
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