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2017 was a long, intense, and busy year. Not something I can summarise in a paragraph, but, lo and behold, Marc Weidenbaum’s Disquiet Junto project came to the rescue at the last minute.
So, there you go - this is my year in sound, condensed (compressed?) to 60 seconds.
Happy New Ear, everyone!
(((o)))
[00:00:00] January: Oblique Soundwalks
First project of the year. This is from a series of soundwalks produced in Cuenca, Spain, in January, following the (non-)guidance of Brian Eno’s Oblique Strategies. To be released Real Soon Now.
[00:00:05] February: Ghostwalk #01 - Atocha
First in a series of works based on field recordings from important sites of memory - memoryscapes. This was broadcast as part of the Radiophrenia 2017 broadcast later in the year.
[00:00:10] March: Hellschreiber
A first attempt at working with the audio versions of CAPTCHA systems. This became part of Wavefarm’s Short Waves / Long Distance programme.
[00:00:15] April: Radiowalk
More “walks”. This time trying out algorithmic walks through the SW radio spectrum. This project didn’t go very far, but eventually it evolved into my contribution to #disquiet0292.
[00:00:20] May: Timepiece/Leap
Something to do with time. And clocks. And leap seconds. Never got anywhere with this. Still, I have been having a go at it at least once a year since 2016 - so it’s here because I’m certain I will get back to it sometime in 2018. On the positive side, I learned how to programme all manner of clocks in Pure Data. For what it’s worth.
[00:00:25] June: (sub)
This was commissioned by Saout Radio for their Saout Africa(s) programme on documenta 14 Public Radio. It’s about language, and the kinds of things we do with language.
[00:00:30] July: Antiprótesis
A raw take from a summer artist residence in Espacio Tangente, Burgos, Spain, with Elisa Arteta and José Otero. We were exploring movement, listening, and sound. Some of this should get a release, at some point.
[00:00:35] August: Estépar (Ghostwalk #02)
Another Ghostwalk, another memoryscape. This time in Estépar - the site of the mass graves of civilians massacred by Franco’s regime during the Spanish Civil War. This was included in WLD-Barcelona’s Listening Room, and later broadcast as part of Radiophrenia 2017.
[00:00:40] September: Cabeza de Estado a -60dB
The annual Christmas speech by the king of Spain, normalized to -60dB. This was part of the escuchatorio:silencio broadcast. I still believe there’s a lot of unexplored territory in sonic vandalism.
[00:00:45] October: El Triángulo
In October, “El Triángulo”, an experimental programme of music education, kicked off at CA2M, Móstoles (Madrid). More news about this Real Soon Now.
[00:00:50] November: Máster-LAV
Me and my students at Máster-LAV, improvising and generally messing around with field recordings after a full morning of soundwalks at a Madrid marketplace.
[00:00:55] December: Sleep
A quick evening soundwalk in the snow. This was a contribution to a sound project by La Cosa Preziosa. To be released sometime in 2018.[quote=“acoustic_mirror, post:34, topic:10800, full:true”]
2017 was a long, intense, and busy year. Not something I can summarise in a paragraph, but, lo and behold, Marc Weidenbaum’s Disquiet Junto project came to the rescue at the last minute.
So, there you go - this is my year in sound, condensed (compressed?) to 60 seconds.
Happy New Ear, everyone!
(((o)))
[00:00:00] January: Oblique Soundwalks
First project of the year. This is from a series of soundwalks produced in Cuenca, Spain, in January, following the (non-)guidance of Brian Eno’s Oblique Strategies. To be released Real Soon Now.
[00:00:05] February: Ghostwalk #01 - Atocha
First in a series of works based on field recordings from important sites of memory - memoryscapes. This was broadcast as part of the Radiophrenia 2017 broadcast later in the year.
[00:00:10] March: Hellschreiber
A first attempt at working with the audio versions of CAPTCHA systems. This became part of Wavefarm’s Short Waves / Long Distance programme.
[00:00:15] April: Radiowalk
More “walks”. This time trying out algorithmic walks through the SW radio spectrum. This project didn’t go very far, but eventually it evolved into my contribution to #disquiet0292.
[00:00:20] May: Timepiece/Leap
Something to do with time. And clocks. And leap seconds. Never got anywhere with this. Still, I have been having a go at it at least once a year since 2016 - so it’s here because I’m certain I will get back to it sometime in 2018. On the positive side, I learned how to programme all manner of clocks in Pure Data. For what it’s worth.
[00:00:25] June: (sub)
This was commissioned by Saout Radio for their Saout Africa(s) programme on documenta 14 Public Radio. It’s about language, and the kinds of things we do with language.
[00:00:30] July: Antiprótesis
A raw take from a summer artist residence in Espacio Tangente, Burgos, Spain, with Elisa Arteta and José Otero. We were exploring movement, listening, and sound. Some of this should get a release, at some point.
[00:00:35] August: Estépar (Ghostwalk #02)
Another Ghostwalk, another memoryscape. This time in Estépar - the site of the mass graves of civilians massacred by Franco’s regime during the Spanish Civil War. This was included in WLD-Barcelona’s Listening Room, and later broadcast as part of Radiophrenia 2017.
[00:00:40] September: Cabeza de Estado a -60dB
The annual Christmas speech by the king of Spain, normalized to -60dB. This was part of the escuchatorio:silencio broadcast. I still believe there’s a lot of unexplored territory in sonic vandalism.
[00:00:45] October: El Triángulo
In October, “El Triángulo”, an experimental programme of music education, kicked off at CA2M, Móstoles (Madrid). More news about this Real Soon Now.
[00:00:50] November: Máster-LAV
Me and my students at Máster-LAV, improvising and generally messing around with field recordings after a full morning of soundwalks at a Madrid marketplace.
[00:00:55] December: Sleep
A quick evening soundwalk in the snow. This was a contribution to a sound project by La Cosa Preziosa. To be released sometime in 2018.
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