Category: Cultural Issues in Sound Art

  • Listening when things aren’t clear: Exploring Sound and Inverse Effectiveness

    We usually don’t trust what we see first. Vision feels immediate and reliable. But what happens when what we hear is unclear, quiet or incomplete? Do we ignore it, or do we start listening more closely? This is where the idea of Inverse Effectiveness becomes interesting. It suggests that when signals are weak on their…

  • Scores, protocols and actions processual making

    Scores and protocol in Sound Art Score – Scores organise performance actions in real time, they are not just instructions, they are actually the work itself. A score can function as both a guide and contextual framework, allowing the piece to exist is several different interpretations Protocol – A process defines a process for gathering,…

  • Sensory perception, listening and exploring beyond the visual

    In this session we explored sensory perception in the arts as a way to better understand listening and hearing in my own personal Sound arts practice. What stood out to me in this lecture is the idea that senses are not neutral or universal, they’re shaped by our personal experience, cultural and politically through our…