Whilst visiting the ‘Listening’ exhibition at the Sheffield Institute of Arts Gallery and the Site Gallery I thought about how our actions interact and alter sound. The space is curated by Sam Belinfante and the exhibition shows us that listening is not solely through the ears but is also through the functions within our brain.

My favourite piece was Laurie Anderson’s ‘The Handphone Table’ (1978). Anderson’s work causes you to interact with the piece with your whole body. I sat down at the table and placed my elbows on the table top with my hands covering my ears and could feel the sound vibrate through my body. The sound cannot be heard until you touch the piece with your body. At one end of the table the sound was vocal tones and the other end was musical tones. This work was extremely interesting and made me think of how our interactions with…

I am delighted my work Spiritual Radio, a transmitting FM book,  has been selected for The Engine Room International Sound Art Exhibition. The show is happening at Morley College Gallery and features work by the work and other finalists for the engine room sound art competition, supported by TC Electronic, Tannoy, Mogami and HBB Communications.

Dates: 12 May – 12 June 2015 Private View: 11 May 2015 Opening times: Monday – Friday 11:00-18:00   Saturday 12:00-16:00   Sundays, bank holidays and Saturday 30 May closed Venue: Morley Gallery, 61 Westminster Bridge Road, London, SE1 7HT

Entry: FREE – See more at:

https://engineroomlondon.org/pages/exhibition/

An expert panel of judges, electroacoustic composer, Professor Simon Emmerson and established artists, composers and performers, Ray Lee and Mira Calex will select winners, which will be announced during the opening night of the exhibition on 11 May.

22 works from emerging sound artists from Singapore, Russia…

I often review music with lyrics not in the English language but this is the first time I’ve reviewed an album that really fits the genre of world music. Alive was  Dingding’s debut, aside from an early dance album, and it made a big splash all around the world. From what I can gather it was successful in her native China and her victory at the BBC world music awards led to media coverage in the UK, performances at WOMAD and the Royal Albert Hall (a date at Glastonbury was derailed by Dingding’s refusal to go against China’s stance on Tibet). Though she is far from a household name Sa Dingding did achieve enough success in the UK to have her second album stocked in my local HMV, not a store renowned for its leftfield musical choices. All this on the strength of one album, so what’s all the fuss…

I have really enjoyed recording different soundscapes!
It has been strange starting my project through this form of physical research as opposed to written research.

These recordings have helped me notice that I am especially interested in peoples voices within the soundscape. It is interesting how we can block out other noise such as music or cars in order to listen to someone else conversation. We are able to snap out of our thoughts and capture pieces of information from other peoples lives.

Walking around with the Zoom Recorder is especially odd because it blocks out any noise that you may hear usually and allows you to listen to even the smallest of sounds such as my bag moving whilst I am walking. It is a really crisp sound when recording, it would be interesting if I could attempt to do something with this effect.

I am excited to see what…