I had the chance to present parts of my research regarding acoustic ecology on a symposium at the university of Groningen.
Resonant Ecologies: Sound, Art, and Cultural Heritage
The interdisciplinary event was organized by Kristin McGee, Stacey Copeland and Kirsten van den Bosch. More information about the event on this website. The full program of Resonant Ecologies: Sound, Art, and Cultural Heritage is available here.
Abstract of my Keynote: Listening to Climate Change through Media Technologies and Sound Art
In an environment shaped by digital media, natural ecosystems form diverse representations that can be assigned to a media ecology of knowledge: Natural scientists use so-called Eco Acoustic Monitoring to analyze the soundscapes of the forest and gain an overview of the biodiversity and constitution of the ecosystem based on data from countless microphones. Field recording is spreading as an aesthetic practice across disciplinary boundaries and creating new forms of perception of the acoustic environment. Music productions by Dominik Eulberg, Pantha du Prince and Cosmo Sheldrake, for example, have been recognized for their nature-oriented aesthetics. Media Artworks are diverse in the face of climate change and include field recording of soundscapes, sampling, audio hacking, machine learning, electronic sound synthesis processes and sonification. Drawing on the scientific concepts of ecomusicology, soundscape ecology and sound studies I will present some of those diverse aesthetic strategies that reflect on the biodiversity loss and manmade climate change.
