Futures of Listening

In the midst of ever growing geopolitical and socioeconomic tensions both locally and internationally, is listening to the others ever possible? If we are hopeful that it is, how will our ways of listening need to change in the near future? In this new podcast series, join Professor Suk-Jun Kim and sound artist SHHE, as they bring together guests from across the globe to ask, ‘What can artists do to imagine and encourage such possible futures of listening?’ Futures of Listening is brought to you by the University of Aberdeen in collaboration with Sonica Glasgow.

Futures of Listening is a arts podcast hosted by Unknown Host, with 4 episodes on record and a Required Pod Score of 80. PitchCentric scores this show on Booking Probability, Listen Score, and live audience signals refreshed every 24 hours.

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  Episode #4

  Futures of Listening with Radiophrenia

  May 20, 202639 minS0

  <p>In the four and final episode of Futures of Listening Season 1, we travelled to Glasgow, Scotland, and met with Mark Vernon and Stevie Jones from Radiophrenia, a Glasgow art radio collective. We discussed the birth of Radiophrenia, its ever-growing audience, and how it helped examine and reshape how we listen.</p><p>-</p><p>Mark Vernon is a Glasgow based sound artist who works with found tapes and acousmatic presence. His work explores themes of magnetic memory, audio archaeology, voyeurism and nostalgia. A rich collection of domestic tape recordings; audio letters, dictated notes, home sing-alongs, answer-phone messages and...

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  Episode #3

  Futures of Listening with Shadwa Ali

  Apr 22, 202648 minS0

  <p>In the third episode of Futures of Listening, we are joined by Shadwa Ali, an independent multidisciplinary artist based in Alexandria, Egypt. Shadwa discusses her work and how listening informs and is informed by her sonic and visual works and their context, particularly, collective memory and behaviour.</p><p>-</p><p>Shadwa Ali is an independent multidisciplinary artist based in Alexandria. A graduate of the Faculty of Fine Arts at Alexandria University, her practice spans printmaking, installation, video, sound, and music. Shadwa's work explores societal issues and human psychology, with a particular focus on the chaotic rhythms of...

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  Episode #2

  Futures of Listening with Robin Fox

  Mar 25, 202644 minS0

  <p>In the second episode of Futures of Listening, we are joined by Robin Fox, a composer and sound artist whose work has traversed from the punk squats of noise and improvised scenes to recent forays into orchestral composition for large scale contemporary dance works. Robin discusses how he started in musical and sonic arts practice, and in particular, his sound-light performance and installations since the early 2000s. Crisscrossing sound, visual, light and improvisation with technological exploration and curiosity, his focus always has been on listening. Robin also discusses the role and importance of alternative education in sound and music...

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  Episode #1

  What is going to happen to the ways in which we listen?

  Feb 18, 202642 minS0

  <p>In this first episode of Futures of Listening, our co-hosts Professor Suk-Jun Kim and SHHE introduce the podcast series, share their own approaches to listening, and discuss why it is necessary for us to start exploring possible futures of our listening.</p><p>-</p><p>Suk-Jun Kim is a South Korean composer, sound artist and researcher and professor of electronic music and sound art at the University of Aberdeen, Scotland, UK. He has published two books, Humming (The Study of Sound) by Bloomsbury and Hasla by Kehrer Verlag Heidelberg. His research focuses on sound studies, immersive sound, phenomenological...

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