Panel discussion: Field recording and environmental crisis as alarming inspiration | Sustain #4

In a panel discussion with Slovenian experimental sound artist and archivist Ida Hiršenfelder, Portuguese sound artist Sara Pinheiro and Czech musicologist Tomáš Šenkyřík, we will focus on the connection between focused listening and sound recording and ecological communication through artistic performances, compositions and installations.

The debate will begin with a reflection on the previous presentation of the Soundmap project, from which we will move on to a broader consideration of how sound testimonies can be translated into messages with environmental overtones. We will then explore what lies behind Ida's performance Under Beech Trees and Sara's performance Vertical Chain.

For Sara, we will consider the significance of 'ground sounds' and 'sky-high sounds' in her work. With Ida, we will explore the (im)possibility of empathizing with creatures other than human ones. Under Beech Trees revolves around short sound stories that blend elements of reality, mysticism and speculative fiction. It draws us into an imaginative future where humans strangely coexist with other entities, connected to birds, insects, frogs and bacteria.

Moderated by music publicist Jiří Slabihoudek, student of the Institute of Musicology at the Faculty of Arts, Faculty of Music.

Discussion will be held in english. 

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