Acoustic Epistemologies

Compositions in this series work with speculative sonic architectures, context-bound storytelling, infrasounds, and the sounds of both human and nonhuman others. These works aim to unsettle the positions from which we listen and invite recognition of how our perception is structured. 

When listening at Lobe, the sound one hears will be different depending on where individuals are situated in the room, how they are moving, whether they are laying down or standing; it will be subjective and dynamic for every person in the space. Considering the perceptual habits of listening subjects -- the position from which we hear, how we interpret what we have heard, and how we approach knowing what others around us have heard -- is an essential aspect of experiencing and sharing in sound. This programming supports an uncertainty of what “listening” is and prompts reflexivity by deferring knowing.  

Context points:

• Presenting ways of knowing through sound

• Unfixing listening perspectives

• Using immersive technology to build empathy and awareness

• Context-bound storytelling

• Encountering otherness

• Ecology/activism 

• Environmental listening 

• Interspecies or human/nonhuman transmissions.   

• Speculative and mutable acoustic architectures

• Reflexivity: hearing ourselves hearing

Related Works: Lost Space // Orchid Mantis