An afternoon dedicated to ways spatial sound technology is being used to increase our awareness of our environment, the experience of others and other species, and to communicate aspects of our world otherwise beyond our sensory range.
The program opens with a journey from the city to the sea and deep into a subaquatic oceanscape in a Sonic Film created by MONOM's founder, William Russell. Some will recognize this work from the same series as Lost Spaces: Rainforest that Lobe has presented previously, to great acclaim! Afterwards, Mendel Skulski, of the podcast Future Ecologies, will lead a panel discussion between Stefan Maier, Hunter Brown, and Jules Fisher on their research in bioacoustics, datasonification, environmental listening, and machine listening.
The panel discussion is bookended by oceanscapes, the second coming from Portuguese marine life researcher and veterinary scientist, Francisca Rocha Gonçalves. Her piece, 2182 kHz, focuses on the problem of underwater noise pollution and the concept of “auditory masking,” offering us a sensory exploration of geologic, biologic, and anthropogenic sounds that touch on the potential challenges aquatic fauna face to communicate.
We close this program with All the Gods I Cannot Name, a poetic address to our natural world by multi-modal storyteller Brandon Wint, and producer and multi-instrumentalist, Brian Raine. This breathtaking, lyrical collage explores human desire and reverence for the natural world, alongside complex feelings of existential dread in the era of ecological crisis. It will be followed by a short artist talk by Brandon Wint, who will be in attendance.
This evening's program is headlined by a very meaningful inclusion to MOTHER CLOUD: the first-ever live performance of Ruby Singh's critically acclaimed, acapella ensemble, Vox.infold, with immersive visuals from Chimerik 似不像 Collective. Prepare to be surrounded by the interwoven voices of Ruby Singh, PIQSIQ, Dawn Pemberton, Russell Wallace, Khari Wendell McClelland, and Tiffany Moses.
The evening opens with the diffusion of a spatial sound composition from Italian-born drummer and experimental musician, Andrea Belfi. This prepares us for a live, solo performance by local cellist and composer, Marina Hasselberg, whose intimate show at Lobe last year left everyone anticipating the next time we would hear her captivating, extended techniques through the spatial sound system.
Friday's late-night program features local underground wellsprings, Iha and Michael Red. Apple Carbera (Iha) will open the DJ sets by creating multi-layered, shapeshifting realms for us to move through. Then, being enthusiastic collaborators, Iha and Michael Red will go B2B before Michael closes out the night with some attuned selections from his vast field of interests, certainly touching on dub, space, and nature.
