Bodies as Ears
…how sound, beyond our ears, reach and affect other sensory systems of the body,
and how that can be a composition and performance practice
both in an individual and collective level.
We explore how listening transcends when it is understood and applied beyond acoustic apprehension as listening to place, body, memory and the imaginary. We investigate the potential of hybridizing, incorporating, and translating our diverse artistic methods and practices from the perspectives of dance, sound art, music, and choreography. Under this premise, we explore scripting, choreographing, hosting performance situations, and composing to mediate a variety of listening practices.
Aim and research questions
This cluster project aims to examine how sound and dance artists may develop artistic methods and formats that engage an audience via embodied, experience-centered listening modes.
How can listening serve as a method for collaboration across choreographic and sonic practices?
How can listening serve as a method for collaboration within this artistic research practice across dance, music, and sound art?
How can we develop alternative ways of reflecting on art and our roles within art production and the world through a listening sensibility?
Research implementation and anticipated impact
The researchers involved in the project will work in intensive phases in different constellations. Research findings and artistic works will be shared through workshops and other forms of audience engagement. The project will contribute knowledge regarding discipline-crossing formats of audience engagement via sonic and bodily practices. The project aims to open new perspectives on the conception and implementation of multi-layered listening practices and composition methods, which are useful for collaborative practices and educational contexts across disciplines.
Collaboration
Cross-disciplinary collaboration and the changing constellations of researchers are vital aspects of this research cluster, enabling the confluence of a wide range of methods and practices within their respective fields to be investigated and expanded. Beyond the context of SKH, the project will also take place on the premises of EMS Electronic Music Studio Stockholm, Fylkingen New Music and Intermedia, MDT Modern Dance Theatre, and Hallen i Farsta.
Project funded by the Stockholm University of the Arts.
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