Conference paper
Decorating Acoustic Ecology: Case Studies in Situated Performance Systems
ISEA2025 Proceeding , pp.782-787
International Symposium of Electronic Art (ISEA), 30th (Seoul, Korea, 23-May-2025–29-May-2025)
Seoul National University, Art Center Nabi, Institute for Culture and Arts
2025
Abstract
Ecological sound art practice has the capacity to deliver embodied and meaningful sonic experiences that respond to, amplify, and reveal acoustic ecologies, particularly when situated in natural settings. Practice-based research in the field suggests that performance and installation systems designed in response to perceptible attributes of natural environments have the capacity to deepen experiences of place and foster embodied knowledge of the environment. A similar notion is recognised by research concerning play-based learning for children, which suggests that embodied understandings of the environment may be instilled by emergent play-based experiences in nature. Through two case studies including a children's workshop and a durational performance, this paper explores how systems using music technology might be designed to deepen embodied experiences of the environment through sound. An approach is suggested that embraces deep listening and site-responsive theory to craft sound activations that participate in their surroundings rather than distract from or impose upon them, or, in other words, 'decorate' acoustic ecology.
Details
- Title
- Decorating Acoustic Ecology: Case Studies in Situated Performance Systems
- Authors
- Finley Wegener - University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland, Academic Support Unit
- Publication details
- ISEA2025 Proceeding , pp.782-787
- Conference details
- International Symposium of Electronic Art (ISEA), 30th (Seoul, Korea, 23-May-2025–29-May-2025)
- Publisher
- Seoul National University, Art Center Nabi, Institute for Culture and Arts
- Date published
- 2025
- Organisation Unit
- School of Business and Creative Industries; Academic Support Unit
- Language
- English
- Record Identifier
- 991192345102621
- Output Type
- Conference paper
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