Communicating Vessels: Re-defining Agency through Sounding
Novo Nordisk Foundation
Det Kongelige Danske Kunstakademi (Billedkunstskolerne)
Heard and unheard sounds are a vehicle for communication that establishes a web of interdependencies within our environment offering a potential re-framing of notions of agency. Communicating Vessels: Re-defining Agency Through Sounding proposes Sounding as a practice and medium for apprehending new forms of agency, ones that will be explored in an experiment with conventional narrative film form. This research focuses on the body's ability to apprehend sound through a spectrum of interdependent senses and actors, phenomena that will be researched through a theoretical framework, field research into non-Western perspectives on sound and subjectivity, and collaborative exchanges and interviews with sound artists and scholars. Drawing from fields of disparate fields of study, the research expands upon the corporeal anthropology of sound, existing concepts of sonic agency, and practices of Deep Listening developed by composer Pauline Oliveros.
Research Education (PhD) / Fellowships / Award