Ida Hiršenfelder

Exercises in Listenig to the Inaudible

Publication

The text was developed within the project Acoustic Commons and examines relationships to place, its sonic qualities, and the ways listening shapes spatial understanding. Through conversations with artists, the text explores diverse approaches to listening and working with sound.

Emphasis is placed on the political, ecological, and bodily dimensions of listening. Sonic location is not understood merely as information about environmental conditions, but as a carrier of social and political belonging. The text reflects on community, presence, and the ethics of listening in contemporary contexts.

The text was developed within the project Acoustic Commons and examines relationships to place, its sonic qualities, and the ways listening shapes spatial understanding. Through conversations with artists, the text explores diverse approaches to listening and working with sound.

Emphasis is placed on the political, ecological, and bodily dimensions of listening. Sonic location is not understood merely as information about environmental conditions, but as a carrier of social and political belonging. The text reflects on community, presence, and the ethics of listening in contemporary contexts.

Ida Hiršenfelder [beepblip]

Deluje v polju zvočne in intermedijske umetnosti. Zanima jo zgodovina medijev, arhivi, njihovo izginjanje in medijska arheologija. Sodeluje z Muzejem za sodobno umetnost Metelkova, +MSUM, festivalom Topografije zvoka ter v okviru programa radioCona. Z intermedijsko zvočno umetnico Sašo Spačal je soustanoviteljica iniciative ČIPke. Od leta 2011 do 2017 je bila članica DIY zvočnega kolektiva Theremidi Orchestra.

Text: Ida Hiršenfelder [beepblip]
English copy-editing: Jana Renée Wilcoxen
Translation into Slovenian and copy-editing: Melita Silič
Editor: Irena Pivka
Design: Matej Tomažin
Cover photography: Ida Hiršenfelder [beepblip]
Publisher: Cona, Institute for Processing Contemporary Art, Ljubljana, 2022
Book series: Steklenik 2021/22 / 3
Print run: 300 copies

The text was written for the Acoustic Commons network and published as part of the Steklenik gallery booklet series.

Available in PDF format at publikacije.steklenik.si as of 1 January 2023.
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