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SUMMARY:Listening in Place - Dr Katharine Norman\, City University
DTSTART:20081111T170000Z
DTEND:20081111T183000Z
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CONTACT:Benjamin Morris
DESCRIPTION:Abstract:\nAs a composer and sound artist often working with d
 ocumentary sounds\, I spend much time listening to the stories related by 
 the 'ordinary' world of my day-to-day experience. I transform my experienc
 e of the sonic environment through digital intervention\, into narratives 
 that I hope have a wider resonance. My presentation will be about aspects 
 of listening\, acoustic ecology\, locality\, personal experience and art\,
  from an aural perspective (since we still stick resolutely to visual meta
 phors).\n\n\nKatharine Norman is a composer\, sound artist and writer. She
  has been interested in documentary sound recordings as material for art s
 ince at least her PhD studies at Princeton in the 1990s. Due to start an a
 cademic post in Music at City University this January\, she has previously
  held appointments at Sheffield University and Goldsmiths. From 2003-7 she
  lived on a small island off the West Coast of British Columbia and worked
  as a freelance writer and editor. She takes the (aural) view that it is s
 ometimes of benefit to stand outside and listen. Her book 'Sounding Art: E
 ight Literary Excursions through Electronic Music' (Ashgate\, 2004) takes 
 an experimental\, multidisciplinary approach\; an online version\, and exa
 mples of her sonic work (also available on CD and at last.fm) are availabl
 e at www.novamara.com. 
LOCATION:CRASSH Seminar Room\, 17 Mill Lane
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