We see, smell and feel. We hear. But are we actually listening?
A research project about publishing space and sounds. Paying attention to everyday’s soundscapes, made us realize that we are constantly hearing but rarely listening. During our research we came across Pauline Oliveros and her practice of Deep Listening The work explores the difference between the involuntary nature of hearing and the conscious nature of listening: Through accessing many forms of listening we grow and change whether we listen to the sounds of our daily lives, the environment or music. Deep Listening takes us below the surface of our consciousness and helps to change or dissolve limiting boundaries.
“One hears repeatetly that we live in a ‘visually oriented society’ even though the ear tells the eye where to look.” After our stay in Berlin, we wanted to evoke auditory memories and attempted to present them for this publication. We have noticed that we tend to hold onto memories visually or emotionally, but rarely acoustically.