Ecosons Etude Il. – winter shades – an ecological radio artwork – Lu, 2021
Commissioned by Radio Ara and radia.fm, a radio artwork was realised in terms of an ecoacoustic music research. This project is supported by Knut Aufermann, Sarah Washington and Sandra Laborier and was released online at radia.fm and ara.lu on the 18th of January 2021.
In a visually shaped world, little attention is often paid to the acoustic environment. However, hearing is a vital sense that serves not only for recognition, categorisation, monitoring and surviving, but also for the perception of sound-aesthetic phenomena and eco-sensitive obstacles in real space. Thus, with the help of sound art, abstractions can be guided into real space, and certain focal points can be reformulated from the real to the abstract world.
With the help of a directional and a contact microphone, various soundscapes in south- and north-western Luxembourg were recorded in December 2020 and January 2021, and the sound signature unique to each location was crystallised. In essence, it seeks to examine the correlation between biodiversity quality and soundscape quality, as well as to highlight the essential characteristics of naturally left and human-modified spaces. In this way, the listener is left to draw his or her own conclusions and is thus made to think and listen.
Field Recordings and Sound Design: Sam Erpelding
Speaker: Katrin (MacBook Pro – British english voice)
Performers: different Soundscapes around south- and north-western Luxembourg
[Pétange, Lasauvage, Prënzebierg, Garnich, Grass, Clemency, Bauschleiden]