Listening together is an act of transforming shared space through sound

Evidence

Each participant finds a way to enhance, nullify or otherwise interact with the sound or sounds that the group goes to hear. — Pauline Oliveros, Deep Listening, 294

Categorization

• SEED: A workshop exercise where a group hears one member’s chosen sound and then each must enhance or nullify it — a ready-made activity for sound-art classes and deep-listening practice.
• DEFINE: Defines a core practice of Deep Listening: not passive reception but active interaction with a found sound.
• corroborated: 2 independent passages support this claim — Pauline Oliveros, Deep Listening, 294
• XREF: connects to: Listening inclusively can fold one’s own thoughts into the sounded environment — Pauline Oliveros, Deep Listening, 184; Sound creates spatial dimensions between conversing bodies — Pauline Oliveros, Deep Listening, 208; Disparate sounds can be unified through relational listening — Pauline Oliveros, Deep Listening, 295 (+14 more)

Broader Connections

• A group can turn ambient environmental sounds into shared composition #exemplifies (0.80) — Pauline Oliveros, Deep Listening, 291
• Mixing recorded spaces creates a new kind of listening space #expands (0.70) — Pauline Oliveros, Deep Listening, 280
• Group soundscape scanning synchronizes attention through shared listening cues #exemplifies (0.70)
• The act of attentive listening actively enlivens the surrounding environment #corroborates (0.70) — Pauline Oliveros, Deep Listening, 347
• Conversation sound creates overlapping intimate and public spatial dimensions #exemplifies (0.70) — Pauline Oliveros, Deep Listening, 208
• A listening group can coordinate sharing what each member hears at a given moment #exemplifies (0.60) — Pauline Oliveros, Deep Listening, 380
• Listening intentionally can catalyze personal and collective change. #corroborates (0.60) — Pauline Oliveros, Deep Listening, 309
• One can intentionally tune into how a group collectively perceives sound #exemplifies (0.60) — Pauline Oliveros, Deep Listening, 338
• Listening actively shapes the sound it perceives rather than merely registering it #complicates (0.50) — Pauline Oliveros, Deep Listening, 346