Mixing recorded spaces creates a new kind of listening space

Evidence

The compositional elements in A Study in Mixed Environments include mixing disparate spaces together to create a new kind of space and to juxtapose sounds in unusual ways. — Pauline Oliveros, Deep Listening, 280

Categorization

  • FICTION: Concept of collaging disparate acoustic spaces could inspire worldbuilding where environments are layered or blended.
  • SEED: Article angle: how juxtaposing recordings from unrelated places constructs imagined auditory geographies accessible to anyone with a recorder.
  • corroborated: 2 independent passages support this claim — Pauline Oliveros, Deep Listening, 280
  • XREF: connects to: Disparate sounds can be unified through relational listening — Pauline Oliveros, Deep Listening, 295; Listening together is an act of transforming shared space through sound — Pauline Oliveros, Deep Listening, 294; Recorded vocal sound is no longer tied to a specific body or place — Schafer, Murray R, The Soundscape- Our Sonic Environment…, 329 (+4 more)

Broader Connections