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
- Listening actively shapes the sound it perceives rather than merely registering it
#expands(0.70) — Pauline Oliveros, Deep Listening, 346