Title (eng)

Speculative Listening - Re-enchanting the world through new media practices

Author

Daphne Xanthopoulou

Description (eng)

Masterthesis, 2024, CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 International Supervision: Manuela Naveau, Penesta Dika, Fabricio Lamoncha Abstract The aim of this experimental artistic research is to explore how we can use sound to engage with critical social and ecological topics that demand urgent intervention. In the next pages I will examine how I have tried to guide my artistic production towards a speculative sonic practice with the potential to propel our world towards better futures. More specifically in the next pages I will pose the questions of how can listening practices raise awareness about the ecological and social impact of technology, whether the amplification of more than human voices can help us redirect our attention towards systems of collective benefit and how can speculative interfaces challenge our idea of otherness and reconfigure our understanding of nature and technology. Through a retrospective observation of my artistic practice, which is informed by Neo materialist, decolonize and acoustic ecology theories, I will try to show how speculative sonic practices can identify world problems and point towards regenerative futures.

Object languages

English

Date

2024

Rights

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