Pauline Olivero’s deep listening reflection
Most of the time, I treat listening as secondary to seeing. Pauline Oliveros’s concept of deep listening makes me reconsider how much information sound actually carries. When I imagine listening through my whole body, I think about vibration in my chest or the way certain tones change my mood. It makes me aware that listening is not just mental, but physical as well as emotional. Approaching sound as research makes everyday environments feel active and alive. It encourages me to stay curious instead of rushing to interpret. It suggests that creation can begin not by producing something new, but by paying deeper attention to what is already there.
Audio Assignment: Warming Up to Chaos
Data Sonification, or the conversion of data to sound, remained in the back of my mind for the majority of this assignment. As my original plan slipped away, the thought of data sonification came to the forefront. My thought process immediately went to environmental conditions because I predicted the data would increase drastically in the most recent decades, creating a distinct rise of pitch. I used the TwoTone software to convert NASA’s ‘annual global surface temperature change’ into an alarming, siren-sounding countdown. As the pitch climbs higher each year, the sound becomes even harder on the ears. Listening to the data instead of just reading it makes the climate crisis feel more immediate and personal. In the form of sound, this data represents the time-dependent emergency that it is; highlighting the importance of immediate environmental conservation.
Earth’s surface temperature increase is played in C minor on violin. stream it on this page of my blog only; It’ll help you Warm Up to Chaos!
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