From July 11 to August 5 I stayed in South East Asia to participate in the Listening Biennial as a speaker and workshop facilitator.

July 12 I contributed to the Listening Tambayan (Tagalog for hangout, informal gathering) at the University of the Philippines together with Hasan Hujairi and Kevin Murray with an annotated playlist on noise and silence:

The playlist is also available on Mixcloud:

July 14 to 16 I facilitated a workshop in Alitaptap artist village in the Cavite region of the Philippines, themed on soundscapes in the Anthropocene: a close reading of Bernie Krause’s text Anatomy of the Soundscape with it’s division of soundscapes into geophony, biophony and anthropophony contrasted with McKenzie Wark’s theory of the Anthropocene from Molecular Red. The question of how Krause’s division of the soundscape can be upheld under the conditions of the Anthropocene guided us through a soundwalk and a field recording expedition in the surrounding area that resulted in a collaborative playlist (soon to be published).

From July 21 to 23 I travelled to Bagkok with Nguyen TrinH Ti, Yang Yeung and Dayang Yraola travelled for giving workshops and to participate in a Symposium at Silpakorn University. My talk Noise as Sonic Experience touched on the conflicting definitions that can be given to noise and the ambiguous role it plays in political situations. The script for this presentation will hopefully be published later this year.

A more streamlined version of the talk was also presented at Multimedia University in Cyberjaya, Malaysia on July 29.

During the stay in Manila I also participated in the „Neverending Gig“ on World Listening Day (July 18, audio will be posted soon). I’m still overwhelmed by the generosity and hospitality of the people I encountered. The discussions and informal talks will resonate for a long time. Special thanks to Dayang Yraola for inviting me to the Listening Biennial.