For the first instalment of The School of Wild Listening, composer and sound artist David Stalling will present field recordings and soundscape compositions, which examine the human engagement with our environment. Works will include a series of audifications of seismic events recorded in the north Atlantic as well as in Dublin during 2020. Stalling has developed a special, immersive audification technique for long-term seismic data recordings during a three-year collaboration with a team of seismologists at the Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies and the University of Cambridge. In this domain of listening, geological time becomes tangible, and the naturally occurring seismic tremors and human made sounds take on musical qualities, allowing listeners to engage with our planet in a unique way. All works will be presented on a 16-channel immersive loudspeaker system especially for the occasion.

The School of Wild Listening is a platform for the discussion and dissemination of ecological sound art and music. In our current age of ecological disconnection, listening provides a means to explore and cultivate a deeper connection to the world around us. This listening provides a knowledge for initiating cultural change and allows us to pro-actively engage with the biodiversity and climate crisis conversation.

This programme will include listening group sessions, discussions and workshops with guest artists, performances, soundwalks and more.

Directed by Robert Coleman.