What is listening art?
When does listening become an artistic act? (English)
Wikifoon
Everything (or almost everything) you need to know about sound, listening, and listening art
This knowledge base holds everything connected to aifoon’s research into sound and listening.
These writings delve deeper into concepts like listening art and listening attitudes, or get hands-on with practical tools and exercises. The Wikifoon is a work in progress and is continuously being expanded.
Do you have a text, podcast, or toolbox you’d like to share? Let us know via info@aifoon.org. Your contribution might soon become part of this database!
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Sound art in Flanders
A video and text by Flanders Arts Institute on the history and players of Flemish sound art. (English)
Letter to the city
A spontaneous application to become a city composer (Dutch)
About sound and language
How can you describe sounds with words? Check out the results of our participatory research. (Dutch)
About listening attitudes
A group of artists was stimulated by the diverse ways of listening. So they decided to compile a list of possible listening postures. (English)
On sound and memories
What did the past sound like? Which sounds have or will disappear? And how can we preserve them? (Dutch)
Create a sound walk
Take someone out for a walk blindfolded and let them experience the city in a different way. (Dutch)
Massage with sound
Relax and let your listening be stretched by a beauty of sounds... (Dutch)
This square is designed to sound good too
Can we design cities to be pleasant to our ears? An interview with sound professor Marcel Cobussen. (Dutch)
Why sounds and smells are as vital to cities as the sights
An article by MIT Technology Review on the importance of sound in a city. (English)
5 ways to listen better
Fascinating TED talk by sound expert Julian Treasure with 5 exercises to listen more consciously. (English)
Listening questions by Pauline Oliveros
40 questions that open up your way of listening, formulated by the founder of deep listening. (English)
Improve the acoustics of your classroom
Poor acoustics negatively affect children's concentration, and cause voice problems for teachers. (Dutch)
Listening at home
DIY home expeditions full of listening exercises. (English)
Growing in listening
A toolbox of audio clips and accompanying listening questions. (English)
From what theoretical framework does aifoon's work start?
By what theories are aifoon's methods inspired? (Dutch)
Sonorising: making a soundtrack to a film clip
Roadmap for teachers, tutors or workshop facilitators. (Dutch)
Field recording: go out on your own with a recording device
Field recording is not just about recording sounds, but also what you do with them. (Dutch)
The sound collage: roadmap to create your own soundscape
Guide a group to make their own recordings and use them to create their own soundscape or soundscape. (Dutch)
What did the city sound like during corona?
"I expected it to be super quiet, but nothing could be further from the truth." (Dutch)
A fountain to mask city noise
Adding extra sound to make an auditory environment more pleasant - how does it work? (Dutch)
A plea for a listening city
How can we design cities that account for auditory factors in their urban planning? How do people experience the sounds of a city? (English)
Hoor, de paprika ontkiemt
Hoe aifoon al vijftien jaar luisteren verheft tot (een) kunst. Een interview van Evelyne Coussens met Stijn Dickel. (Dutch)
Lesmap bij Murmur van Grensgeval en aifoon
Deze map biedt suggesties voor activiteiten in de klas vóór- of nadat
jullie naar de voorstelling Murmur komen kijken. (Dutch)
Van participatieve dialoog tot artistieke ontwikkeling (en omgekeerd)
Geen luisterkunst zonder deelnemers of toehoorders. (Dutch)
What is listening?
Listening has more layers than we might think. What about the distinction between ‘hearing’ and ‘listening’? How does our own personal context and culture influence things? (English)
Listening Scores
Stijn Dickel made three listening scores for The Listening Bureau. Read and ... Listen!
Drawing or sculpting sounds
Listening inspires and amazes! Work together through sound with a colouring box or lump of clay.
Podcast ‘Luisterrijk’
aifoon onderzoekt het luisteren in de stad en daarbuiten. Om ons onderzoek breder te kaderen, maakten we een podcast. (Dutch)
Educatieve fiche Geluidenatlas
Wanneer je probeert om een geluid in woorden te beschrijven, merk je al snel dat we daar (te) weinig woordenschat voor hebben. Ga in groep op zoek naar taal voor geluid!
Podcast: if sounds could speak...
When you try to describe a sound in words, you quickly notice that we have (too) little vocabulary to do so. Why is that? But most importantly, what can we do about it?