A walk through the city text by poetry, read by norbert ruebsaat. Kits beach soundwalk allows westerkamp to help rectify that imbalance. Put aside one hour and go for a walk in your neighbourhood. This sound was joyful for her and so during the walk she was compelled to stay close to the flagpoles for a while. She presents soundscape workshops and lectures internationally, performs and writes. This article introduces us to the work of the soundscape composer hildegard westerkamp. She ably shapes fanciful, imaginative music from her recordings, mixing and transformations of the soundscape. A soundwalk is a walk with a focus on listening to the environment. There was more than just a hint of oracular mysticism in westerkamp s art. One can journey with her sound to inner landscapes and find unexplored openings in our sound souls. She was a member world soundscape project in the early 1970s, led by murray schafer at simon fraser university. Kits beach soundwalk voice spoken hildegard westerkamp.
Feb 15, 2011 hildegard westerkamp is a composer, educator, radio artist and sound ecologist originally from osnabruck, germany and based in vancouver since 1968. To put it another way you did not know whether she was standing there or not. Many of her compositions deal with the acoustic environment. Biography of hildegard westerkamp hildegard westerkamp was born in osnabruck, germany in 1946 and emigrated to canada in 1968. Stream adfree or purchase cds and mp3s now on amazon. Hildegard westerkamp kits beach soundwalk 1989 youtube. She presents soundscape workshops, performs, writes and lectures internationally. A soundwalk is any excursion whose main purpose is listening to the environment. There are seven verses labeled 1a, 1b, 2a, 2b, 3a, 3b and 4a refer to the lyric sheet at the end of this paper. From 11am a number of sound installations on campus to experience. A bark, a laugh, a rifleshot, these may concern us or may not. Hildegard westerkamp osnabruck, germany, 1946 emigrated to canada in 1968 and gave birth to her daughter in 1977. The work of hildegard westerkamp in the films of gus van sant.
Soundwalking by hildegard westerkamp originally published in sound heritage, volume iii number 4, victoria b. Listen to and download the music, ost, score, list of songs and trailers. Soundwalking with sherry ostapovitch, hildegard westerkamp, and walkinglab. The sound of the clanking of metal against these poles was very musical and created different pitches. A soundwalk is a walk that hildi leads with her ears. After completing her music studies in the early seventies her ears were drawn beyond music to the acoustic environment as a broader cultural context or place for intense listening. Sound artist hildegard westerkamp worked with photographer florence debeugny to produce this video of her 52minute long installation at the edge of wilderness in an abandoned mining community.
Here hildegard westerkamp takes us on a brilliantly narrated sound walk across kits beach away from the throbbing city. As highlighted by agf, chris watson, formerly a founding member electronic experimentalists cabaret voltaire and hafler trio, has perhaps. An in depth look at the unique world of soundwalking and the people who practice it. After completing her music studies in the early seventies her ears were drawn beyond music to the acoustic environment as a broader. The song, o virga ac diadema praise for the mothertrack one on the accompanying cd on vision. Hildegard westerkamp is participating in this years sound symposium xix, in st.
Hildegard westerkamp 1946 is a soundmaker, teacher and thinker who is celebrated today as the mother of acoustic ecology the study of the sonically mediated, reciprocal relationships between the environment and its inhabitants. Hildegard westerkamp transformations 1996, cd discogs. Hildegard westerkamp electrocd the electroacoustic music. Hildegard westerkamp, from the same group of artists and founder of the. I dont own the rights on it, im only sharing it with educational purposes. Hildegard westerkamp, another member of the project, only slightly embellishes on this when she states that a soundwalk is. It is also about the aesthetic pleasures of listening.
On a recent evening, hildegard westerkamp, founder of the vancouver soundwalk collective, wrote the following passage in her sound diary. Part i honorable mentions january 2, 2018 january 2, 2018 mike 3 comments here we go again our annual list of our favorite recordings for 2017. All 7 songs from the elephant 2003 movie soundtrack, with scene descriptions. Hildegard westerkamp kits beach soundwalk i tried to make the field recordings on my new album tell the story of my journey down the norfolk coast. The term was first used by members of the world soundscape project under the leadership of composer r. Soundwalking has also been used as artistic medium by visual artists and documentary makers, such as janet cardiff. Andra mccartney associate professor, communication studies concordia university soundwalking is a. After completing her music studies in the early seventies her ears were drawn beyond music.
Presented by ariane delaunois, lucinda guy and sophie wilder. Andra found these tinkling sounds to evoke the sounds of boats at anchor, of sails hitting against the mast. Jul 06, 2011 hildegard westerkamp is a composer, radio artist and sound ecologist. Oct 08, 2018 hildegard westerkamp stood on the beach. Hildegard westerkamp born april 8, 1946, in osnabruck, germany is a german and canadian composer of contemporary music, and a professor at simon fraser university in vancouver, canada. Hildegard westerkamp is a composer, radio artist and sound ecologist. We are sound inside and we resonate with the soundscape even if we are not listening. Westerkamp creates new possibilities for listening. Hildegard westerkamp s kits beach soundwalk challenges us as listeners to reevaluate our acoustic soundscape. Autumn leaves, sound and the environment in artistic practice, ed. Juxtaposing the sounds of barnacles with the noise of the city, westerkamp reveals an unbalanced world in which individual voices are silenced.
The work of hildegard westerkamp in the films of gus van. A ravine walk with hildegard westerkamp and amish morell meet at the doris mccarthy gallery, utsc, 1265 military trail. Pdf in the words of hildegard westerkamp the germancanadian composer and. It is exposing our ears to every sound around us no matter where we are. Hildegard westerkamp was born in osnabruck, germany in 1946 and emigrated to canada in 1968. She studied flute and piano at the conservatory of music in freiburg, west germany from 1966 1968 and moved to canada in 1975. If sound ecology has seen the burgeoning of microphone artists such as claude schryer and of course hildegard westerkamp and her famous cpiste. Hildegard westerkamp, from the same group of artists and founder of the world forum of acoustic ecology, defines soundwalking as. Elephant 2003 soundtrack complete list of songs whatsong. Hildegard westerkamp deca lectures on topics of listening, environmental sound and acoustic ecology and she conducts soundscape workshops. Hildegard westerkamp, paul kennedy and freelance producer jenni schine set out for their sound walk in vancouver.
Hildegard westerkamp is a composer, educator, radio artist and sound ecologist originally from osnabruck, germany and based in vancouver since 1968. Hildegard westerkamp the practice of listening in unsettled times. After completing her music studies at the university of british columbia in the early seventies she joined the world soundscape project under the direction of r. Hildegard westerkamp returns to school of sound the school. Field recording, musique concrete, electroacoustic. Soundwalk artists maintain differing attitudes toward the place in question, sounds recorded. By focusing the ears attention to details in the acoustic environment, her many compositional works draw attention to the act of listening itself and to the inner, hidden spaces of the environment we.
Westerkamp used soundwalks to create multiple soundart pieces. Hildegard westerkamp returns to school of sound this entry was posted in uncategorized on march 28, 2017 by larry sider. It includes a sound walk by hildegard westerkamp more. The composer, sound artist and acoustic ecologist, hildegard westerkamp, will make her second appearance at the school of sound in april. Hildegard westerkamp sound symposium a celebration of. One can journey with her sound to inner landscapes and find unexplored openings in our sound.
Around the same time, westerkamp hosted shows on the vancouver radio coop, where she. Her works focusas composer, educator, editor or radio artistis on listening, environmental sound and acoustic ecology. Soundwalking with sherry ostapovitch, hildegard westerkamp. Cricket voice, a walk through the city, and beneath the forest floor are all soundwalk inspired works. You heard her voice, and you heard the beach, but both were relics of a time long since past. Shatzs queasy audio mix prominently deploys hildegard westerkamps musique concrete piece doors of perception, a. The work of hildegard westerkamp in the films of gus van sant an interview with the soundscape composer and some added thoughts of my own by randolph jordan volume 11, issue 89 september 2007 18 minutes 4391 words. A feather on the breath of god 1988, hyperion canticles of ecstasy sequentia 1994. Hildegard westerkamp born april 8, 1946, in osnabruck, germany is a canadian composer, radio artist, teacher and sound ecologist of german origin.
By randolph jordan one of the most common functions of sound design in the cinema is to contextualize the environments presented on screen. This uses recordings made when on a trip to the socalled zone of silence in the mexican desert, most prominently a crickets night song. Murray schafer and the world soundscape project, is a founding and board member of the world forum for acoustic ecology and was longtime editor of its journal soundscape. Into the labyrinth talking rain harbour symphony and fanfare mothervoicetalk fur dich for you image. Composer hildegard westerkamp focuses on listening, environmental sound and acoustic ecology. A sound walk westerkamp led in kerkyra, corfu, in 2006. Hildegard westerkamp is a germancanadian composer who was involved with r murray schafer etc in the 1970s as part of the original team of people that founded the acoustic ecology movement, and. An interview with the soundscape composer and some added thoughts of my own. Pauline oliveros kingston ny, 1995 sound surrounds us. Sound walk hildegard westerkamp walk listen create. Hildegard westerkamp emigrated to canada in 1968 and gave birth to her daughter in 1977. After completing her music studies in the early seventies westerkamp joined the world soundscape project under the direction of canadian composer r. Westerkamp s pioneering work at the intersections of composition, environmentalism, acoustic communication, radio arts, listening practices and soundwalking. Apr 22, 2017 music and audio arts sound theatre maast is a portable and flexible sound diffusion system designed for the performance of electroacoustic music and research in spatial sound.
A pioneer in sound art and perceptual appreciation by sophie arkette. This event is cosponsored by the noise futures network. Call for composition university of music and performing arts graz. Johns, newfoundland, july 5 15, 2018, ten days that will change how your hear the world. Apr 20, 2009 organised by the unit for sound practice research. The completed and updated article is now published. Hildegard westerkamp electrocd the electroacoustic. The oxford handbook of mobile music studies, volume 2. She will be presenting a number of her compositions and conduct a soundwalk in this beautiful. If you are walking with someone or several people, make clear to them that this.
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