TUESDAY 27th February | 7pm | Free tickets
“We hear the rain not through silent falling water but in the many translations delivered by objects that the rain encounters” – D.G. Haskel
In this edition of Listening Club, sound artist and researcher Julian Weaver will audition a range of works exploring rained and raining objects interspersed, for contrast, with their inverse.
We often listen to rain as it strikes the world around us, natural objects such as trees, plants, ground, water and also, but perhaps less so, the coverings we use for protection against it; umbrellas, bus stops, roofs, windows, tarmac. Rain then can be considered as an acoustic light that falls on us and the surrounding environment, describing it for any sensing life form.
John Hull recorded in his cassette diary on blindness, that “...the steadily falling rain creates a continuity of acoustic experience” - [Hull, 1997]
About the curator: Julian Weaver is an artist and researcher who works primarily with sound. His work is currently focussed on matter, substance and sensing in scientific and ecological imaginaries and fictions.
He is also director of Finetuned, a company focusing on interdisciplinary research and curated projects that also provides consultative and technical services to artists and galleries, universities and industry.
Listen Club is about listening together is in the same space, with the possibility of sharing impressions and casual discussion afterwards. Listen Club hopes to provide a counterpoint to the quick paced personal consumption of music with a more patient shared experience; a deep listen, together, in order to foster community.
A programme of unusual sound-works, soundscape composition, and music from the present and the past, chosen by Sound Art Brighton artists and invited guests. Curators will guide the experience - briefly discussing the details of the selections and providing background on the music and artists chosen. We aim to present a variety of styles and listening experiences that may include long duration singular sound works to a series of work on a particular theme.
On average we will listen together for 45min to an hour, with time for discussion and conversation afterwards.