listening walk, sound walk 聽說 Ting Shuo Hear Say
2017/03/12 躡步凝聽行走 Gentle Steps listening walk, Dorm 1828, Tainan

Photo: 劉念錡

這些簡單的聚集是一邀請，來參與聲音藝術家 Nigel Brown 的研究實作：以行走的體驗來達成專注聆聽的狀態。如 Salome Voegelin 在「聆聽噪音與靜音：走向聲音藝術的哲學 (Bloomsbury, 2013)」中寫到：「聽覺是由實際聆聽中產出」，不同於「觀看的自身，身體與所見物間有一個距離... 聽者與聽見物是互依互存的。」

3月的三個星期一，Nigel 會出發並回到 Dorm 1828：宿舍來做聆聽行走。參與者可以加入行走，並於最後一起討論分享。一個由發出持續音 (drone) 的樂器將陪伴行走的大家，對聲音環境進行團體存在的貢獻。

These simple sessions are an invitation to participate in the research practice of sound artist Nigel Brown; focussing on the experience of walking for the purpose of active listening.
As Salome Voegelin explains in ‘Listening to noise and silence: Towards a philosophy of sound art’ (Bloomsbury, 2013), “the auditory is generated in the listening practice”. Unlike the “viewing self, whose body is at a distance from the seen... the listener is entwined with the heard.”

On four Mondays in March, Nigel will undertake a listening walk that departs from and arrives back at Dorm 1828. Participants may join the walk and a short discussion at the end. A drone based sound making device will accompany the walkers as a contribution to the auditory city that will mark the presence of the group in interaction with the environment.