Jez riley French workshop

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Jez riley French

a quiet position | micro-listening field listening/recording workshop

Workshop

Venue

The Hillcrest Centre, Newhaven
BN1 9RA

Dates & time

Wednesday 2nd March
10.00 – 17.00

© Jez riley French

A quiet position | micro-listening field listening/recording workshop with Jez riley French

£15 (donation) •  buy tickets from Eventbrite 

We are in constant, resonant interaction as multi-species societies, as performative objects. In our acts of listening we still too often impose multiple expectations onto environments, rendering them passive and bordered. In this one day exploration of micro-listening we’ll attempt to step back from that process, giving up control and accepting our technologies only ever result in thin traces, altered by our presence.

Following an introductory conversation around aspects of extended listening and recording techniques, the group will spend time with Jez listening to and recording sounds in the locale, whatever they might be at the time, not performing for us. This will involve attempts at micro-listening to soil systems, architecture, aquatic spaces and plants. Depending on our explorations we’ll be using devices such as contact microphones, hydrophones and electromagnetic coils. If you have your own do bring them along. Jez will also have some to loan if needed.

Some experience of field recording is an advantage, as well as access to a field recorder. Students from University of Sussex, Brighton or Northbrook are advised to check availability of high end field recorders from their institutions.

This event is generously supported by the Sussex Humanities Lab – Experimental Ecologies series; part of an experimental Creative Knowledge Exchange programme. Microlistening is part of the Sound Art Brighton Festival 2022 and run in association with UK & Ireland Soundscape Community.

 
Jez riley French

Jez riley French makes use of intuitive composition, field recording, improvisation and photography, and has been exploring his enjoyment of and interest in detail, simplicity and his emotional response to places and situations for over 3 decades. Alongside performances, exhibitions and installations, French lectures and runs workshops around the world and his range of specialist microphones are widely used by recordists, sound artists, musicians, sound designers and cultural organisations. He also works as a curator of live events, a record label, sound installations and an arts zine verdure engraved.

https://jezrileyfrench.co.uk/  
© Pheobe riley Law

Venue information

The Hillcrest Community Centre
Bay Vue Road
Newhaven
BN9 9LH

www.hillcrestcentre.co.uk
info@hillcrestcentre.co.uk
01273 512376

Opening hours

Wednesday 2nd March
10.00 – 17.00

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