sound ecologies

Sound ecologies connect all the contributors to the Anthropocene via sound. From 1967 to 1970 French composer Luc Ferrari recorded sound on the island of Korčula with which he, with minimal processing or manipulation, he composed his seminal soundscape work "Presque Rien / Almost Nothing No. 1: Daybreak at the Seashore", whereby he embraced all the sounds of the environment as equally valid for the work, and described that attitude as the "absence of abstract sounds".

Member of the grey) (area association Manja Ristić published the sound map of Korčula.

In the organization of of the grey) (area association, Robertina Šebjanič recorded subaquatic sounds in Korčula in the waters around Korčula during the residence Aquatocene with Annick Bureau, and together they carried out the performance Underwater: Escaping (sound) polution.

In its exhibition program, grey) (area has been presenting the art of sound in the context of sound ecologies. Project Radioastronomy by the group Radioqualia (Adam Hyde i Honnor Hager) from New Zealand connects observatories from al around the world and translates the position of the stars to sound. The sound installation by Leah Barclay titled Sound Mirrors / Zrcala zvuka investigates rivers as necessary fluids of human communities and translates the value of listening to the Nature at its present state of ecological insecurity via the fine weaving of various sounds of natural habitats and human voices into a dense and unpredictable soundscape. Leah also carried out the performance Shifting Nature / Pokretanje prirode, based on field recordings in Australia, India, Korea, and Brasil.

grey) (area association is one of the founding members of the network Central European Network for Sonic Ecologies (CENSE).