Giving Space: Soundworks x Spatial Sound Institute : Conversation with Paul Oomen, Daniela Gentile and Edo Van Breemen

 

Soundworks, an app for meditation practices,  partners with the Spatial Sound Institute (SSI) to explore ways to elevate the role of listening in society and revitalize our wellbeing by changing the way we hear the world.

For their sixth episode Soundworks spoke with Paul Oomen, Daniela Gentile, and Edo van Breemen.

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BUDAPEST 3000: Audition of the Future City

SONOTOMIA Residency 3.0

Imagine the soundscape of the city a thousand years from now. Which sounds have remained and which have disappeared? How does the way we listen in the here and now enable us to evolve the future?

SONOTOMIA Sound Anatomy of Unique Places investigates sound as a unique artifact of cultural and natural heritage unfolding through artist residencies in Portugal, Spain and Hungary.

During 10 days, 9 participants of the residency worked in intercultural groups to capture the entangled urban and natural areas that identify the city of Budapest as a socio-cultural, geographical and biophysical environment.

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The Effects of Spatial Sound on Human Wellbeing

The Works Research Institute facilitates study into the emerging field of spatial sound. The research aims to provide a new understanding of the principles of sound wave propagation and make benefit of its potential effects on human wellbeing.

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Explore the Spatial Sound Institute’s Library 

With over a hundred-fifty curated titles in our collection and extensive research archive, the Spatial Sound Institute’s open-access library is an ongoing outreach initiative that recognizes the need for a wider circulation of educational and pedagogical resources in sound, providing cultural and scientific research for the benefit of artists, academics and learners everywhere. 

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The Ecology of Listening

The programme of the Spatial Sound Institute focuses on four distinct areas of study that consider the impact of sonic environments on our physical, psychological and spiritual well-being, our language, behaviour and communication, and a range of socio-political dimensions including our educational systems, our artforms and our political and economic structures.

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