listening to the earth
Dr. Sabine Feisst and Dr. Garth Paine co-directed the Balance-Unbalance Conference at ASU in 2015. Here is a short video with Keynote speakers talking about the value of interdisciplinary collaboration to address climate change and other environmental issues.
An interview I did in November for the Sustainability Review
Explore the acoustic ecology of the American South West with Dr. Garth Paine.
Interesting new systems for automatic species identification and realtime land use monitoring by Sieve Analytics
Listen(n) Concert at Institute of Humanities Research 10th Anniversary Event
Friday, October 16, 2015 – 4:00pm to 6:00pm
ASU Art Museum
As part of a month-long commemoration of its 10th Anniversary, the IHR will be hosting a party to celebrate the diversity of humanities research at ASU. Come broaden your horizons through virtual reality, or awash yourself in multisensory performances; learn origami and create memories in the humanities photobooth; express your poetic side at the open mic, or share your passion through the Humanities Manifesto board; above all: eat, drink, and be merry with other lovers of the humanities! This party will be a unique and exciting way to truly honor the ways in which the IHR and its affiliates have expanded humanities research at ASU for the last 10 years. Come celebrate with us!
Back by popular demand: “Listen(n): Embodied Sonic Experiences” concert – come experience the acoustic ecology of the USA’s Southwest deserts! Other activities and performances include:
EcoRift virtual reality tour
Origami station
Photobooth with humanities props
Open mic poetry
“Experimental Humanities” visual sound presentation
Electronic music and video performance by Pincushioned
Multisensory exploration of a medieval manuscript
Wine, beer, and food
And more!
Leah Barclay, speaks at the 2015 SXSW ECO in Austin Texas.
Thanks to the UN Foundation and http://plussocialgood.org
Garth Paine, of Arizona State University, speaks at SXSW Eco in Austin, TX. SXSW Eco creates a space for business leaders, investors, innovators and designers to drive economic, environmental and social change.
Today we demoed the Ecorift for the United Nations Foundation at SxSW Eco
Come by tomorrow from 10-1PM if you missed out today. Thanks to United Nations Foundation, SxSW and Rainforest Partnership for supporting our work in bringing the wilderness to people
Photos by Sabine Feisst
In the face of unprecedented ecological problems we must find new ways to encourage environmental awareness, engagement and stewardship. Listening is a critical sense that provides us with rich information about the environment, yet is often overlooked in visually dominant cultures. This panel brings leading international organizations, thinkers and artists together to discuss a series of projects that use sound in powerful ways. The panel explores collaborations with indigenous and other communities and elaborates on how emerging digital technology and rich media environments generate environmental engagement through embodied experiences of presence in remote natural environments. The panel addresses recently developed VR installations, multimodal data sensing and new streaming technologies that facilitate virtual, immersive experiences to build global communities engaged with the remote wilderness of American Southwest deserts, the central Amazon rainforest, and the Australian bush. – See more at: Please VOTE for us
Questions Answered
How can we use new technologies to develop wide environmental and climate awareness?
How can we use Acoustic Ecology to teach sustainability?
How can the Oculus Rift be used as a platform for environmental awareness?
How are artists, scientists and NGO’s collaborating to develop community embedded programs of change?
How does the arts facilitate community engagement and stewardship of climate issues?
Speakers
Garth Paine Arizona State University
Leah Barclay Self Employed
Sabine Feisst Arizona State University
– See more at: http://panelpicker.sxsw.com/vote/46040#sthash.bZrili4E.dpuf
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Additional Supporting Materials
http://www.balance-unbalance2015.org
Questions Answered
How can engaged sound art change communal perception?
How can artists, sciences and NGO’s collaborate to build environmental stewardship?
How do artists act as thought leaders in communities, turning environmental risk into social capital?
How can the arts build community engagement in climate action?
How do we build behaviors that secure sustainable natural resources?
Speakers
Leah Barclay Leah Barclay
Sabine Feisst Arizona State University
Garth Paine Arizona State University
Niyanta Spellman Rainforest Partnership
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This Black Bear was the second we had seen in one day in Sequoia National Park. The first was a cutie juvenile, cinnamon brown and very curious – he ran up a small hill then sat there looking at us for some time
Bear stroll – Sequoia National Park from Garth Paine on Vimeo.