On Sound: Anne Hardy and Aura Satz

July 2020
Episode 5
Anne Hardy and Aura Satz
01:12:09

Artists Anne Hardy and Aura Satz discuss the role of sound, noise and silence in shaping our environment, for example during lockdown, and how they work with it in their art practices.

This episode also contains extracts of sound pieces:

Anne Hardy, The Depth of Darkness, the Return of the Light (2019) (from 18:33), originally made for the Winter Commission at Tate Britain.

Aura Satz, Dial Tone Drone (2014) which uses the electronic dial tone of telephones as a starting point for a discussion with electronic music pioneers Pauline Oliveros and Laurie Spiegel about drones and their use in music (from 36:55).

Anne Hardy

Anne Hardy is particularly interested in the relationship between space and sound, and how sound creates spaces in the same way that light creates form.

Aura Satz is interested in sonic notation and electronic soundscapes from feminist and historical perspectives.

Both artists participated in RIA's Resonant Frequencies programme, which was an investigation into sound and hearing in all its forms through peer-to-peer workshop sessions.


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