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Quantum Listening
by Pauline Oliveros
foreword by Laurie Anderson
introduction by IONE
illustrated by Aura Satz
What is the difference between hearing and listening? Does sound have consciousness? Can you imagine listening beyond the edge of your own imagination?
In response to the anti-war movements of the 1960s, pioneering musician and composer Pauline Oliveros began to expand the way she made music, experimenting with meditation, movement, and activism in her compositions.
Fascinated by the role that sound and consciousness play in our daily lives, Oliveros developed a series of Sonic Meditations that would eventually lead to the creation of Deep Listening—a practice for healing and transformation open to all, rooted in her musicianship.
Quantum Listening is a manifesto for listening as activism. Through simple yet profound exercises, Oliveros shows how Deep Listening is the foundation for a radically transformed social matrix: one in which compassion and peace form the basis for our actions in the world.
This timely edition brings Oliveros’ futuristic vision—blending technology and spirituality—together with a new foreword by Laurie Anderson and introduction by IONE.
Pauline Oliveros (1932–2016) was a renowned American composer, performer, and accordionist. She was a central figure in the development of post-war experimental and electronic music. She was the recipient of four Honorary Doctorates and many awards, including the John Cage Award from from the Foundation of Contemporary Arts. Her works are performed worldwide and her improvisational performances were extensively documented and recorded.
Laurie Anderson is one of the world’s most renowned—and daring—creative pioneers. Known primarily for her multimedia presentations, she has cast herself in roles as varied as visual artist, composer, poet, photographer, filmmaker, electronics whiz, vocalist, and instrumentalist.
IONE is an author, playwright, director, and improvisational text-sound artist. In addition to multiple performances internationally, she has created numerous large music theater works with her creative partner and spouse, Pauline Oliveros. Her memoir, Pride of Family: Four Generations of American Women of Color, was a New York Times Notable Book.
Aura Satz is an artist who's work encompasses film, sound, performance, and sculpture. Her art involves explorations into a variety of areas including notation systems, code, and encryption and the ways in which these might resist standardization, generating new soundscapes, and in turn, new forms of listening.
Ignota
paperback
English
August 30, 2022
64 pages
4.5 x 0.25 x 6 inches