Constellations

Constellations

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Constellations episodes

  • The Mystery Box

    This Mystery Box has been mixed by Ariana Martinez.

    It’s composed from sounds recorded by: Jess Shane, Miyuki Jokiranta, Anouk Hannan, Mike Williams, Ayesha Barmania, Adair Sheppard and Isaac Arnquist.

    To hear these sounds in their entirety, click here.

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    Constellations is a community of listeners, investigating the world through sound.

    The mix engineer is MM.

    The graphics are designed by JS.

    For more sounds from Constellations, visit out website: https://constellationssounds.org/

    11 min
  • On ”Aural Alterities”: An interview with jamilah malika abu-bakare

    This episode of Constellations we speak with artist and writer jamilah malika abu-bakare about Aural Alterities, an online exhibition curated by abu-bakare. Aural Alterities is a collection of works by 8 sound artists, which suggest dimensions and possibilities for working in sound outside of formal or canonical of the medium. All of these artists are Black, Indigenous or POC Chilean.

    This episode is primarily an interview with abu-bakare, alongside excerpts from the exhibition. We strongly recommend you listen and take in these works in their online format here: auralalterities.com

    Aural Alterities works:

    - “sending a message to you” by Adee Roberson

    - “Speaking into Existence” by Aj McClennon
    - “Audible Rising” by Allah George
    - “L2BW2” by jamilah malika abu-bakare
    - “ALL OF ME” by Jessica Karuhanga
    - “FIGHT ME” by Kim Ninkuru
    - “only workers” by RUTMEAT
    - “Detenidxs Desparecidxs” by Soledad Fatima Muñoz


    Referenced reading:
    The Combahee River Collective Statement
    Art Papers, Interview: David Hammons
    Undrowned: Black Feminist Lessons from Marine Animals by Alexis Pauline Gumbs

    Further reading:

    Aural Alterities “On Listening” page: auralalterities.com/on-listening

    26 min
  • The Mystery Box

    Bing bang clang ding, a new Mystery Box is here!

    This Mystery Box has been mixed by Xen Nhà.

    It’s composed from sounds recorded by: Ayesha Barmania, Adair Sheppard and Isaac Arnquist.

    To hear these sounds in their entirety, click here.

    Constellations is a community of listeners, investigating the world through sound.

    The mix engineer is MM.

    The graphics are designed by JS.

    Want to contribute to the next Mystery Box? Visit:

    constellationssounds.org/mystery-box/contribute

    6 min
  • The Mystery Box

    "I heard once that swans don't like green..."

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    This Mystery Box has been mixed by Miyuki Jokiranta.

    It’s composed from sounds recorded by: Jon, Mike Williams, Nick Violi, Jess Shane, and Kalli Anderson.

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    To hear these sounds in their entirety, visit the Mystery Box on our website:

    constellationssounds.org/mystery dash box

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    Constellations is a community of listeners, investigating the world through sound.

    The mix engineer is MM.

    The graphics are designed by JS.

    ***

    Want to contribute to the next Mystery Box? Visit:

    constellationssounds.org/mystery dash box/contribute

    5 min
  • WARATAH ~lonely artefacts~
    Lonely Artefacts is a podcast series about regional Australian museums by Sisters Akousmatica for Constellations. Lonely Artefact #2 takes you to the Waratah Museum in Waratah north west lutruwita-Tasmania.
    From Sisters Akousmatica:
    “I visited in 2010 and the museum experience stayed with me, as it was so obviously a labour of love and community service. In fact it was probably the original inspiration for this series.”
    Sisters Akousmatica pay respect to the Palawa people as the traditional and ongoing custodians of Lutruwita and to elders past, present and future, and acknowledge that sovereignty has never been ceded.
    https://www.constellationsaudio.com/sounds
    10 min
  • Extraction
    Energy usage and sound are two omnipresent components of our daily life. We're constantly trying to weigh our own wants and complications against individual sacrifices and the perceived "difference" our actions can make. And of course, as with much of existence, many things can be true at once.
    Featuring:
    "i don't think its my place" by Sophia Steinert-Evoy
    "Forest to Desert" by Sarah Boothroyd
    https://www.constellationsaudio.com/sounds
    16 min
  • Semiotic Shift
    Language is inextricably linked to land. In this episode, we explore how the shifts in the landscape have impacted language across generations and cultures.
    Featuring:
    “Translation (a prayer)” by John Isaiah Edward Hill
    “During the drought the road is dry” by Bartosz Panek
    John Isaiah Edward Hill is writing a poem to the generations passed and the generations to come in the Oneida language that’s been threatened by settler colonial violence. In their piece “Translation (a prayer)”, we hear two voices: the English voice which is static and unmoving, and the Oneida voice, which moves in a counter-clockwise motion, representative of traditional Haudenosaunee dance practices. 
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    In Poland, drought has wrecked havoc on the landscape. 2019 was the hottest year on record in Poland, and it’s affecting their entire way of life from water, the soil, food and energy prices. These shifts have meant a shift in the language used to describe water, heat and dryness. In Bartosz Panek’s piece “During the drought the road is dry” he explores how old words are being given a new context alongside the changing climate.
    Transcript for “During the drought the road is dry” is below.
    [8:49 - 9:00]
    During the drought the road is dry.
     
    [9:10 - 9:15]
    During the drought the road is dry.
     
    [9:20 - 9:25]
    During the drought the road is dry.
     
    [9:34 - 9:34]
    Can you see the drought?
     
    [9:34 - 9:54]
    So you know... in a place like this it will be seen there... Take a look there, where's upper: dryness has just been appeared. So it’s visible.
    If the whole area, the grass here, is burned by the sky, it’s obvious there’s the drought.  
     
    [10:03 - 10:33]
    Nope! It's not so bad now.
    In my backyard I have a garden with some vegetables and it was visible You just need to dig your finger into the soil and you know if it’s dry or humid.
    So when the vegetation started in May and June, there was a kind of crisis. But not now.
     
    [11:50 - 11:59]
    Damn deckchair. The drought exhorted great havoc. Raspberry season is almost over…
    [14:20 - 14:39]
    Sasha is treading down a dry road,
He can hardly walk, that’s a forebode.
The heat is pouring out of the sky,
During the drought the road is dry.
    [24:09 - 24:17]
    Dry across, dry out, dry over, dry totally…
    27 min
  • Archive
    Ft. “American Ghosts” by Erica Huang and “Bob Hope No Hope” by Jenn Stanley.
    The act of recording has impacted how we perceive and understand time. Recording’s byproduct, whether by sound, video, photo etc, is an artifact of the past, a moment of space and time captured and archived.
    For this episode of Constellations, we asked two artists, Erica Huang and Jenn Stanley to reflect on how they consider time, its relationship with recorded artifacts and the significance of the archive. We asked them: How might our conception of what an ‘artifact’ is be sonically unraveled?
    25 min

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