“I want to think about what it is to listen” GP

Ep 38:

Gail Priest is a sound artist, writer and curator, her practice positions sound as the key material of communication and investigation. We met in the afternoon sun in front of Carriageworks and spoke about:

-hypertext and sci-fi

-the sound of the future

-the impact of electricity on experimental music

-”we embrace a particular section of things that don’t fit into other things well”

-Enya

-the shift in who makes experimental music from visual artists to musically trained artists

-the pressure of Sydney

-delay-core

-experimental music as outsourced-meditation

-being responsive as a measure of performing

-I refer to this song - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0I5TC74zQCg

-covers of experimental musicians

-the sound that comes from bodies and the sounds that bodies need

-”eye-glaze” as an alternate name for experimental music

More info:

http://gailpriest.net/

http://www.audiblewomen.com/

https://twitter.com/gailpriestess