Ear Room

Regular one-to-one interviews with artists, curators, writers, publishers and academics who engage broadly with sound and its use in contemporary and historical arts practice. Ear Room is curated and edited by Mark Peter Wright and is jointly published at earroom.wordpress.com

Hildegard Westerkamp

Ear Room interviews a pioneering figure within the field of soundscape studies and sound ecology.

by Mark Peter Wright

Hildegard Westerkamp is a composer, radio artist and sound ecologist.

Steven Peters

Steven Peters

Steven Peters is a Seattle based sound artist/composer whose works are often site-specific, made with recorded sounds of an environment or through exploration of acoustic phenomena.

by Mark Peter Wright

Steven Peters is a Seattle based sound artist/composer whose works are often site-specific, made with recorded sounds of an environment and found/natural objects, or through exploration of acoustic

Sarah van Sonsbeeck

the Dutch artist's work is marked by a detailed attention to architectural perception, silence, noise, human interaction...and how to deal with noisy neighbours

by Mark Peter Wright

Sarah van Sonsbeeck is a Dutch artist whose work is marked by a detailed attention to architectural perception, silence, noise and human interaction.

Janek Schaefer

Photo: Stephan Mathieu

Janek Schaefer is a UK based sound artist, musician and composer whose concerts and installations explore the spatial and architectural aspects of sound.

by Mark Peter Wright

Janek Schaefer is a UK based sound artist, musician, and composer born in England to Polish and Canadian parents in 1970.

London Sound Survey

The London Sound Survey is a sound mapping project using historical and present day maps, grid references and audio. Ear Room interviews its founder Ian Rawes.

by Mark Peter Wright

The London Sound Survey is a sound mapping project founded by Ian Rawes.

Jez Riley French

Mark Peter Wright (Ear Room) interviews Jez Riley French whose work focuses on the exploration of detail via intuitive composition, extended field recording techniques and photography.

by Mark Peter Wright

Jez Riley French is a UK based artist whose work focuses on the exploration of detail via intuitive composition, exten

Zimoun

361 prepared dc-motors, filler wire 1.0mm. Zimoun 2010

Ear Room interviews Zimoun, a Swiss artist whose sound sculptures and installations are graceful, mechanized works that investigate resonance, space, movement and generative systems.

by Mark Peter Wright

Zimoun (b Switzerland, 1977) is an artist whose sound sculptures and installations are graceful, mechanized works that investigate resonance, space, movement, simplicity, materials and generati

Introducing Ear Room

Over the coming months Sound and Music will be re-publishing interviews from the site Ear Room. We ask Ear Room founder, sound artist Mark Peter Wright a few questions about the project.

Over the coming months Sound and Music will be re-publishing new and previous interviews from the online publication Ear Room.

Ear Room

Ear Room

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Regular one-to-one interviews with artists, curators, writers, publishers and academics.

Regular one-to-one interviews with artists, curators, writers, publishers and academics who engage broadly with sound and its use in contemporary and historical arts practice.

Ear Room

Hildegard Westerkamp

Steven Peters

Sarah van Sonsbeeck

Janek Schaefer

London Sound Survey

Jez Riley French

Zimoun

Introducing Ear Room

Ear Room

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