As part of Tashkeel's New Media Residency Programme, sound artists Fari Bradley and Chris Weaver moderated discussions on Sound Art at Tashkeel last week. Along with guest speaker Johnny Farrow, an American artist based in Abu Dhabi, the public session on The Art of Listening featured a shared listening experience followed by a discussion on film and a radio programme extracts that illustrate the overlap between the activities of hearing and listening.
This fascinating programme, to introduce the art audience to sound art, will run on all Wednesdays throughout September at 7pm.
* September 10: What is Sound Art
Discussion featuring extracts from Learning to Listen by Dan Linn-Pearl, Marianna Roe & Andi Spowart, Water Walk by John Cage, Making Sounds by David Toop and A History of Sound Art by J Milo Taylor
* September 17: Curating Sound Art
Discussion featuring extracts on female sonic artists, curating sound panels and Sonic Art Boom - The Art of Noise by Sara Jane Hall
* September 24: Sound as a Genre and Protagonist
Discussion and presentation of film extract: Fuego en Castilla -José Val del Omar , The House is Black - Forough Farrokhzad, Weekend - Walter Ruttman
For more information on the residency, please visit Tashkeel's website: www.tashkeel.org or call: 04-3363313
