Points of reference

Current environmentally concerned sound art and science is in a similar situation that was resolved within the field of visual arts in the beginning of the 1990s. Since then the work of environmentally oriented artists was more or less recognised as a distinct movement in its own right. This open list is an attempt to bring together some names of people, initiatives and institutions approaching and thinking about sound in such a way that it resonates within the general critical environmental agenda of today. Not necessary it collides with musicians using field recordings as a material for their music composition, sound work, sound installations, radiophony etc. As well, the profession of artist or scientist is necessarily not conditional.

Hildegard Westerkamp se narodila v roce 1946 v Osnabrücku v Německu a v roce 1968 emigrovala do Kanady. Po ukončení studia hudby na počátku sedmdesátých let na University of British Columbia se pod vedením R. Murray Schafera připojila k World Soundscape Project na Simon Fraser University.

Barry Truax je emertiním profesorem na School of Communication (dříve School for Contemporary Arts) na Simon Fraser University, kde vyučoval kurzy akustické komunikace a elektroakustické hudby.

R. Murray Schafer (zemřel 2021) byl kanadský skladatel a teoretik, zakladatel akustické ekologie. Narodil se v roce 1933 v ontarijském městečku Sarnia, ale vyrostl v Torontu, kde studoval na Královské konzervatoři a Torontské univerzitě klavír, cembalo, kompozici a muzikologii.