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.
Jana Winderen is a former marine biologist and an artist who currently lives and works in Norway. Her practice pays particular attention to audio environments and to creatures which are hard for humans to access, both physically and aurally – deep under water, inside ice or in frequency ranges inaudible to the human ear.
Nathan Wolek (USA, b. 1977) is a sound artist and audio researcher whose work encompasses electronic music, audio field recording, multimedia performance, and sound design. He is currently the Lydia Pfund Endowed Professor, teaching in the Digital Arts program at Stetson University in DeLand, Florida.
Jon Wozencroft was born in Epsom, Surrey in 1958. He developed his sound seminars in the late 1980s as a means of highlighting the potential of sound-related research and practice in art and design education.
Mark Peter Wright is an artist-researcher working at the intersection of sound, ecology and contemporary art. His practice investigates relations of capture and mediation between humans and nonhumans, sites and technologies, observers and subjects.
Aaron Ximm is a San Francisco-based field recordist and sound artist. Since 1998 his Quiet American project has focused on constructing new soundscapes from the intimate recordings he collects while traveling. Ximm's recordings and compositions have appeared in a variety of contexts, including galleries, performances, and on the radio.
Lindsay Young earned a Bachelor of Science from the University of British Columbia and a Master of Science from the University of Hawai. In 2009, she completed her Ph.D. at the University of Hawai where her research focused on the population genetics, at sea foraging ecology, and conservation needs of Laysan Albatross.
Jan Zalasiewicz is Emeritus Professor of Palaeobiology at the University of Leicester, having started his career at the British Geological Survey. He is a member of the Anthropocene Working Group, and chairs the Subcommission on Quaternary Stratigraphy, of the International Commission on Stratigraphy.
The collective ooo was founded in the spring of 2020 as a dedicated space for the exploration of the world through sound art, contemporary music and intermedia art. It is a collaborative effort of musician, teacher and intermedia artist Fero Király and dramaturg, cultural manager and artist Eva Vozárová.