Before archives fix meaning, frequencies move. An opening conversation for the new Norient publication on listening, sonic pluralism, and the politics of what is heard – and what remains unheard.
A generative practice that promotes different knowledge. One that listens is never at a distance but always in the middle of the sound heard.
Can a single sentence change the way we hear? From listening in darkness to hearing meaning in crackle and dust, this essay explores how records quietly script perception itself.