Ecology describes the relationships among living organisms. At Norient, we add sounds and music, asking, for instance: what does a field recording tell about the environment it was recorded?

  • A Contemporary Ear
    Quotation by Salomé Voegelin

    «Can we gain a contemporary ear?»

  • Is this real? (photo: Flickr/MAE II, 2015).
    Re-Animating Things With Sound
    Essay by Piotr Tkacz-Bielewicz
    What is real in recorded reality? While listening to the music of Lucie Páchová and Paweł Kułczyński, our author speculates on their use of field recordings of seemingly natural sound sources. Read a new essay from the Sonic Worlding column.
  • Film still from «Atlantic Ragagar», Gilles Aubry, 2022 (photo: Gilles Aubry).
    Voices Across the Ocean
    Short Essay by Zeynep Bulut
    Inspired by Gilles Aubry’s video essay «Atlantic Ragagar», our author reflects on the relationship between water, body, voice, and language. Bulut calls for a critical approach towards voice and language, and a practice of listening with others.
  • Filmstill: «Atlantic Ragagar», Gilles Aubry, 2022.
    Atlantic Ragagar
    Video Essay by Gilles Aubry
    An experimental film on seaweed and industrial extractivism on the Moroccan Atlantic coast, inviting the spectator into a process of ecological transformation.