Listening to a recording and sound artist talk about listening

Shawn Hatfield Interview Segment

2 minutes and 50 seconds of a 50 minute interview about listening as a recording and sound artist.

Audio 2007

Listening to lines as an actor

Ted Levine Interview Segment

2 minutes of a 40 minute interview about listening as an actor.

Audio 2006

Listening as a nurse practitioner

Mary Interview Segment

32 Seconds of a 1 hour interview about listening as a Nurse Practitioner.

Audio 2006 

Listening to an effective teacher as a student

Mack Interview Segment

35 seconds of a 15 minutes conversation about listening as a student.

Audio 2006

Organizing and listening to music as a composer

Marcus Shelby Interview Segment

1 min 29 seconds of a 30 minute conversation about listening when composing music.

Audio 2006

Listening to the body as a pilates instructor

Louisa Mackintosh Interview Segment

34 seconds of a 40 minute conversation about listening when teaching Pilates.

Audio 2006

Listening Spaces

Mouth Guard Interview

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Back from New Zealand - Entries from ‘The Gut Suitcase’ book of listenings

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Ideas for how to start a listening project

Start a conversation about actively listening.
Talk about different listening styles.
Interview someone you know or don’t know about listening.
Actively listen.
Listen to yourself/ other people listen.
Listen to your body.
Listen with your body.
Eavesdrop on a conversation.
Take a field recording of your day; go home and listen to it with your eyes closed.
Listen to your friend’s stomach with a stethoscope.
Let someone finish his/ her thought or sentence before adding yours.
Listen to music – imagine it is food.
Add your ideas to this list.

The Big Fish Book of Listenings

where am i?

Have you seen

The Deer Hirsch by Wolfgang Tillmans Book of Listenings?

Where is the Breaking Hearts Book of Listenings?

Where is the White Mask Book of Listenings?

Where is the Gut Suitcase Book of Listenings?

Where has the Fairtrade Coffee Book of Listenings been?

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The Traveling Books of Listening

As part of the Listening Project there are now 6 books of listenings in circulation
The books have names

-The Fairtrade Coffee Book of Listenings
-The Gut Suitcase Book of Listenings
-The White Mask Book of Listenings
-The Breaking Hearts Book of Listenings
-The Deer Hirsch by Wolfgang Tillmans Book of Listenings
-The Big Fish Book of Listenings

These books will be in circulation from one person to the next – going wherever they get handed to – being added to along the way and hopefully at the end of January 2007 I will get an e-mail from whoever has one of the books and they will be returned.

I’ve been actively listening for 28 days

– my memory has improved.