A curatorial project combining sound istallation, listening walks, live performance and discussions on the topic of silence within Walthamstow Quaker Meeting House as part of the 2011 E17 Arts Trail.

Exhibition: Sounds Move Through You, Alyssa Moxley

The first commissioned artist, Alyssa Moxley, explores meditative brain states, deep acoustic attention and imaginative listening. In her new works Sounds Move Through You, field recordings of the surrounding area are composed into a soundscape that moves in and out of the listening space, alluding to the intentional listening fundamental to the “silent listening” practices that regularly occur within Quaker Meeting Houses.

Live Performance:


Audience members alongside performers are invited to respond to moments of silence in an improvised narration of concentrated listening. Featuring artists David Toop, John Butcher and members of The Singing Room (community choir).

Discussion:


Musician and author of Sinister Resonance The Mediumship of the Listener, David Toop; Salomé Voegelin author of Listening to Noise and Silence: Towards a Philosophy of Sound Art, and Stuart Sim author of Manifesto for Silence: Confronting the Politics and Culture of Noise, will be discussing the value of quietude in an increasingly noisy world and its effect on artistic practice.