From August, 31st to September 4th, 2024
Any natural or anthropic landscape can be perceived and known through its sound dimension. In 1969, Raymond Murray Schafer coined the expression
"soundscape" to designate those elements that shape or compose a landscape from an acoustic point of view, not only aes-thetically but also historically, geographically and culturally, promoting a new ecology of sound.
The sound research masterclass
"The sounds of Val Senales", scheduled in Certosa from 31 August to 4 September 2024, will be a specialized and collective context of reflection, research, listening, recording, and sound composition tarting from the natural and cultural land-scape of Val Senales, in South Tyrol: villages, bells, churches, farms, agricultural and live-stock activities, pastures, irrigations, streams, lakes, paths, woods. From a sound point of view, the places of relationship with transhumance and with the probable path taken by Ötzi, the man of the Similaun, in his ascent to the Giogo di Tisa more than 3,000 years ago will also be explored. The masterclass is directed by
Luís Costa (Binaural Nodar, PT), with the coordi-nation of
Gianfranco Spitilli (Teramo, IT).
Further information on research, the programme and participation can be found in the following document (
here).