Movies
Daniel Weintraub
Deep Listening: The Story of Pauline Oliveros
Canada 2023
125 min. •
English
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Theme: Rokumentti selection
16.11.2023 | Time 16:45
| Venue: Tapio 4
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The story of a significant American composer
Pauline Oliveros, a feminist American composer, played a major role in the development of experimental music. Oliveros embraced the infinite variety of sounds in our world. She viewed this sonic multiplicity as “a grand composition” and was committed to developing and teaching perceptual skills that made it possible for both musicians and non-musicians to appreciate this global “sound environment.” She extended this praxis to “Deep Listening,” a form of meditative art that focuses not only on the sounds of the external world, but also on the more ephemeral sounds of our innermost thoughts. Listening, for Oliveros, is a foundation for collaborative work and a means to form communities, which can cultivate an appreciation of human diversity. This film powerfully conveys Oliveros’ profound message at a time in human history when it is undoubtedly most needed.
