3rd meeting, wednesday, may 26th

helikoosolek:tartu
featuring Tuned City Tallinn 2011
Wednesday, May 26th
6-8pm
Eesti Rahva Muuseum, Tartu

This meeting of helikoosolek:tartu will feature a presentation and discussion about the upcoming Tuned City events in Tallinn as part of Tallinn Cultural Capital 2011.

During the initial tuned city event in Berlin in the summer of 2008, almost 100 artists, architects and thinkers gathered together in a variety of locations around the city to discuss issues of sound and architecture. The ongoing project draws the traditions of critical discussion about urban space within architecture and urban planning discourse - as well as its strategies and working methods - into the context of sound art. This expanded discussion reinforces the potential of the spatial and communicative properties of sound as a tool and means of urban practice. tuned city continues as a platform, exploring other cities and locations with their own cultural and social settings, working theoretically and practically on the question how sound and architecture are related. The talk will introduce general ideas that mark the field of research and present recent planning developed by tuned city for the European Cultural Capital Tallinn in 2011.

helikoosolek:tartu is organised by MoKS and supported by Eesti Rahva
Muuseum, Tartu Linnavalitsus and Eesti Kultuurkapital.
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http://www.moks.ee
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2nd meeting report

Thanks to everyone who came out and to Veljo Runnel for an excellent talk and presentation. It was another good turn out, and Veljo treated us to a wonderful collection of his sounds. We ran out of time, though, before he could play us the slowed-down-birdsong recording he promised us, so for those of you were disappointed, Veljo says: "Here it is, first in natural speed, then slowed down six times. The bird is Eurasian Reed Warbler, recorded from a boat in Alam-Pedja Nature Reserve."

it's here on aporee maps

2nd meeting, Wednesday, April 28th

MoKS presents:
helikoosolek:tartu
with Veljo Runnel
Wednesday, April 28
6-8pm
Eesti Rahva Muuseum, Tartu

This second meeting of helikoosolek:tartu will be led by Estonian nature
recordist, phonographer, and photographer Veljo Runnel.  Veljo is a
biologist based in Tartu who has been making nature recordings since
1999, founding the loodusheli website (http://www.loodusheli.ee) with
the Estonian Fund for Nature (ELF) soon thereafter. Veljo says, "I
think I can name myself as a nature educator and nature guide. This also
applies for nature sounds. I am educating people and helping them to
listen, understand and enjoy nature."

For our meeting, along with a presentation of his photography and
recordings, Veljo will address the following topics:
- Discovering aesthetic resources from nature.
- Learning to listen.
- Soundjourneys to wild places.
- Birds - artists or advertisers?

For more information on his work, see the following publications:
http://www.greengate.ee/index.php?page=4&id=20373
http://tartu.postimees.ee/010307/tartu_postimees/247439_print.php
http://www.epifanio.eu/nr9/est/plaadikogu.html

helikoosolek:tartu is organised by MoKS and supported by Eesti Rahva
Muuseum, Tartu Linnavalitsus and Eesti Kultuurkapital.
http://helikoosolek.blogspot.com
http://www.moks.ee
http://www.erm.ee

1st meeting report

a great turnout for our first meeting, and plenty of enthusiasm for future activities. requests have been made in future for a contact microphone building workshop, and an explanation of binaural recording/listening, and hence the intricacies of how the brain and body physically process directional sound information. if there are any experts that would be interested in making that presentation, please get in touch!

this time we met with anthea caddy and felicity mangan for a guided tour through the australian sound art scene, exploring the role environment plays in the creative realm via the long wire recordings of  alan lamb, the industrial field recordings of camilla hannan, the spatial interventions of eamon sprod, and many more.  we also learned that koalas are not as cute and cuddly as we thought.  our australian tour took most of the meeting, so we only took a brief look at some revenant:sound materials, but that's a topic we can return to at a later date.

a few pics from our first meeting below, care of mari jõgiste. the next meeting will be on the last wednesday of this month, april 28th, at 6pm. we will be announcing shortly who our guests will be.

1st meeting of helikoosolek:tartu, march 31st

MoKS presents: helikoosolek:tartu, a regular gathering for the exploration of sound in all forms.  The meetings will comprise presentations,concerts, workshops, discussions, and field trips pertaining to sound and its consideration in art, music, architecture, ecology, philosophy, social and cultural interaction, and any other context that presents itself. Participants are encouraged to propose activities or discussions on topics of their interest, or to present projects of their own for feedback.  Sessions normally take place on the last Wednesday of each month, from 6-8pm at the Eesti Rahva Muuseum.  Please check this blog for date confirmations and programme details. Supported by Eesti Rahva Muuseum, Tartu Linnavalitsus and Eesti Kultuurkapital.

The 1st meeting of the helikoosolek will take place at 6pm on Wednesday, March 31st.  There will be two presentations:

Patrick McGinley will welcome participants and open with a discussion on the aims of the helikoosolek.  He will also present the/revenant:sound/  project./Revenant/  is an ongoing project with open membership that focuses on site-specific acoustic actions.  The project comprises performances, workshops, and publications that explore human interaction with and the gestural memory of specific spaces.  Since 2006 a diverse group of sound artists from around the world have been coming together in various combinations to further explore these interactions.

Visiting Australian artists Felicity Mangan and Anthea Caddy will give a presentation on the Australian sound art / experimental music movement and their own work within it.  They will address questions both of culture and environment, and explore how Australia's specific landscape and surroundings have informed their work.

These three artists will also be performing live in concert with Kiwa and Sven Vabar at Genialistide Klubi on Saturday, April 3rd.  We hope this 1st meeting of the helikoosolek will provide potential concert-goers with further insight into the artists' work.

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http://www.moks.ee
http://www.erm.ee