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Type: | Thesis |
Title: | Ecotonality, or Adapting Soundscape Ecology to Creative Practice: Ecological Sound Art Responses to Four South Australian Ecosystems |
Author: | Budel, Jesse Henk Nicolaas |
Issue Date: | 2019 |
School/Discipline: | Elder Conservatorium of Music |
Abstract: | Ecotonality, or Adapting Soundscape Ecology to Creative Practice: Ecological Sound Art Responses to Four South Australian Ecosystems presents a practice-led research project, introducing Ecotonality, a creative framework which connects and adapts the principles, frameworks and methods of the ecological discipline, ‘soundscape ecology’ to ecological sound art practice. It consists of a portfolio of creative works and 30,000-word exegesis. Drawing on the growth of research in soundscape ecology (and by extension ecoacoustics, bioacoustics and acoustic ecology), in the past decade, the Ecotonal Creative Framework considers the adaptation of soundscape ecology research, fieldwork and analysis as it relates to creative concerns of project conception, data collation, creative material preparation, compositional assemblage, artistic realisation and post-project reflection. Additionally, the framework appraises roles of human and non-human agency (via Karen Barad and Timothy Morton), and the inherent role and implications of technological mediation, as related to soundscape ecology and creative practice. Ecotonality allows a reconsideration of the macro- and micromorphological relationships of ecosystems in creative works, which engages the ethical concerns of site-specific practice and impact of creative work on ecosystems and soundscapes. Four creative site-specific responses are subsequently discussed, each in response a different South Australian site - Mobilong Swamp (swamp ecosystem), Long Island (riparian ecosystem), Featherstone Place (urban ecosystem) and Farina (desert ecosystem) - and each employing multichannel surround sound setups and acoustic instrumentation. These creative project act as case studies of the implementation of the Ecotonal Creative Framework, creatively expressing ideas related to place, ecosystem, soundscape and identity. Through the recording, manipulation and utilisation of extant material circumstances of particular places, (i.e. their contemporary soundscape and ecosystem), the resultant creative responses provide commentary on ecological, sociocultural, political and spiritual circumstances, histories and identities. |
Advisor: | Harrald, Luke Corn, Aaron |
Dissertation Note: | Thesis (Ph.D.) -- University of Adelaide, Elder Conservatorium of Music, 2019 |
Keywords: | Soundscape ecology ecoacoustics acoustic ecology sound art South Australia |
Description: | Vol. 1 Exegesis -- Vol. 2 Creative Artefacts DVD |
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Files in This Item:
File | Description | Size | Format | |
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Budel2019_PhD.pdf | Vol 1: Exegesis | 48.75 MB | Adobe PDF | View/Open |
Mobilong - Score (Strings Part).pdf | Vol 2: Creative Artefacts -- Mobilong | 297.16 kB | Adobe PDF | View/Open |
Mobilong - Binaural Recording.mp3 | Vol 2: Vol 2: Creative Artefacts -- Mobilong | 11.75 MB | mp3 | View/Open |
Mobilong - Ambisonic Recording.mp3 | Vol 2: Creative Artefacts -- Mobilong | 15.7 MB | mp3 | View/Open |
Long Island - Score (Strings Part).PDF | Vol 2: Creative Artefacts -- Long Island | 96.29 kB | Adobe PDF | View/Open |
Long Island - Score (Piano (Four-Hands) Part).PDF | Vol 2: Creative Artefacts -- Long Island | 281.32 kB | Adobe PDF | View/Open |
Long Island - Stereo Recording.WAV | Vol 2: Creative Artefacts -- Long Island | 235.75 MB | WAV | View/Open |
Long Island - Dan Thorpe-Gabriella Smart Workshop Recording.MP3 | Vol 2: Creative Artefacts -- Long Island | 14.3 MB | mp3 | View/Open |
A Day In An Alleyway - Score.PDF | Vol 2: Creative Artefacts -- A Day in an Alleyway and Featherstone Place | 2.59 MB | Adobe PDF | View/Open |
A Day In An Alleyway - ACC Soundscape Program Original.MP3 | Vol 2: Creative Artefacts -- A Day in an Alleyway and Featherstone Place | 11.26 MB | mp3 | View/Open |
A Day In An Alleyway - Zephyr Quartet Performance 28-04-2018.mp4 | Vol 2: Creative Artefacts -- A Day in an Alleyway and Featherstone Place | 136.53 MB | MPEG | View/Open |
Featherstone Place - Binaural representative samples of installation.zip | Vol 2: Creative Artefacts -- A Day in an Alleyway and Featherstone Place | 974.69 MB | Zip file | View/Open |
Farina - Scores and Parts.PDF | Vol 2: Creative Artefacts -- Farina | 158.06 kB | Adobe PDF | View/Open |
Farina - Binaural Recording.mp3 | Vol 2: Creative Artefacts -- Farina | 23.1 MB | mp3 | View/Open |
Farina - Ambisonic Recording.mp3 | Vol 2: Creative Artefacts -- Farina | 23.02 MB | mp3 | View/Open |
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