Description
FEATURING
Adriana Knouf, Annika Kappner, Anton Spice, Arjuna Neuman, Denise Ferreira da Silva, Astrida Neimanis, David Abram, Elena Khurtova, Anika Schwarzlose, Elvia Wilk, Francois J. Bonnet, Hannah Pezzack, Juan Arturo García, Lukas Marxt, Maïté Moloney, Margarida Mendes, Margarita Osipian, Maud Seuntjens, Minji Kim, Pedro Matias, Ren Ewart, Sally-Jane Norman, Sasha Litvintseva, Beny Wagner, Susan Schuppli, Tarek Atoui, Kristina Andersen, Yeon Sung
DESCRIPTION
Published to accompany the 30th anniversary edition of the Sonic Acts Biennial, Ecoes #6 draws inspiration from the landmark book, The Spell of the Sensuous (1996), authored by the ecologist and philosopher David Abram. Under this spell, the magazine explores the web of relations – experienced and perceived through the ‘sensuous body’ – that evoke our rootedness in the larger ecology of earth beings.
Incorporating theorists, artists, musicians, and performers who are featured as part of the Sonic Acts Biennial 2024, including a text by Abram himself, Ecoes #6 centres on the role of intuition and sensing. Fascinating interviews, evocative visual contributions, and prosaic essays envision the body as an open, fluid, and porous entity, with boundaries like membranes, forming a surface of metamorphosis and exchange.
A portmanteau of ‘ecology’ and ‘echoes’, Ecoes is a bi-annual magazine about ‘art in the age of pollution’. Showcasing compelling artistic and critical perspectives that engage with the past, future, or afterlives of environmental harm, toxicity, extraction, and waste, the magazine unpacks alternatives to the anthropocentric perspective that approaches the nonhuman as a resource.
CONTENTS
- THE SPELL OF THE SENSUOUS
Sonic Acts - CREATURELY MIGRATIONS ON A BREATHING PLANET
David Abram - HOLDING FEELING
Astrida Neimanis - ELVIA WILK: A DIVINE UNDOING
Interview by Hannah Pezzack - TWO HUNDRED YEARS OF TOTAL CONVERSION
Sasha Litvintseva, Beny Wagner - FRANÇOIS J. BONNET: BEING OPEN TO THE PURE MOMENT OF LISTENING
Interview by Anton Spice - FRAGMENTS OF XENOLOGY
Adriana Knouf - ANNIKA KAPPNER: SHARED CLOUDS AND OTHER INNER SENSES
Interview by Margarita Osipian - DÉPAYSEMENT – A SAUDADE DO DESENCONTRO: EMOTIONAL MAP
Pedro Matias - SOOT NOTES
Arjuna Neuman, Denise Ferreira da Silva - LUKAS MARXT: EVERYTHING SILENCED OR INVISIBLE IS STILL BEAUTIFUL
Interview by Maïté Moloney - TAREK ATOUI, KRISTINA ANDERSEN: UNBOXING THE ARCHIVE OF MICHEL WAISVISZ
Interview by Sally-Jane Norman - LISTENING ANEW: 30 YEARS OF SPATIAL SOUND IN THE SONIC ACTS ARCHIVE
Maud Seuntjens - SONIC SUBMERGENCE – EXPERIMENTS IN ENVIRONMENTAL ADAPTATION
Margarida Mendes - RESIDUE
Elena Khurtova, Anika Schwarzlose - INTO THE (RE)WILD
Minji Kim - THE SLOW ART OF GETTING TO KNOW A PLACE IN SPACE
Juan Arturo García - YEON SUNG: TRACING CLOUDS OF DUST, COPPER, AND CHERRY BLOSSOM
Interview by Ren Ewart - LEARNING FROM ICE: NOTES FROM THE FIELD
Susan Schuppli
