Anne E. Stoner
Research in Sonic Arts Practice
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My disciplines lie in the realm of sonic arts practice and sound ethnographic research. I study the extent to which sound art and research can more authentically represent life experiences than the written word, employing Erlmann's ethnographic ear. My work ranges from ethnographic sonic research, soundwalking practice, audio essays, sound installation art, and studies in creative audio. For the last year I have been employing Kusenbach's street phenomenology as an audio research method, exploring the daily experiences of queer individuals listening to music privately in Edinburgh's public spaces. This research comprises my written honours dissertation, winner of the 2022 Neicks Essay Prize, as well as an extended project which will be presented as an audio essay with first-person audio. My featured sound installation entitled Every Body, Everyone (Take Good Care of Yourself!) invites listeners to enjoy the humor in their body's self-care, ultimately challenging the standards we place on our own bodies. This piece received the 2022 Andrew Grant Bequest Prize.
I will continue to focus in this practice at Northwestern University in the fall, studying a Masters in Sound Arts and Industries with scholarship, and eventually hope to pursue a PhD in sonic arts practice. I plan to continue working with my current mediums, while also further examining the role of public space and psychogeography in conjunction with sonic practices, through the exploration of guerilla sound work and found and archival sound.
Drowning Out the Noise: Private Listening, Public Spatialities, Queer Wellbeing
ABSTRACT: A snippet of the current collected research in the extended audio project Drowning Out the Noise, which employs Kusenbach's street phenomonology, or walking interviews, as an audio research method to collect and archive queer experiences with private music listening within the urban landscape in real-time. Research in this study up until now has shown music listening to be a deliberate tool for a host of pursuits in queer individuals moving through Edinburgh.
The statements included in this sample of research represent only a fraction of participant thoughts and responses in this study. I am extending this study and conducting further walking interviews to expand the breadth of responses, and to eventually develop an extended audio essay with this research audio. All audio in this clip has been approved by the research participants for this informal publication. More information on the research method and findings of this study can be found in my honours dissertation above.
A Collection of Studies in Creative Audio, 2020-2022:
Many thanks to those at the ECA Wood Workshop, the ECA Free-Use Hub, the Reid School Music Studios, and the Edinburgh University Makerspace, as well as my practice project supervisor Dr. Tom Mudd, my dissertation supervisors Dr. Nikki Moran and Dr. Annette Davison, Matthew Hamilton, Dr. Martin Parker and Dr. Rebecca Collins for their extended support.
Anne E. Stoner
Research in Sonic Arts Practice
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