Listening with CRiSAP #16 - Sound-Conflict-Trauma

CRiSAP (Creative Research in Sound Arts Practice, UAL) celebrates its 20th anniversary with 20 unique episodes for Resonance Extra.

Since 2005, CRiSAP has pioneered new approaches to practice and theory by exploring sound and listening in relation to the environment, gender, technology, feminism, activism, conflict, text, pedagogy and voice. For Resonance Extra, CRiSAP members and friends, past and present, host a range of discussions and soundworks that cover key themes and areas of research across art, performance, symposia, publishing, curation, archives, education and more.

This episode explores the ways in which sound engages with the realms of conflict and trauma. The participants – Ximena Alarcón, Thomas Gardner, Syma Tariq & John Wynne – discuss their own work and some of the questions which arise, which include:

• The place of testimony
• Activism and repair
• The cultural forms and references within the work
• The place, future and consequences of the work