Listening with CRiSAP #7 - SGFA

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.

In this episode, Cathy Lane, Angus Carlyle, Lisa Hall, Irene Revell, Annie Goh & Tomoko Hojo share thoughts, memories and reflections on the Sound::Gender::Feminism::Activism symposia which took place in 2012, 2014, 2016 at LCC in London, and in 2019 in Tokyo. The research events investigated the interplay between sound, gender, feminism and activism in various contexts, often taking the form of a mixture of live performance, audio and video work and scholarly papers from presenters.

SGFA aims to expand and to question the place and performance of activism within the discourses and practices of sound arts, sound-based arts and experimental musics that are engaged with gender, feminist and queer politics and to contribute to a growing network of researchers and practitioners working in these areas.

Further information including programme booklets and selected video and audio documentation can be found through the links below: SGFA 2012, SGFA 2014, SGFA 2016, SGFA 2019

Contributors: Angus Carlyle, Annie Goh, Cathy Lane, Irene Revell, Lisa Hall & Tomoko Hojo.

Tracklist

Iris Garrelfs - Live at cafe OTO - excerpt - 10th August 2011
Sharon Gal - Gals with Guitars - excerpt - Elevator Gallery 2011
Maggie Nicols - Excerpt of Keynote Lecture/Performance at SGFA 2014
INVASORIX - ‘El ano nos une (RAP)’ 2014 - excerpt
Elin Øyen Vister - ‘‘The Puffin – practising strategies for listening to coexistence’. Performance talk - excerpt - At SGFA 2014
Maggie Nicols - Excerpt of Keynote Lecture/Performance at SGFA 2014
Poulomi Desai ““Black Noise/Noisy Black” – excerpt – at SGFA 2016
‘Introducing the Still Waiting Discussion Group’ – BA sound arts and design students (Natasha Lall, Robin Buckley, Carol Streisan) - excerpt – at SGFA 2016
Poulomi Desai “Black Noise/Noisy Black” – excerpt – at SGFA 2016
Makiko Sakura “Female and Shomyo” – excerpt – at SGFA 2019