The Field Recording Show #6 - Field Recording in Contemporary Art

The Field Recording Show is a programme exploring the soundscape, recording, listening and composing hosted by Kate Carr and Luca Nasciuti.

This episode examines the rising use of field recording within contemporary art. It features interviews with the British artist Anne Hardy, and the South African artist James Webb. Anne takes us through her process of embracing sound as part of her practice, with a focus on her latest work The Depth of Darkness, the Return of the Light, unveiled at Tate Britain last month.

James examines the role of sound in his 20-year long ongoing installation work Prayer, which features recordings of vocal worship. There is also an artist introduction by Colombian sound artist David Velez, known for his live cooking concerts.

Tracklist

David Velez - Se lo comieron todo (excerpt) - Unreleased
Anne Hardy - Fieldwork (2014) soundpiece (excerpt) - Unreleased
Anne Hardy - The Depth of Darkness, the Return of the Light (2019) soundpiece (excerpt) - Unreleased
James Webb - Mahsa Haei Swedish Baha community (Prayer Stockholm 2016) - Unreleased
James Webb - Academy for Future Science Johannesburg branch (Prayer Johannesburg 2012 - Unreleased
James Webb - Won Bul-Kyo (Prayer Chicago 2018) - Unreleased