In the Face of Noise Pollution

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«Even in the face of the noise pollution that has been taking over the city, the birds have found a way to continue singing…»

This quote is excerpted from the notes to «The City at Dawn», a sound piece by Pale Blue Dotter and beatnyk as a part of the virtual exhibition «Norient City Sounds: Delhi», curated and edited by Suvani Suri.

Project Assistance: Geetanjali Kalta
Graphics/Visual Design: Upendra Vaddadi, Neelansh Mittra
Audio Production: Abhishek Mathur
Video Production: Ammar

Biography

Pale Blue Dotter thrives at the intersection of music and art. Interweaving melody, spoken word, and field recordings with movement-based listening, she interprets philosophical concepts as sound pieces, live performances, and installations. Follow her on Instagram, Spotify, SoundCloud, or on her Website.

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beatnyk is an inert engineer, sporadic musician, and electronic sound artist residing in Delhi, whose work and interest lie in exploring the natural interplay of non-human sound and human noise in a landscape through generative patches and coded algorithms. Follow him on Instagram, SoundCloud, Bandcamp, or Linktree.

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Pale Blue Dotter and beatnyk: «The City at Dawn» (Norient)

Published on September 29, 2023

Last updated on September 29, 2023

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A Home in Sound

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by Madan Gopal Singh

«We were searching for and experimenting with various kinds of sounds and musics to explore the possibility of a new home.»

This quote is extracted from an interview with the musical ensemble Chaar Yaar by Geetanjali Kalta. The interview is part of the virtual exhibition «Norient City Sounds: Delhi», curated and edited by Suvani Suri.

Project Assistance: Geetanjali Kalta
Graphics/Visual Design: Upendra Vaddadi, Neelansh Mittra
Audio Production: Abhishek Mathur
Video Production: Ammar

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Madan Gopal Singh is a composer, singer, poet, and translator. Madan Gopal Singh has written and lectured extensively on cinema, art, and cultural history besides performing the world over as a singer with his ensemble Chaar yaar, whose repertoire includes songs based on Punjabi, Sufi, traditional, and contemporary poetry.

Published on September 29, 2023

Last updated on September 29, 2023

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Belonging

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Decolonizing Listening

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by Dylan Robinson

«In 1991, Susan McClary, advancing new models for feminist music analysis, noted that in considering the intersections of gender, sexuality, and music, we might reach a point of production un-knowing, where we are ‹no longer sure of what MUSIC is› (McClary 1991, 19). Decolonizing musical practice involves becoming no longer sure what LISTENING is.»

This quote is excerpted from Dylan Robinson’s book «Hungry Listening: Resonant Theory for Indigenous Sound Studies» (Minneapolis 2020, 47). It is part of the virtual exhibition «Norient City Sounds: Delhi», curated and edited by Suvani Suri.

Project Assistance: Geetanjali Kalta
Graphics/Visual Design: Upendra Vaddadi, Neelansh Mittra
Audio Production: Abhishek Mathur
Video Production: Ammar

Biography

Dylan Robinson is a xwélmexw (Stó:lō/Skwah) artist, curator and writer. From 2015–2022, he served as the Canada Research Chair in indigenous arts at Queen’s University in Kingston, Ontario. His book, Hungry Listening (University Minnesota Press, 2020), examines Indigenous and settler colonial practices of listening, and was awarded best first book by the Native American and Indigenous Studies Association, Canadian Association for Theatre Research, and the Labriola Centre American Indian National Book Award. Follow him on his Website.

Published on September 29, 2023

Last updated on April 02, 2024

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Colonialism

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