Searching the silences for the sounds of a new poetics. Combining soundsynthesis with field recordings and percussion these three. The label is based in brussels, was established at the end of the 80s, and expanded its catalogue in the mid90s through the release of electronic music. Find the best clips, watch programmes, catch up on the news, and read the latest peter cusack interviews. Sites that cusack is working on include chernobyl, the azerbaijan oil fields, and areas around controversial dams on the tigris and euphrates river systems in south east turkey. Peter cusack s sounds from dangerous places project. Track 5 is down as black wave in the body of the book and black wing in the end tracklist. All these projects fall under the umbrella title of cusacks larger, longterm project entitled sounds from dangerous places. Join facebook to connect with peter cusack and others you may know. Special thanks go to peter cusack for his recording of a radiometer in kopachi, chernobyl area, released on the cd sounds from dangerous places, to andrej hrvatin for his free clarinet jamming with cricket and transformer, from maribor, slovenia and to max mohr, cologne, germany for his aetherial tunes inbetween the 3 parts of the piece.
Sound artist peter cusack travels the world recording sounds from dangerous places. Peter cusack, various interpreting the soundscape amazon. What is the idea of the project, which places do you visit and why. Peter then travels to the caspian oil fields before returning to a series of nuclear sites in the uk. Peter cusack is a sound artist, and a research fellow and member of crisap creative research into sound arts practice at the university of the arts, london. Peter cusack is a field recordist, musician and sound artist with a special interest in the acoustic of ecology. Gruenrekorder the sounds from dangerous places peter cusack. Directed by guy marc hinant and fradaric walheer, the catalogue presents over 250 titles. Museums, galleries and artists studios are getting noisier. Peter is related to nicole anne romeo and gerald p cusack as well as 5 additional people. He initiated the favourite sounds project to discover what people find positive about soundscapes where they live, and sounds from dangerous places sonic journalism to investigate major environmental damage in areas such as the chernobyl exclusion zone, the azerbaijan oil. The sounds from dangerous places peter cusack grd 25 book 80 pages with 2 audio cds sold out. Peter cusack is a sound artist, and a research fellow and member of crisap. Two remarkable and important cds of remarkable and very diverse site recordings made in chernobyl occupying the whole of cd1, the.
Can you give a short introduction to the project sounds from dangerous places. Peter cusack rugby league born 1977, australian rugby league footballer disambiguation page providing links to topics that could be referred to by the same search term this disambiguation page lists articles about people with the same name. For the people who live there, and for its geopolitical. Select this result to view peter r cusacks phone number, address, and more. Peter cusack is a publisher, producer, writer, and painter. Peter cusack is a field recordist, sound artist and musician with a long interest in the environment. Peter cusaks book and audio cds sounds from dangerous places begins in chernobyl, taking the reader and listener on an acoustic journey of an essentially silent technology and its impact on our audioimaginations. Peter cusack is a field recordist and sound artist with a long interest in the sound environment. Peter cusack sounds from dangerous places soundohm. Dec 09, 2016 as an introduction peter cusack gave an overview of his work in field recording and environmental sound, in particular the project sounds from dangerous places that asks the question, what can we learn of damaged places, like the chernobyl exclusion zone, by listening to their sounds. They have also lived in brooklyn, ny and bronx, ny plus 2 other locations. Peter cusack biography, albums, streaming links allmusic. Uk artist peter cusacks sounds from dangerous places, sought.
Enter the void peter cusack and his field recording projects. Notes 2 cds in hardback book with notes and over 100 photos to accompany the sound recordings. As a field recordist, sound artist and musician, peter cusack has long had an interest in the environment. His prolect sounds from dangerous places examines the soundscapes of sites of major environmental damage. Peter cusack aral sea stories and the river naryn corvo records. By peter cusack abstract sounds from dangerous places asks what can we learn of dangerous places by listening to their sounds. Sounds from dangerous places by peter cusack, thornton heathberlin. Peter cusack releases sounds from dangerous places featuring recordings from chernobyl, caspian oil, and uk sites. Two remarkable and important cds of very diverse site recordings made in chernobyl occupying the whole of cd1, the caspian oilfields around baku. Find the latest tracks, albums, and images from peter cusack. Sounds from dangerous places, peter cusack as a field recordist, sound artist and musician, peter cusack has long had an interest in the environment. Mar 12, 2020 the second in the series is of peter cusack, sound artist and musician. Searching the silences for the sounds of a new poetics in the female voice. His work can be found in the museum of american illustration at the society of illustrators, the new york transit museum, and the united states air force art.
Sep 24, 2015 sounds from dangerous places asks what ca. Peter cusack phone, address, background info whitepages. From the representation of emptiness to the emptiness of. Two cds and a 90 page hardback book with photos, info and interviews from audio documenter and experimenter peter cusak, recording in chernobyl, the. Peter cusack has curated this cd, which accompanies the 2006 volume of leonardo music journal entitled noises off. Favourite berlin sounds jul 11 2014 a beautifully realised sound homage to the city of berlin, presenting its signature sounds, exquisitely recorded, in a carefully documented and evocatively designed package.
The project has since been carried out in beijing, brussels, chicago, prague, birmingham and most recently in berlin. The third result is peter r cusack age 40s in west cornwall, ct. Thats where the idea of sounds from dangerous places came from. Peter cusak chernobyl frogs sounds from dangerous places. Peter cusack peter cusack, london, works as a sound artist, musician and environmental recordist with a special interest in acoustic ecology. What sound can tell you about dangerous places peter cusack travels the world recording sounds in places like chernobyl and the old oil fields of azerbaijan. Two compositions of same length, one on prypiat, the other on futaba. Sounds from dangerous places book and cds sounds from. Movies john cusack almost recreates say anything boom box scene at peter gabriel show and check out what happened when mtv asked cusack to hoist up the box in 2009. Facebook gives people the power to share and makes the. John cusack almost recreates say anything boom box.
Favourite beijing sounds by peter cusack, released 01 september 2007 1. A member of crisap creative research into sound arts practice at the university of the arts, london, cusack initiated the favourite sounds project to discover what people find positive about soundscapes where they live, and sounds from dangerous places sonic journalism to investigate. Enter the void peter cusack and his field recording projects map. Aug 25, 2014 sound artist peter cusack travels the world recording sounds from dangerous places. Sounds from dangerous places is a longterm, multisited project to explore the soundscapes of sites of major. He is the founder of cornwall contemporary art cocoa. Audio cds and accompanying hardback book bringing together extensive field recordings, original colour photographs and writing from the work in chernobyl, caspian oil, and uk sites. The second in the series is of peter cusack, sound artist and musician. Since 2001, the label has been releasing hinants anthology of noise and electronic music series. Nov 10, 2016 as an introduction peter cusack gave an overview of his work in field recording and environmental sound, in particular the project sounds from dangerous places that asks the question, what can we learn of damaged places, like the chernobyl exclusion zone, by listening to their sounds. Rer megacorp berliner kunstlerprogramm des daad, 2012. May 29, 2017 sounds from dangerous places by peter cusack, thornton heathberlin. Cusacks sounds from dangerous places is a project to collect sounds from sites which have. While the favourite sounds project has the aim to discover what people find positive about their everyday sound environment, his project sounds from dangerous places examines the soundscapes of sites of major environmental damage.
The exclusion zone around chernobyl in ukraine is possibly the most dangerous place cusack has recorded todate pictured right. Peter has degrees from syracuse university and ecole albert dufois. Alterations festival bbc artist page for peter cusack. Sonic journalism like peter cusack s sounds from dangerous places documents the reality of exclusion zones. Uk artist peter cusacks sounds from dangerous places, sought recordings from disaster sites like the chernobyl exclusion zone in the ukraine, the caspian oil fields in azerbaijan, the chernobylfallout affected farmlands of northern wales, and the rivers of eastern turkey with their extensive, local climate altering dams. Select this result to view peter r cusack s phone number, address, and more. Peter cusack live podcast online moacrealsloa radio panik. His project sounds from dangerous places explores soundscapes at sites of major environmental damage chernobyl exclusion zone. Bruno duplant tries to translate the reality of such zones into fiction by using sounds which originally had no relation with these places. Searching the silences for the sounds of a new poetics in. Sounds from dangerous places is a longterm, multisited project to explore the soundscapes of. Peter cusack sounds from dangerous places posted by stewart lee sunday, august 12th, 2012 on the first of these two discs, chernobyl, peter cusack presents unadorned field recordings from in and around the exclusion zone that still surrounds the failed russian reactor. Peter cusack is an artist and musician who is a member of crisap and is a research staff. The places are not particularly dangerous to the shortterm visitor, like war zones, but places where there are.
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