Handbook for Listening is a two-part publication that provides a deeper insight on the art behind field recording and the translation of environmental materials.

Handbook for Listening: Part One

12cm X 20cm | 40pp Inserts: 10cm x 14cm | 24pp Wire Binding

Handbook for Listening: Part One presents a discussion on field-recording based approach in ecological sound art.

It examines the diverse recording methods, tools, strategies and creative responses employed by contemporary and pioneering sound artists that use field recording-based approaches in ecological sound art. It reveals the development of their undervalued craft of preserving ‘vanishing’ soundscapes and showcases the flexible, adaptable and resilient characteristics of field recording. It also shows that ecological sound art is an experiential art form that encourages us to rediscover the world we live in and enables us to understand and reimagine its many forms. Last but not least, this research simply calls for us to open our ears, listen to what nature has to ‘say’ and re-examine our complex relationship with it.

Handbook for Listening: Part Two

12cm X 20cm | 70pp Wire Binding

Handbook for Listening: Part Two presents a series of how-tos for soundwalking, field recording, and listening. It comprises of the investigation methods that each artefact explored, revealing the best ways to get started for field recording and prompts for deeper listening. Alongside instructions for gathering materials and dealing with electronics, this publication not only provide helpful insights on developing sound experiences, it also encourages everyone to go out, listen and start recording, before the evidence of the Earth vanishes.