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A short bio of iconic Vancouver composer and sound ecologist Hildegard Westerkamp. She was the only woman to participate in the original version of the World Soundscape project that not only brought new ears to city life, but laid the foundation for noise bylaws/pollution standards, radically upending traditional notions of music, the role of the composer, and found new uses for the portable tape recorder. In addition, Hildegard has brought the art of sound walking to groups around the world, and in these face-to-face encounters she has formulated a deep feminist ecology rooted in the body. This experimentalist short offers a place for the viewer to listen, conjuring the space of listening as the necessary precondition for personal and societal change.

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2021
Canada
24:30
Original language
English

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Credits

Direction
Mike Hoolboom
Editing
Mike Hoolboom
Camera
Mike Hoolboom
Sound
Mike Hoolboom
Dancers
Hildegard Westerkamp
Voice
Hildegard Westerkamp

Technical information

Color
Color / Black and White
Image format
16:9
Sound
Stereo
Shooting format
Digital

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Keywords
Hildegard Westerkamp, biography, ecology, feminism, projet World Soundscape,

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