Listening as activism
Sounding Landscapes (2024) is a sound meditation developed for Roskilde Festival 2024. It is part of the Art & Activism programme, and centers around Danish landscapes.
The composition examines the landscapes of Mols Bjerge. Waves, trees and birdsong create an organic soundscape, yet they always exist in the company of manmade technologies:
From the sound of car engines, to the sound of airplanes.
In order to look forward, we must acknowledge that this is the sound of our modern landscapes. By welcoming noise pollution, Sounding Landscapes (2024) aims to connect the audience to their sorroundings, without romanticizing nature as ‘pure’.
Sounding Landscapes at Roskilde Festival Højskole. Foto: Kim Matthäi LelandThe piece is developed as part of a larger project called LANDSKABT x MANDSKABT (LANDSHAPED x MANSHAPED), in collaboration with the youth organization FLOR (Danmarks Naturfredningsforening). Through this project, we explore Danish landscapes and how they affect us.
Composition and performance: Emilie Lykkegaard Schmidt
In collaboration with: FLOR – Danmarks Naturfredningsforening
Performances:
GRASP Pop-Up at Roskilde Festival Højskole // 22nd May 2024
Roskilde Festival // 30th June – 2nd July 2024
Developed as part of Flokkr Lab, a learning lab by Roskilde Festival. Flokkr Lab is supported by Erasmus+.