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Emergent Sounds for Resonant Bodies hosts an event on the first Thursday of every month. We are developing our offerings to include full day workshops, research opportunities, and retreats. These programs are designed for those who wish to explore their connection with ecology, and self through listening and making in emergent and collaborative environments
February 6th 2025
Upcoming events
Emergent Sound for
Resonant Bodies: 07
Thursday 6th February 7-9pm
Shell Space, McIver St, Brunswick 3055
During this two hour event, you are invited to engage in deep listening, whether in restful contemplation or curious exploration while exeriencing a one-off, unique collaborative soundscape as four musicians collectively respond, explore and reimagine a Nocturne
A nocturne is a piece of music written as an ode to the stillness, shadows, and tenderness of night, informed by the world and environment of its time (~18th century). While the night remains a constant, the world has changed exponentially.
We live in a time of constants, 24/7 everything — where the night holds everything but the sun. It is a space where rest and restlessness coexist.This month, the ensemble is invited to reimagine a nocturne, inquiring into how romance unfolds after dark in our modern world.
This project is supported by Arts Merri-bek through the 2024-2025 Flourish Arts Grant Program
February 16th 2025
Further Afield Series
Emergent Sound for
Resonant Bodies x
NORTH SPACE
Sunday 16th February 2-4pm
North Space, Warrandyte VIC
Join us for the second chapter of Resonant Bodies: Further Afield on Sunday, 16 February, at North Space in Warrandyte — a quiet sanctuary on the edge of 20 acres of bushland.
Cello, Piano, Vocals, Percussion
Musicians Abby Sundborn, Lily Nalder, Jackson Dahlenburg and Zela Papageorgiou come together to explore and respond to an artwork by American artist Joan Mitchell (1925-1992)
March 6th 2024:
Emergent Sounds for
Resonant Bodies
x Brunswick Music Festival
Thursday 6th March 7-9pm
Shell Space, McIver St, Brunswick 3055
Desire paths speak of possibility. The poets Paul Farley and Michael Symmons Roberts write that desire paths “begin over time, imperceptibly, gathering definition as people slowly recognise and legitimise the footfall of their peers.” It’s been suggested that fifteen journeys are all that’s required to begin a fresh way, to introduce new shapes to the built environments we live in. Where the designed way is often straight and rectilinear, the desire path bends and flows. It offers grace rather than instruction.
Paved roads show us where we ought to go, but desire paths are made when we step off the road and let our hearts decide the way. Worn by the pressure of passing feet, they’re declarations of a kind of resistance: there is another way” David Farrier
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During this two hour event, you are invited to engage in deep listening, whether in restful contemplation or curious exploration. Experience a one-off, unique collaborative soundscape as four musicians collectively respond and explore the prompt of Desire Paths, creating an hour-long emergent sonic journey.
Emergent Sounds for Resonant Bodies practices with relaxed facilitation. You are invited to treat the space as your own; to allow curiosity and a self-guided practice that serves your individual needs.
Making materials, blankets, pillows and tea are provided.