Vulnerable Conduits of Knowledge PATRICK QUINN
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«Vulnerable Conduits of Knowledge 41.83992° N, 88.15384° W
“A field recording is less a singular stamp of time and place, and more an index of the process
of its making. It may reflect an environment or situation, but it is also a catalog of pre and post
production, whether audible or not. Field recordings, then, are vulnerable conduits of
knowledge; their partial and perforated status leaves them open for use and abuse.”
- Mark Peter Wright, Listening After Nature
In Lawrence English’s essay, “A Beginner’s Guide to Field Recording,” he reminds us that field
recording involves two sets of ears (the human organic ear and the prosthetic ear of the
microphone) and as a result two distinct listenings occur simultaneously: “both ears though operate within different horizons of listening. United in place and time, these horizons are shaped by the potential of their listening devices.”
Vulnerable Conduits of Knowledge grew out of intermittent Deep Listening sessions I did over
the course of 24 hours in the exact same location (coordinates 41.83992° N, 88.15384° W). These sessions involved me listening with headphones and without headphones as a variety of “ears” (omnidirectional pair, geophones, hydrophones, and electromagnetic receivers) captured - in their own unique way - the sounds of the space. This project was done in an effort to challenge and expand my Deep Listening practice, in addition to my knowledge, particularly my aural knowledge, of a place that has sentimental value to me. » - Patrick Quinn
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