Gascia Ouzounian will give a talk from her forthcoming book as part of the lecture series VIDEOGRAM. (Announcement below).

Join us for this semester's final talk in the 𝐕𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐨𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐦 lecture series on contemporary curatorial and artistic practice and theory.

🚨 The lecture will take place online via the ZOOM platform. 🚨

––The lecture will be held in English.––

https://cesnet.zoom.us/j/99439620135

𝗛𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗔𝘁𝗺𝗼𝘀𝗽𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗰 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗦𝗽𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗮𝗹 𝗩𝗶𝗼𝗹𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲

This talk explores atmospheric violence—violence that is pervasive, diffuse, immanent, ‘in the air’—and spatial violence, what Herscher and Siddiqi (2014) have described as ‘the manifold forms of harm mediated through built environments,’ focusing on the role of sound and listening in violence ‘becoming atmospheric’ in cities (M. Peterson 2021). It references earwitness testimonies, citizen journalism, contemporary sound research, and audio investigations pertaining to Gaza and Beirut, including the wartime diaries of the Palestinian writer Atef Abu Saif and ‘private ear’ Lawrence Abu Hamdan in exploring how cities become sites of atmospheric and spatial violence, and how this violence is experienced by those who are subjected to it. How is the listening subject reconfigured when their primary apprehension of the crumbling world around them is through sensing vibrations, including the coupling of their body with the violent shaking of buildings? How do sound and listening participate in the spatial violence that characterizes contemporary forms of urbicide, domicide, and spaciocide (A. Azzouz 2023)? And what strategies have residents, artists, and activists developed to make audible forms of atmospheric violence that otherwise go undetected and unnoticed today?____________________________________

The lecture is a part of the series Videogram at FFA but under the auspices of the Department of Audiovisual Technology. Further programme at https://videogram.favu.vut.cz