What is listening art?
- Listening art
- Text
- Beginner
- aifoon
When does listening become an artistic act? (in English)
Wikifoon
Discover our texts, insights and tools
In its more than 15 years of existence, aifoon has built up a lot of knowledge and insights on sound and listening. We are happy to share them with you in this Wikifoon, our knowledge base.
The Wikifoon is a work-in-progress and is continuously updated. At the moment, the texts are mainly in Dutch.
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Sound art in Flanders
- Listening art
- Video
- Text
- Beginner
- extern
A video and text by Flanders Arts Institute on the history and players of Flemish sound art. (in English)
Letter to the city
- Acoustic ecology
- Text
- Beginner
- aifoon
A spontaneous application to become a city composer (in Dutch)
About sound and language
- Semantics
- DIY-tool
- Teachers
- Beginner
- aifoon
How can you describe sounds with words? Check out the results of our participatory research. (in Dutch)
About listening attitudes
- Listening art
- Text
- Beginner
- aifoon
A group of artists was stimulated by the diverse ways of listening. So they decided to compile a list of possible listening postures. (in English)
On sound and memories
- Listening art
- Text
- Beginner
- aifoon
What did the past sound like? Which sounds have or will disappear? And how can we preserve them? (in Dutch)
Create a sound walk
- Soundwalking
- Video
- DIY-tool
- Teachers
- Children
- Beginner
- aifoon
Take someone out for a walk blindfolded and let them experience the city in a different way. (in Dutch)
Massage with sound
- Listening art
- DIY-tool
- Text
- Teachers
- Children
- Beginner
- aifoon
Relax and let your listening be stretched by a beauty of sounds... (in Dutch)
Listening score
- Deep listening
- Text
- DIY-tool
- Beginner
- aifoon
A listening exercise to explore the different dimensions of listening. (in English)
This square is designed to sound good too
- Acoustic ecology
- Text
- Intermediate
- extern
Can we design cities to be pleasant to our ears? An interview with sound professor Marcel Cobussen. (in Dutch)
Why sounds and smells are as vital to cities as the sights
- Acoustic ecology
- Text
- Intermediate
- extern
An article by MIT Technology Review on the importance of sound in a city. (in English)
5 ways to listen better
- Deep listening
- Listening art
- Video
- Beginner
- extern
Fascinating TED talk by sound expert Julian Treasure with 5 exercises to listen more consciously. (in English)
Listening questions by Pauline Oliveros
- Deep listening
- DIY-tool
- Text
- Beginner
- extern
40 questions that open up your way of listening, formulated by the founder of deep listening. (in English)
Improve the acoustics of your classroom
- Acoustics
- DIY-tool
- Teachers
- Children
- Beginner
- aifoon
Poor acoustics negatively affect children's concentration, and cause voice problems for teachers. (in Dutch)
Listening at home
- Deep listening
- Listening art
- DIY-tool
- Text
- Beginner
- extern
DIY home expeditions full of listening exercises. (in English)
Growing in listening
- Deep listening
- Listening art
- DIY-tool
- Podcast/playlist
- Teachers
- Children
- Beginner
- aifoon
A toolbox of audio clips and accompanying listening questions. (in English)
From what theoretical framework does aifoon's work start?
- Listening art
- Text
- Intermediate
- aifoon
By what theories are aifoon's methods inspired? (in Dutch)
Sonorising: making a soundtrack to a film clip
- Listening art
- DIY-tool
- Teachers
- Beginner
- aifoon
Roadmap for teachers, tutors or workshop facilitators (in Dutch)
Field recording: go out on your own with a recording device
- Deep listening
- Listening art
- DIY-tool
- Text
- Beginner
- aifoon
Field recording is not just about recording sounds, but also what you do with them. (in Dutch)
The sound collage: roadmap to create your own soundscape
- Listening art
- DIY-tool
- Text
- Teachers
- Beginner
- aifoon
Guide a group to make their own recordings and use them to create their own soundscape or soundscape. (in Dutch)
What did the city sound like during corona?
- Acoustic ecology
- Podcast/playlist
- Beginner
- aifoon
"I expected it to be super quiet, but nothing could be further from the truth." (in Dutch)
How does aifoon engage in participation?
- Participation
- Text
- Intermediate
- aifoon
Participation is a necessity to get to the artistic core of aifoon. We therefore apply participation multi-layered and deepening throughout our operation. (in Dutch)
A fountain to mask city noise
- Acoustic ecology
- Text
- Beginner
- aifoon
Adding extra sound to make an auditory environment more pleasant - how does it work? (in Dutch)