Constellations

This Mystery Box has been mixed by Ariana Martinez.

It’s composed from sounds recorded by: Jess Shane, Miyuki Jokiranta, Anouk Hannan, Mike Williams, Ayesha Barmania, Adair Sheppard and Isaac Arnquist.

To hear these sounds in their entirety, click here.
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Constellations is a community of listeners, investigating the world through sound.

The mix engineer is MM.

The graphics are designed by JS.

For more sounds from Constellations, visit out website: https://constellationssounds.org/

This episode of Constellations we speak with artist and writer jamilah malika abu-bakare about Aural Alterities, an online exhibition curated by abu-bakare. Aural Alterities is a collection of works by 8 sound artists, which suggest dimensions and possibilities for working in sound outside of formal or canonical of the medium. All of these artists are Black, Indigenous or POC Chilean.

This episode is primarily an interview with abu-bakare, alongside excerpts from the exhibition. We strongly recommend you listen and take in these works in their online format here: auralalterities.com

Aural Alterities works:

- “sending a message to you” by Adee Roberson
- “Speaking into Existence” by Aj McClennon
- “Audible Rising” by Allah George
- “L2BW2” by jamilah malika abu-bakare
- “ALL OF ME” by Jessica Karuhanga
- “FIGHT ME” by Kim Ninkuru
- “only workers” by RUTMEAT
- “Detenidxs Desparecidxs” by Soledad Fatima Muñoz

Referenced reading:
The Combahee River Collective Statement
Art Papers, Interview: David Hammons
Undrowned: Black Feminist Lessons from Marine Animals by Alexis Pauline Gumbs

Further reading:
Aural Alterities “On Listening” page: auralalterities.com/on-listening

Trick & treat. You know where we've been 😉

Constellations returns with some 🪄😈✨🧨 very soon.

Lonely Artefacts is a podcast series about regional Australian museums by Sisters Akousmatica for Constellations. Lonely Artefact #2 takes you to the Waratah Museum in Waratah north west lutruwita-Tasmania.

From Sisters Akousmatica:
“I visited in 2010 and the museum experience stayed with me, as it was so obviously a labour of love and community service. In fact it was probably the original inspiration for this series.”

Sisters Akousmatica pay respect to the Palawa people as the traditional and ongoing custodians of Lutruwita and to elders past, present and future, and acknowledge that sovereignty has never been ceded.

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Energy usage and sound are two omnipresent components of our daily life. We're constantly trying to weigh our own wants and complications against individual sacrifices and the perceived "difference" our actions can make. And of course, as with much of existence, many things can be true at once.

Featuring:
"i don't think its my place" by Sophia Steinert-Evoy
"Forest to Desert" by Sarah Boothroyd

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