An Antidote to Indifference Issue 6
full sized / full color 34 pages
The world of sound is essential to me as a DJ, and I have
loved field recordings since hearing old Tony Schwartz records on Folkways.
Tony lived in New York City
in the 1950’s and 1960’s and documented his neighborhood through thousands of
hours of tapes with everyday people doing everyday things. Tony left a body of
work that captured community life in a way that no photograph, film, or book
could.
An Antidote to
Indifference is a feast of scholarly and more casual essays. Des Coulam
writes about the world of Paris
in sound and the process of listening attentively. Several sound documenters
respond to the question: why field recording? Rick Blything recounts a trip
recording the habitat in Northern India . John
Kannenberg reveals a sound map of the Egyptian
Museum , Cairo . There are book reviews, vivid artwork,
and meditations on listening in a world where we are overwhelmed with
distractions.
Some zines invite you to read them repeatedly, revealing
ever-absorbing minute details. I’ll be revisiting An Antidote to Indifference. Connect with the world around you. Be
fully present. Get away from the screen and into nature. Listen.
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