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Beyond decibels

By Dietmar | Published: August 6, 2010
Trevor Cox in the New Scientist: “One problem with decibel measurement is that it does not differentiate between “negative” and “positive” sounds. Take the sounds made by a fountain in a town square, happy children in a playground or the cheerful toot of the Manchester tram – any one of which might exceed permitted sound [...]
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sensory notation – Michael Southsworth

By Dietmar | Published: June 12, 2010
A student of Kevin Lynch and Professor of Urban Studies at UC Berkeley, Michael Southsworth created experience maps of 1960 Boston’s sonic environment. Unlike Schafer, Southworth did not try to describe characteristic sounds for an urban place, but was mainly interested in the strength of the relationship between soundscape and place. This links back to [...]
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from the premiere of boston buzz, film museum vienna

By admin | Published: September 22, 2009
Sam Auinger and Reinhard Braun (steirischer herbst, Graz) / Image from the Paneldiscussion (Stefanie Schulte Strathaus (Arsenal, Berlin), Mike Sperlinger (LUX, London), Josef Dabernig (Secession, Wien), Alexander Horwath (Filmmuseum, Wien)) Link
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Ledoux

By admin | Published: September 17, 2009
A small souvenir from Sam and Dietmar’s visit to Arc-et-Senans, a play on the pre-industrial factory architecture of Claude Nicolas Ledoux…
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upcoming – premiere of stm#7 – boston buzz sept. 14th, Austrian Filmmuseum

By admin | Published: September 11, 2009
The Austrian Film Museum will be the illustrous setting for the premiere of our last film on Sept. 14th. Sam Auinger will present the film in the following panel discussion with Stefanie Schulte-Strathaus (Arsenal, Berlin), Mike Sperlinger (LUX, London), Josef Dabernig (Secession, Wien), Alexander Horwath (Filmmuseum, Wien), moderated by Reinhard Braun (steirischer herbst, Graz).
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