In response to the anti-war movements of the 1960s, pioneering musician and composer Pauline Oliveros began to experiment with meditation, movement and activism in her compositions. Quantum Listening is her manifesto for listening as activism.

In response to the anti-war movements of the 1960s, pioneering musician and composer Pauline Oliveros began experimenting with meditation, movement and activism in her compositions. Fascinated by sound and consciousness in daily life, Oliveros developed a series of Sonic Meditations that would lead to Deep Listening – a practice for healing and transformation open to all.

Quantum Listening is a manifesto for listening as activism. Through simple yet profound exercises, Oliveros shows how Deep Listening is the foundation for a radically transformed social matrix in we act from compassion and peace. This timely new edition brings Oliveros’ vision together with a new Foreword and Introduction by Laurie Anderson and IONE.

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ISBN13: 9781739371753
Format: Paperback / softback
Number of Pages: 72
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Publisher: Silver Press
Publication City, Country: London, United Kingdom
Dimensions (cm): 16(H)x11.2(L)x0.3(W)
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Author Biography

Pauline Oliveros (1932–2016) was a renowned American composer and performer known for conceiving a unique, meditative, improvisatory approach to music called ‘Deep Listening’®. A central figure in the development of post-war experimental and electronic music, Oliveros was the recipient of four Honorary Doctorates and many awards, including the William Schuman Award for Lifetime Achievement, Columbia University, NY; The Giga-Hertz Award for Lifetime Achievement in Electronic Music from ZKM, Center for Art and Media, Germany and The John Cage Award from from the Foundation of Contemporary Arts. During her lifetime, Oliveros was Distinguished Research Professor of Music at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY, and Darius Milhaud Artist-in-Residence at Mills College.

Reviews

"Pauline's Quantum Listening is a clearly worded manifesto advocating for the practice of Deep Listening - the practice of practice. Accessing both the focal and the global at once makes us Futurists too, both creators and recipients of the newness, the peace and the health we long for. A champion of the underserved and underrepresented, Pauline dares us to embrace change, the unfamiliar and even the unknown. She wants us to be bold enough to imagine a benevolent society that can embrace technology to create a sublime music." -- IONE, from her Introduction
"Quantum Listening is not really a Buddhist exercise. But like Buddhism, Deep Listening puts experience before everything else. It emphasizes both detail and scope of, in Pauline's words, 'the sounds of daily life, of nature, or one's own thoughts'. 'We're not a nation of listeners, ' she wrote. To say the least! Deep Listening is inside your head and empathetic. Both focal and global." -- Laurie Anderson, from her Foreword