Ears to the Ground
a sonic lecture byLudwig Berger

With the lights turned off, we listen
to glaciers melting,
the breathing of a peat bog,
the pulse of a highway.

Sound narrates places beyond the city,
and listening becomes a tool
to explore climate change
and the entanglement of bodies and places within it.

Auditorium
Thursday, 2 October, 14:00 — duration 16'

In the framework of the course

EKTOS POLIS: Researching the Urban Otherwise - Wanderings across Extended Urbanisation

Observatory of the Countryside
tutor: Metaxia Markaki

Ludwig Berger is a sound artist and composer based in Zurich, Montrealand Milan. In his installations and performances, he engages playfully with more-than-human worlds such as beehives, glaciers, water infrastructures, and trees. In his musical work, he produces intimate sonic eco-fictions through synthesis and sampling. He has released various albums of field recordings, improvisations, and electroacoustic music, and composes for film, theatre, and radio. He is the curator of the tape label Vertical Music, runs a monthly radio show at Radio Raheem, and teaches sound and field recording at the Institute for Landscape Architecture at ETH Zurich, where he studies the sonic dimension of Japanese gardens, alpine glaciers, and urban landscapes.