University of Aberdeen

Futures of Listening

Society EN ↓ 4 episodes

In the midst of ever growing geopolitical and socioeconomic tensions both locally and internationally, is listening to the others ever possible? If we are hopeful that it is, how will our ways of listening need to change in the near future? In this new podcast series, join Professor Suk-Jun Kim and sound artist SHHE, as they bring together guests from across the globe to ask, ‘What can artists do to imagine and encourage such possible futures of listening?’ Futures of Listening is brought to you by the University of Aberdeen in collaboration with Sonica Glasgow.

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Episodes

Futures of Listening with Radiophrenia 21.05.2026 39:12

In the four and final episode of Futures of Listening Season 1, we travelled to Glasgow, Scotland, and met with Mark Vernon and Stevie Jones from Radiophrenia, a Glasgow art radio collective. We discussed the birth of Radiophrenia, its ever-growing audience, and how it helped examine and reshape how we listen. - Mark Vernon is a Glasgow based sound artist who works with found tapes and acousmatic...

Futures of Listening with Shadwa Ali 23.04.2026 48:05

In the third episode of Futures of Listening, we are joined by Shadwa Ali, an independent multidisciplinary artist based in Alexandria, Egypt. Shadwa discusses her work and how listening informs and is informed by her sonic and visual works and their context, particularly, collective memory and behaviour. - Shadwa Ali is an independent multidisciplinary artist based in Alexandria. A graduate of th...

Futures of Listening with Robin Fox 26.03.2026 43:48

In the second episode of Futures of Listening, we are joined by Robin Fox, a composer and sound artist whose work has traversed from the punk squats of noise and improvised scenes to recent forays into orchestral composition for large scale contemporary dance works. Robin discusses how he started in musical and sonic arts practice, and in particular, his sound-light performance and installations s...

What is going to happen to the ways in which we listen? 19.02.2026 42:13

In this first episode of Futures of Listening, our co-hosts Professor Suk-Jun Kim and SHHE introduce the podcast series, share their own approaches to listening, and discuss why it is necessary for us to start exploring possible futures of our listening. - Suk-Jun Kim is a South Korean composer, sound artist and researcher and professor of electronic music and sound art at the University of Aberde...