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Listening to Victory Square
Joey Zaurrini


World Forum for Acoustic Ecology 2023 Conference
Thursday, 23 March, 2023
(c) 2023

Abstract: In this paper, I will share my experiences in listening to Victory Square, a city square I lived in front of for three years. During this span of time, I recorded the square’s soundscape from my bedroom window, maintained a field recording journal, created art works in response to listening, and grappled with the reality of engaging with a vulnerable location, which was home for many, while I lived 6 stories above it. When I began this listening endeavour, I was worried about how my field recording practice could ethically co-exist with Victory Square. By maintaining a field recording journal, I was able to deepen my connection to the square, and with time, my practice began evolving in conversation with the square. I will take the reader through my creation phases and how I came to certain methodologies. In addition to sharing my work with you, it is my hope to position self-reflexive field recording as a tool that can help us think about and work with vulnerable locations that are often excluded from conversations.

Bio: I’m a Montreal-based composer, sound artist and designer who routinely incorporates drawings and painting into my work. I completed an undergrad in Electroacoustic Studies at Concordia University, and a Master of Fine Arts in Interdisciplinary Studies at Simon Fraser University. I am the recipient of the R. Murray Soundscape Award and have also received a Canada Graduate Scholarship and Michael Smith award for my research in sound studies.