Hildegard Westerkamp
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Hildegard Westerkampborn 1946 in Germany
COMPOSERRADIO ARTISTSOUND ECOLOGIST
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Bibliography:• 1946 - born in Germany • 1966 - she met her husband and future partner in
work Norbert Ruebsaat• 1966 - she studied flute and piano in Germany
(Hochschule für Musik Freiburg)• 1968 – emigration to Vancouver, British Columbia,
Canada• 1968 – 1972 - she studied music at the University
of British Columbia• 1980s –professor in the School of Communication
at Simon Fraser University in Vancouver, Canada• 1980s - member of the World Soundscape Project
(WSP)• 1993 - World Forum for Acoustic Ecology (WFAE)
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Compositions
Examples:
„By listening only can we identify the sounds we should encourage and those which we should discourage”
Sensitive Chaos (1995)
Breaking News (2002)
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World Soundscape Project (WSP) •the goal is to "to find solutions
for an ecologically balanced soundscape where the relationship between the human community and its sonic environment is in harmony."
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What is a Soundscape?It is a sound or combination of sounds that forms or arises from an immersive environment.
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Vancouver Co-operative Radio•non-commercial community radio station
in Vancouver, British Columbia. •first air date: 14th April 1975
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What is a Soundwalk?„It is an excursion whose main purpose is listening to the environment.”
A walk through the city (1981)http://www.electrocd.com/en/bio/westerkamp_hi/oeuvres/
Kits Beach Soundwalk (1989)
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Hildegard Westerkamp’s input on sound history.•An author of articles and texts addressing
issues of the soundscape and listening•She travel widely and is giving lectures and
conducting soundscape workshops http://vimeo.com/12479152 •Founding member of the World Forum on
Acoustic Ecology (WFAE) •1991 – 1995 editor of The Soundscape
Newsletter•Her work has been published on at least 16
CDs
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World Forum on Acoustic Ecology (WFAE)
WFAE works in collaboration with its world-wide network of Affiliated Organizations to promote:
•Education•Research and study•Publishing and distributing•Protecting and preserving•Designing and creating
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Hildegard Westerkamp incorporates poetry in her compositions• the poetry of her then-partner, Canadian writer
Norbert Ruebsaat. A walk through the city (1981)
• as well as others:École polytechnique (1990)My Horse and I (1991) - Sharon ThesenFur dich (For you) - Rainer Maria Rilkehttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6kKgpLNN2s4 http://www.ymxmedia.com/en/oeuvres/fiches/f/u/fur-dich-for-you-westerkamp-rilke-ruebsaat.php
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film soundtracks• Elephant (2003) directed by Gus Van
Sant
• Last Days (2005) directed by Gus Van Sant
Beneath the Forest Floor (1992)
Türen der Wahrnehmung — Doors of Perception (1989, 96)
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Bibliography:
http://www.soundandmusic.org/features/ear-room/hildegard-westerkamp picture http://www.bbc.co.uk/music/artists/08f42fcc-6bcc-4bab-9079-91c6e935e81a http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Soundscape_Project http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soundscape http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CFRO-FM http://wfae.proscenia.net/ http://www.electrocd.com/en/bio/westerkamp_hi/oeuvres/ http://www.ymxmedia.com/en/oeuvres/fiches/f/u/fur-dich-for-you-westerkamp-rilke-ruebsaat.php http://www.sfu.ca/~westerka/bio.html http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6kKgpLNN2s4
http://www.electrocd.com/en/bio/westerkamp_hi/oeuvres/
http://vimeo.com/12479152