Traces

<p><em>Traces</em> begins with <strong>Tom Lawrence</strong>’s fascinating and soon unsettling insights into Ireland’s largest wetland <em>Pollardstown Fen</em> and its ongoing destruction through men. Furthermore he describes his elaborate attempt to record the fen’s rich world of water beetles and talks about the startling discoveries he’s made. ♦ Regarding the question <em>‘Phonography: Art or Documentation?’</em> sculptor <strong>Scott Sherk</strong> examines the history of photography and its parallels to the developing world of phonography via selected historical imagery. ♦ From moments of excited listening in his childhood <strong>Jim Cummings</strong> carries us to the founding of his label EarthEar and his eventual step into scientific fields with the Acoustic Ecology Institute. ♦ <em>‘Something which lasts, passes by’</em> is <strong lang="de">Marcus Kürten</strong>’s diverse and diverting collection of (mostly) joyous hearing memories from <strong>36 sound artists</strong>’ childhood days. ♦ Researcher <strong lang="de">Hein Schoer</strong> grants insight into his cultural soundscape project <em>The Sounding Museum</em> and the formation and reception of his soundscape composition <em>Two Weeks in Alert Bay.</em> ♦ The magazine closes with <strong lang="bn">Budhaditya Chattopadhyay</strong>’s 3-monthlong hearing and recording journey through the sound-world of Bangalore – sharing his experiences, discoveries and thoughts.</p>