PROGRAM
Location
Future Histories Studio
Staller Center for the Arts, 4th floor
100 Nicolls Rd, Stony Brook, NY 11794
Thursday, May 1st
9:30-9:50 – Coffee and Welcome
9:50-10:00 – Opening Remarks: AWA
10:00-11:30 – Digital Fluidities. Moderator: Isak Berbic
- Nobuho Nagasawa: “Weaving Water into Light”
- Anne Wichmann: “CURRENT – using XR to playfully raise awareness”
- Chloe Smolarski and Tasha Darbes: “When Home Leaves You: The Sound of Climate Memories”
11:45-01:15 – Activism, Violence, Healing. Moderator: Linda O’Keeffe
- Natalia Revko: “Theatre of the Inhospitable Sea: Art Histories and Sonic Ecologies of the Black Sea”
- Hagar Masoud: “Submerged Echoes: A Sonic Exploration of Water, Bodies, and Resistance”
- Celia Yang: “Listening to water’s transformative sound”
01:15-2:30 – Lunch Break
2:30-4:00 – Geological Listening. Moderator: Andrew Uroskie
- Megan Gettte: “Unstable Forms: Listening with Fractures”
- Merve Ünsal: “Sinkhole as Glitching Media”
- Mirjana Dokic: “Soundscapes of the Hong Kong UNESCO Global Geopark: Exploring Water, Ecology, and Sonic Perception”
4.15-5.30 – Keynote Talk: Anna Friz
6.00-6.30 – Live Radio Performance: Anna Friz
Friday, May 2nd
10:00-11:30 – The Sonic Materiality of Memory. Moderator: Javier Uriarte
- Lisa Malloy: “Love is the Sound the Sound is Deaf”
- Shangrila Plaza: “Sonic Currents: Listening to Filipinx Diasporic Consciousness Through Water’s Sound in Adrian De Leon’s Barangay”
- Andy L. Barrientos-Gómez: “A Pantheon of Echoes: Soundscape, Water, and Ecological Decay in Pedro Páramo”
- Samuel Espindola Hernandez: “Unboxing Frozen Tears: Notes on Dreams of Ice”
11:45-01:15 – Human and Non-Human Sonic Ecologies. Moderator: Paul Firbas
- Suzanne Thorpe: “Aquatic Sensibilities & Policies of Care”
- Audra Wolowiec: “Water Radio”
- Javier Uriarte: “Riverine Voices in Early Twentieth-Century Amazonia”
- Elena Soterakis: “Water Stories: Bridging Art & Biotechnology to Shape the Future Health of our Waterways”
01:20-01:40 – Guest Artist Talk
Dominika Ksel and Camila A. Morales (Buena Onda Collective): “Overtones and Undercurrents: Community-Centered Sound & Listening Practices”
01:45-2:30 – Lunch Break
2:45-4:15 – Cinematic Encounters. Moderator: Kathleen Vernon
- Tate Carson: “Water’s Sonic Signatures: Computational Sound Studies and Ecological Awareness in Tarkovsky’s Films”
- Milena Acosta: “Por las aguas bajan turbas. Un análisis de Nueva Argirópolis de Lucrecia Martel”
- Manuela Luengas: “Speculative Listening in the Paraguay River: From Guido Boggiani to Paz Encina”
4:30-5:30 – Keynote Talk: Gabriel Giorgi
In addition to panels and presentations, the conference will feature artistic actions exploring our relationship with water through sound and collaborative creation:
Coastal Current
A sound installation by the Buena Onda Collective in collaboration with SBU students.
Time: Monday to Friday
Location: Trees in front of the Humanities Building,
Stories Under Water
A sound art installation by Esteban Agosín, in collaboration with students from Art and HLL.
Time: Thursday, May 1st, 12 PM – 4 PM
Location: Water Fountain.
Live Radio Performance
A special performance by Anna Friz.
Time: Thursday, May 1st, 6 PM
Location: Future Histories Studio.