MAPBM presented 'Sonaurality: the vibrating relations of sound and listening' with Dr Gail Priest, 23 April 2025

In the fourth of our seminar series, MAPBM presented Sonaurality: the vibrating relations of sound and listening with Dr Gail Priest, at RoseyRavelston Books Lawson at 6:00pm on Wednesday 23 April 2025

Gail Priest is a sound artist living on Dharug and Gundungurra lands. For over 25 years she has explored the aural realm through installations, audio releases, concerts, sound design for theatre and dance, curated exhibitions and publications. For the MAPBM series she will present her evolving thoughts on sound and listening as an interdependent relation that challenges the division of subjects and objects into discrete entities. Drawing on her work (in collaboration with Thomas Burless) around the translation of sonic vibrations into material forms, she will use Jane Bennett’s concept of shared energies (2010) to better understand the relationships between the human and non-human, the organic and inorganic.

The recording of Dr Priest's presentation will be posted on the MAPBM Vimeo channel shortly.