em guide “el pueblo, el pueblo, el pueblo ¿dónde está?” estallido social and co-listening to sound (noise) archives
This text reflects on the sonic dimensions of Chile’s Estallido Social, where noise served as a tool of resistance. Drawing on Attali’s concept of noise as a disruptor, it explores how sonic practices like “cacerolazos” and chants challenged the order and redefined public space. Chattopadhyay’s idea of co-listening frames these sounds as collective and political acts that foster communal engagement, while co-listening to sound archives from this period also evokes the creative potential of noise, allowing it to resonate across memories, territories and disputes, imagining other (new) realities.
gedanken über klangintensität: as loud as possible
In noise music, extreme volume is an effective means of involving listeners with their entire bodies. Pedro A. Ramírez examines how musicians use volume artistically and what role the sound carrier plays in this process. Ramírez uses personal experiences, interviews and theoretical approaches.
