Listening to the Other

New modesof listening and methods for contemporary sound art practicesOur contemporary, globalised society demands new formsof listening. But what are these new forms? In Listening to the Other, Stefan stersj challenges conventionalunderstandings of the ways musicians listen. He develops a transmodalunderstanding of listening that is situated in the body-a body that is extendedby its mediation through musical instruments and other technologies. Listeninghabits can turn these tools-and even the body itself-into resistant objects ormusical Others. Supported by extensive multimedia documentation and drawing onexamples from the author's own artistic projects spanning electronics,intercultural collaboration, and ecological sound art, this volume enablesmusicians to learn how to approach musical Others through alternative modes oflistening and allows readers to discover artistic methods for interculturalcollaboration and ecological sound art practices.This book is closelylinked to a series of cutting-edge artistic works, including a triple concertorecorded with the Seattle Symphony and several video works with ecologicalsound art. It represents the analytical outcomes of artistic research projectscarried out in Sweden, the UK, and Belgium between 2009 and 2015.This publication is GPRC-labeled (Guaranteed Peer-Reviewed Content).