Lotte Nijsten

What would nature say? 🌿👂 Wat als planten iets te zeggen hebben? En wat gebeurt er wanneer we echt de tijd nemen om te luisteren? 🪴🎧️ Tijdens de workshop ‘What Would Nature Say?’ trokken we van STUK naar de Kruidtuin Leuven voor een zintuiglijke ontdekkingstocht rond luisteren, zorg en natuur. Kunstenaar Lotte Nijsten liet deelnemers ervaren hoe planten klinken wanneer ze water krijgen. Om écht te horen wat er leeft rondom ons, gebeurde een deel van de wandeling geblinddoekt.🌱 Deze workshop maakte deel uit van de Culture & Care conferentie in Leuven, binnen het LOV-project Body & Soul. 🎙️ Emma Ducheyne volgde mee en verwerkt de ervaring in een podcast. Wordt vervolgd! -- What if plants had something to say? And if we truly took the time to listen? 🪴🎧️ During the workshop “What Would Nature Say?”, we walked from STUK to the Kruidtuin Leuven for a sensory exploration of listening, care and nature. Artist Lotte Nijsten let participants hear what plants sound like when they are watered. Part of the walk even took place blindfolded, sharpening the senses. 🌱 The workshop was part of the Culture & Care conference in Leuven, within the LOV project Body & Soul. 🎙️ Emma Ducheyne followed the experience and will turn it into a podcast. 📷️ @stafsmets #LOV2030 #WhatWouldNatureSay #BodyAndSoul #CultureAndCare #EuropeanCapitalOfCulture #EuropeseCultureleHoofdstad #ECOC #LeuvenAndBeyond

What a way to start the autumn!🍁🍂 Over the summer, @gillisvdw and I finished our new sound installation, Concrete Studies I, that was first presented during STUK START in september. In the sound installation seven concrete slabs are set into vibration, creating a continuous feedback loop. The result is a dynamic soundscape, interwoven with recordings of urban infrastructure, inviting reflection on what it means for seemingly lifeless materials to feel alive. Many thanks to our incredible partners STUK, Werktank and Overtoon 🙏 © Visuals by Joeri Thiry

Van 8-11/12/25 vindt de langverwachte Meeting for Independent Radio Producers (MIRP) opnieuw plaats! Ditmaal in Destelheide, op een halfuurtje van Brussel. Een internationale samenkomst van en voor alle audiomakers, van documentaire tot field recording en experimentele radio, met inspirerende sessies, lezingen en live performances 🐋🐋 Schrijf je hier in:

Thank you Gillis Van Der Wee and Lotte Nijsten for sending us your work! "Polyphonies is a sound composition that takes listeners on an acoustic journey through the polyphonic soundscape of the North Sea. By weaving together anthrophone, biophone and technophone sounds, Lotte and Gillis explore sonic analogies between human and non-human worlds. Using a mix of voice recordings, foley, and field recordings, they create an electroacoustic piece that emphasizes the interconnectedness of life at sea. Liquid Polyphonies was created as part of the residency program of Phonurgia Nova (FR) at GMEM Marseille." #northsea #fieldrecordings #electroacoustic #sealife

📻Liquid Polyphonies is selected for the current edition of Radiophrenia and will be broadcast on the 20th of April between 10.20 and 10.40 AM. RADIOPHRENIA is a radio art collective, festival and art radio station broadcasting intermittently across Glasgow. The broadcast schedule for the 2025 edition includes a series of newly commissioned radio works, public Live-to-Air performances, live studio shows, long-form works, shorts and pre-recorded features.

We invite you to the second edition of 'Everybody Hertz: A Sound Art Festival' The day begins at 10am - 10pm at the blackbox Lotte Nijsten en Gillis Van der Wee (Landforms): installation "There are tides and flows in this body" Free entrance. No registration needed.

‘There are Tides and Flows in this Body’ is a multi-channel installation that invites the listener to the soundscape of subterranean Brussels. By using concrete water basins and speakers, @gillisvdw and I created a watery soundscape that explores the physical relationship between sound and space. Currently @lavallee_bxl for @lasemaineduson.be this week. Welcome to come by during the opening today (15u-21u) x

Een kleine terugblik op onze sessie ‘eerste hulp bij professionalisering’ op het @dspodcastfestival , met fijne inzichten van de fantastische @maartje_duin en muzikale improvisaties van @frederikdeclercq_studioree Aan iedereen die er bij was: duizendmaal dank voor de warme opkomst!

[ Cette année encore le GMEM est partenaire des @phonurgia_nova Awards : retour sur « Liquid Polyphonies », l’un des projets lauréat 2023, en résidence dans nos studios ] « Liquid Polyphonies » @lottenijsten et @gillisvdw 🗓️ Mar. 17 - Dim. 29 septembre 2024 Résidence de création FR « Liquid Polyphonies » est une composition sonore qui invite l’auditeur·rice à un voyage acoustique dans le paysage sonore polyphonique de la mer du Nord. En utilisant des sons enregistrés lors d’une recherche sur le terrain dans les parties européennes de la mer du Nord (2022), Lotte et Gillis créent une composition électroacoustique où la vie marine, la technologie, l’industrie et la science s’enchevêtrent. En créant cette pièce, Lotte et Gillis ont réfléchi aux possibilités épistémologiques du son et à leur propre position sur le terrain en tant qu’enregistreur·euse·s : Que peuvent nous dire les sons sur les contextes socio-économiques et écologiques des paysages endommagés ? Et quel rôle jouons-nous en tant qu’archivistes de terrain ? EN « Liquid Polyphonies » is a sound composition that invites the listener on an acoustic journey through the polyphonic soundscape of the North Sea. Using sounds recorded during field research in the European parts of the North Sea (2022), Lotte and Gillis create an electroacoustic composition where marine life, technology, industry and science intertwine. In creating this piece, Lotte and Gillis reflected on the epistemological possibilities of sound and their own position in the field as recorders: What can sounds tell us about the socio-economic and ecological contexts of damaged landscapes? And what role do we play as field archivists? Distribution | Gillis Van Der Wee (réalisateur, ingénieur de son), Lotte Nijsten (réalisatrice) Mentions Production | @_landforms Remerciements | l’équipe de NIOZ, l’équipe de VLIZ, Jeroen Vandesande #residence #composition #creationsonore #fieldrecording #NorthSea

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Had some fun experimenting 🌚

Feeling happy and blessed that @gillisvdw and I were invited to share a first version of our new sound composition ‘Liquid Polyphonies’ at the ‘Everybody Hertz’ sound festival, while also sharing some insights and thoughts on our research process and artistic practice. A big thank you to @jeroenvdsd and the whole crew for organizing the festival. We have enjoyed listening to the inspiring performances and sound installations from amazing radio alumni like @eedyat @anoukkellner @ambermeulenijzer @lukasdeclerckkk @zzztijn @jeroen_uyttendaele and @roelheremans