Between Outer & Inner Space – Elizabeth Anderson
Tuesday, 16 December 2025
Past event20:00 – 22:00
Multichannel listening sessions are listening sessions where the audience lies down. They consist of the presentation of works recorded specially for rooms with an acoustic system, bringing together a multitude of composers from around the world (in conjunction with the inDREAM and SANE networks).
Elizabeth Anderson is a composer trained between the United States and Europe. Her works span the worlds of acousmatic music, radio art, sound installations, and multimedia. Honored with numerous prestigious awards worldwide, she has been, since 2022, a member of the Class of Arts of the Royal Academy of Belgium and a Doctor Honoris Causa of Gettysburg College in Pennsylvania. It is an honor for MIAM to present her works in Switzerland — come & experience them for yourself!
Our listening program will revolve around three of her works:
Solar Winds integrates acoustic translations of electromagnetic phenomena produced by the Earth, as well as other astronomical phenomena. It forms an imaginary celestial sound journey from the point of view of the listener as Earth.
Solar Winds… (2012) — 9’37
…and Beyond integrates acoustic translations of astronomical phenomena and proposes an imaginary celestial sound journey from the point of view of the listener who travels beyond the limits of our heliosphere and explores interstellar space.
…and Beyond… (2014) — 8’07
Heure bleue: renaissance du silence explores the awakening of the human being and their environment, illustrated through acousmatic sounds. Years of experience in contemporary dance have nourished the compositional process. The first sound recordings were made in the countryside and along the seaside in Wissant (France), in the Cathedral of St. Michael and St. Gudula and at the Midi Fair in Brussels (Belgium), as well as in Istanbul (Turkey).
The Blue Hour: Rebirth of Silence (2015–2016) — 16’38
A few surprising additions from the INDREAM Network’s Multichannel Catalogue.
