Deep Listening and Field Recording – a workshop with Ludwig Berger

Join us for a two-day hands-on workshop for adults led by sound artist Ludwig Berger, inviting participants to attune to their sonic environment in dialogue with the themes of the exhibition Oscillating Spaces. On the first day, the participants will focus on Deep Listening practices developed by Pauline Oliveros—an ensemble of sonic meditations, movement, and breathwork intended to deepen auditory perception. On the second day, the participants will explore the urban soundscape surrounding the CCA, work with a range of field recording techniques and compose brief audio pieces that respond to our shared acoustic and built environment. 

Ludwig Berger is a sound artist, musician, and educator whose work explores the sonic presences of organisms and places. He focuses on interspecies, geological, and architectural listening in landscapes. Trained in electroacoustic composition, he was a researcher at the Institute of Landscape Architecture at ETH Zurich and is a Deep Listening instructor. His practice integrates field recording, scientific inquiry, and speculative listening across disciplines. His work has received recognition from Prix Ars Electronica, the Sound of the Year Awards, and A Closer Listen’s Best Soundscape Albums of the Decade. Raised in a village in the Vosges-Palatinate Forest Biosphere Reserve (Germany/France), he is currently based in Montreal.