Special Screening of: Deep Listening - The Story of Pauline Oliveros

Deep Listening: The Story of Pauline Oliveros tells the story of this iconic composer, performer, teacher, philosopher, technological innovator and humanitarian. Oliveros was a seminal figure in electronic music, being one of the only females amongst notable post-war American composers, as well as a master accordion player, a teacher and mentor to musicians, a gateway to music and sound for non-musicians and a technical innovator who helped develop everything from tools that allow musicians to play together while in different countries to software that enables those with severe disabilities to create beautiful music. On the vanguard of contemporary American music for six decades, her story illuminates the pathway to how we got where we are and where the future will take us in the worlds of music, the philosophy of sound, and the art of listening.

Produced in collaboration with executive producer lone, Oliveros' partner in life and work, and the Ministry of Maat, Inc., the film combines rare archival footage, live performances, and unreleased music with appearances by Terry Riley, Anna Halprin, lone, Linda Montano, Laurie Anderson, Thurston Moore, Alvin Lucier, Claire Chase, Miya Masaoka, Morton Subotnick, Tony Martin, Ramon Sender and many more ground-breaking artists.

The screening will be followed by a live demonstration on modular synthesiser of drone music techniques pioneered by Oliveros, Éliane Radigue and other sonic explorers.

Deep Listening is screened as part of Entanglements, a grassroots global south festival of exploratory music that runs from 23-26 April in Johannesburg and 1-3 May in Cape Town. Entanglements includes live performances from a wide range of experimental musicians as well as various workshops, film screenings and collaborative sessions. You can learn more about the festival and purchase tickets at www.entanglements.africa.