On Location in Inhuman Places

“I tend to seek out what I call ‘inhuman places,’ so it’s not that humans aren’t there, it’s just that these are places where I feel that I’m actually hearing the place. Places where I can basically eavesdrop.”

Composer and sound recordist Karen Power in conversation in Sirius Arts Centre about recording under the ice in Antarctica, the humbling experience of recording in environments that contain dangers for humans, and how she works with musicians and these field recordings to produce a “duet between a human and nature.”