Deep Listening with Daniel Pioro and Erland Cooper
Earth Unwrapped
| Daniel Pioro | violin |
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Violinist Daniel Pioro and composer Erland Cooper present a sonic meditation, allowing audiences to tap into their conscious and unconscious listening instincts.
Deep Listening, as developed by American composer Pauline Oliveros, explores the difference between the involuntary nature of hearing and the conscious nature of listening. In this collaborative performer/audience session, violinist Daniel Pioro and composer Erland Cooper invite you to join them in two sonic meditations to begin the second day of our weekend festival, Time Unravelling Sound Unfolding. The first meditation is by Oliveros and is taken from her 1974 book sonic meditations, and the second is a new one, born of Pioro and Cooper’s conversations after looking out over the canal together.
The artists invite you to come and join them in these meditations without any preconceptions and with open hearts.
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Environmental Dialogue
Each person finds a place to be, either near to or distant from the others, either indoors or out-of-doors. Begin the meditation by observing your own breathing. As you become aware of sounds from the environment, gradually begin to reinforce the pitch of the sound source. Reinforce either vocally, mentally or with an instrument. If you lose touch with the source, wait quietly for another. Reinforce means to strengthen or sustain. If the pitch of the sound source is out of your range, then reinforce it mentally. – Pauline Oliveros
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Environmental Sound
Find a room with a window and turn to face it. What sounds can you see or imagine? Reinforce that sound first in your head until it transitions into your body. Do you still see or imagine that sound? If so, reinforce either vocally, mentally, or with an instrument. If the moment has passed, look for a new sound.
Listen with your eyes, not with your ears. – Daniel Pioro and Erland Cooper
‘Music is a welcome by-product of this activity.’ – Pauline Oliveros
Supported by Cockayne Grants for the Arts, a Donor Advised Fund, held at The Prism Charitable Trust.
This event will last approximately 1 hour, without an interval.
Concessions & Under 30s tickets
Kings Place Concessions Tickets
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- Pension Credit
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£10 ‘Under 30s’ tickets
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Plan your visit
Getting here
Kings Place is situated just a few minutes’ walk from King’s Cross and St Pancras stations, one of the most connected locations in London and now the biggest transport hub in Europe.
Our address is:
90 York Way, London, N1 9AG.
The Venue
Our performance spaces are situated on the lower ground floor. Hall One, Hall Two and St Pancras are located in level -2, reached by stairs, escalator and lift from the ground floor entrance level.
Event Times
Door times indicate auditorium entrance times only. Visitors are welcome to enjoy the Kings Place seating areas, gallery-level art, canal-side terrace, café, restaurant and bar throughout the day and evening.
- Our events begin promptly at the advertised start time. Typically, there is no support unless otherwise stated.
- We recommend arriving in good time before the performance. The Hall doors will open 30 minutes before the performance to allow time to take your seats, or to choose a space for standing shows.
- Latecomers will be admitted at a suitable break in the performance where possible
Access
We aim to make your visit to Kings Place as comfortable as possible. For more information about the accessibility of Kings Place, including details about our Access Scheme, please visit this page.
If you would like to discuss your access requirements with a member of our team, please get in touch with the Box Office team at info@kingsplace.co.uk.
Food & Drink
Rotunda Bar & Restaurant
Rotunda, situated on the ground floor of Kings Place, offers a unique dining and drinking experience alongside Regent’s Canal. The concert bar in the venue foyer will also be open for select events.
Green & Fortune Café
Recently re-furbished and now open with a new look, the Green & Fortune Café is open for selected concerts. Serving hot and cold food and drinks, including sandwiches, salads, soup, stew and a pie of the day, alongside a choice of cakes made by the on-site bakery team. See here for selected concert dates and standard opening hours.
