PETER CUSACK is a field recordist and sound artist with a special interest in acoustic ecology. He initiated the “Favourite Sounds Project” to discover what people find positive about their everyday sound environment and ‘Sounds From Dangerous Places’ (described as sonic journalism) that investigates the soundscapes of sites of major environmental damage such as oil fields and the Chernobyl exclusion zone. He produced ‘Vermilion Sounds’ – the environmental sound program – for ResonanceFM Radio, London, lectures on ‘Sound Arts & Design’ at the London College of Communication and was DAAD artist-in-residence in Berlin during 2011/12, where he initiated the ‘Berlin Sonic Places’ project that examines relationships between soundscape and urban development.

http://favouritesounds.org
http://sounds-from-dangerous-places.org/
http://sonic-places.dock-berlin.de

Peter spoke at Close and Remote’s Sound City Talk on 25 April 2013 at Goldsmiths College, London. Below is a short excerpt from the talk.