Deep Listening: The Story of Pauline Oliveros

"Deep Listening: The Story of Pauline Oliveros"tells the story of the iconic composer, performer, teacher, philosopher, technological innovator and humanitarian, Pauline Oliveros. She was one of the world's original electronic musicians, one of the only females amongst notable post-war American composers, 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.

Q&A to follow with Director Daniel Weintraub and DJ Olivia.

The way one chooses to listen to music or daily life is a factor in the quality of one's life experience. Listening is a process that occurs at varying speeds. It can be like a bolt of lightning - all at once in the moment - or it can consist of intuitive guesses and thoughtful references to past experience. Raw listening, however, has no past or future. It is the roots of the moment. It has the potential of instantaneously changing the listener forever.--Pauline Oliveros

Photo - Becky Cohen.

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