Ximena Alarcón-Díaz composes immersive listening experiences and creates interfaces for sensing place and telepresence to sound our sonic migrations. She has a PhD in Music Technology and Innovation, and studied with Pauline Oliveros the Deep Listening® practice. She has created the online environment Sounding Underground (The Leverhulme Trust Early Career Fellowship-IOCT DMU, 2007-2009), the telematic sonic improvisations Networked Migrations (CRiSAP 2011-2017), the INTIMAL system – Interfaces for Relational Listening – (Marie Sklodowska Curie IF, RITMO-U of Oslo, 2017-2019). Artistic awards have supported the development of INTIMAL App© (2021, The Studio Award), a walkabout environment to tune in with others by walking across distant locations; and the surround-sound installations Unravelling/Desenredando (2023, IAN Residency), and Huellas de Aire (2024, MAMM Commission). In her latest works, she explores breathing as an emotional bridge for telepresence, expanding people’s aural territories of memory and emotion. She has published her art and research work in creative and scholarly books and journals.
This is a Reel of her immersive sound work: https://vimeo.com/1122706487?fl=pl&fe=sh
Websites:
ximenaalarcon.net
intimal.net
