The Trembling City: Book Launch
Gascia Ouzounian with Susan Schuppli
- Date and Time:
Sun 8 Nov, 3-4:30pm
- Location:
- Majlis
The Trembling City is a gripping account of cities that shudder under the vibrational force of occupation, siege, and war. From the persistent drone noise of Gaza to turbulent skies above Beirut, Gascia Ouzounian explores the insidious role of sound and vibration as instruments of violence that shape urban life.
Introducing the concepts of vibrational warfare and atmospheric occupation, Ouzounian asks how cities themselves become instruments of war: amplifying sonic shock; conducting harmful energy through bodies, air, and buildings; and saturating everyday life with violence. Drawing on earwitness testimony and illicit sonic archives, The Trembling City reimagines cities as vibrational territories and listening as both a site of injury and a practice of endurance, survival, and critique.
Join us for a conversation with Gascia Ouzounian and artist and researcher Susan Schuppli.
This event marks the worldwide launch of The Trembling City: The Sonic and Atmospheric Violence of Vibrational Warfare. It is presented as part of The Trembling City: Sound and Spatial Justice, a series of workshops and public programme conceptualised by sonic theorist Gascia Ouzounian in collaboration with Ibraaz.
Doors open at 2.30pm; event starts at 3pm and ends at 4.30pm.
Image credit: Mane Hovanissyan, 2023.
