Ears Wide Open: A Global Sound Journey
Ears Wide Open: A Global Sound Journey
- Date
- Mar 2nd 2021
- With
- Rana Eid, Tim Nielsen, Alastair Sirkett
Dim the lights, this session requires one of our senses above all: your ears. A much-needed chance to give your video-call-worn eyes a break, here is an opportunity to embark on an acoustic journey exclusively composed for this session of live field recordings from more than 60 cities and rural spaces all across the globe. Collected by sound enthusiasts during the times of the pandemic, this spatial and temporal trip is not unlike a dream. Yet it is also a wake-up call that invites us to actively question what we hear when we listen with intent. In the second half of the session, the sound designers explain how their sonic database came into being before conversing in more detail about the social and political aspects of their craft. Here, listening is no passive act, but an experience of contingency, wrapped in a dreamlike state.
Rana Eid
Rana Eid was born in 1976 in Beirut. She graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in Cinema and a Masters of Arts in Film Sound, both from the Université Saint Joseph, IESAV in 1999. In 2002, Eid continued her sound editing training in Paris.
She has worked as sound editor since 2003 on various Lebanese films, collaborating with a number of acclaimed Lebanese filmmakers such as Joanna Hadjithomas and Khalil Joreige MEMORY BOX, Ghassan Salhab; 1958, THE MOUNTAIN, THE VALLEY and Mohammad Soueid THE INSOMNIA OF A SERIAL DREAMER. Upcoming projects include HOT MILK directed by Rebecca Lenkiewics & THE WAVE directed by Sebastian Lelio.
In 2006, Eid has opened DB STUDIOS for audio post production with composer
Nadim Mishlawi. DB Studios is now a partner with French association of sound Polyson/HAL. Since then she has worked on films globally, including Syria, Jordan, Palestine, Soudan, Morocco, India, China, Nepal, Macedonia, USA, England, Belgium and chile, teaming up with established filmmakers as well as emerging talent.
In 2019, she worked on two Oscars Nominated films THE CAVE by Firas Fayyad, and HONEYLAND by Tamara Kotevska and Ljubomir Stephanov. In 2017, She directed her first Feature Documentary PANOPTIC, which premiered in Locarno Film Festival, and participated in many festivals.
In 2020, Eid became a member of the Sound Section of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Science. In 2021, she became member of the Motion Picture Sound Editors (MPSE)
Tim Nielsen
Tim Nielsen is a supervising sound editor, sound designer and re-recording mixer at Skywalker Sound. His credits include AVATAR, THE LITTLE PRINCE, THE LORD OF THE RINGS trilogy and SOLO: A STAR WARS STORY. In addition to his work there, he is an avid sound effects recordist and teaches about recording and sound design around the world.
Alastair Sirkett
Alastair Sirkett is an award-winning sound editor and designer, living and working in London. He has worked on numerous films, including BOHEMIAN RHAPSODY, LES MISERABLES, THE SECRET GARDEN and MACBETH. He created the “Ambient Isolation” project during the early stages of the pandemic to record the change in sound that was occurring due to the global lockdown.