Sound Studies and Aural Cultures

Mélia Roger (*1996, France) is a sound artist and sound designer for film and installations.  
 
Her work explores the sonic poetics of the landscape, through field recordings and active listening performances. Exploring human non-humans relations, she tries to inspire ecological change with environmental and empathic listening. She believes in the importance of participatory projects in order to share knowledge and personal experiences through sound.  

Coming from a science and technical background, she spent her last year of Master in the Transdisciplinary Studies Program at ZHdK (Zurich University of the Arts, Switzerland), where she developed an artistic approach of sound. 
 
Her work has been exhibited in Paris (FR), Zurich (CH), Namur (BE), Berlin (DE), Serrinha do Alambari (BR), and through diverse online radio shows. Last year, she received the Pierre Schaeffer prize for her piece “Birds and wires” at the Phonurgia Nova festival.