informed by broader artistic, activist, and research practices concerned with the acoustics of gentrification, (under)scoring the commons is an ongoing project that aims to: pre(care)iously listen to the shifting soundscapes & sonic practices of gentrified environments & how these index social and interpersonal relations within communities / emphasising ‘staying with’ multiversal working/under-class histories, localities, ecologies, meanings, and memories, across sustained lives and livelihoods into uncertain futures / creating collaborative archives & workshops for localities in flux via transcription & improvisational activities / through each UTC action, an emergent composition is developed by communities 4 communities / maintaining a porous structure: welcoming collaborators at any career level, life stage, occupation, or discipline.

UTC acknowledges the Gadigal people of the Eora Nation as the Traditional Custodians of the Country we work on. We pay our respects to Elders past and present. 

https://underscoringthecommons.com/