Into the White Abyss

This presentation reflects on the aesthetic, technical, and conceptual frameworks that underpin artistic practice in environments defined by scale, isolation, and sensory extremity. Through selected recordings and critical reflection, Samartzis considers how sound operates as both material and method – shaping how artists encounter landscape, time and environmental change. The session offers insight into listening as a research tool and creative strategy, revealing how Antarctic fieldwork informs broader questions around place, perception and the limits of representation.

Philip Samartzis is a sound artist, curator and researcher whose work explores the relationship between sound, place and environmental change. His practice is grounded in field recording and long-term site-based research, often undertaken in remote or extreme locations including Antarctica, desert and alpine regions.