And then the Sea Came Back is a radiophonic narrative that details the moments before the 2004 tsunami stuck Aceh, Indonesia. Told through the fictional character of the geolinguist, the work focuses on the intimate and lasting effects of environmental change and dispossession. This work was commissioned by Radio National's Soundproof programme in partnership with Liquid Architecture and was Jury nominated for best digital music and sound art work, Prix Ars Electronica 2017
Kanngieser A and Stanton P 2016 And Then the Sea Came Back. Presented by M Jokiranta. Sound Engineered by B O’Neill. Read by A Kanngieser, M Sempert, S Nithi, C Lafargue. ABC Radio National (Jury nominated for Prix Ars Electronica 2017) [Online]
Subsequent exhibitions/ broadcasts:
The Blind Tourist. WFMU. 10 January 2019.
Kurzstrecke. Deutschland Radio. 29 October 2018.
Every Time A Ear di Soun. Documenta 14 Radio. Savvy Gallery, Berlin. 4 July 2017.
Sounds from the Sea. Curated by Brandon LaBelle. Errant Bodies, Berlin. 4 July 2017.
Sensory Ecology. Curated by Leah Barclay. Gympie Regional Gallery, Gympie. 21 June-12 August 2017. (stereo sound)
Ocean Imaginaries. Curated by Lawrence Harvey. RMIT Gallery Melbourne. 2 May 2017. (10.1 surround sound).
Listening to the Anthropocene. Coventry Biennale. 8 October 2021-23 January 2022.