TY - JOUR AU - Andreyev, Julie PY - 2017/03/20 Y2 - 2024/03/29 TI - Responding to Dogs JF - Humanimalia JA - humanimalia VL - 8 IS - 2 SE - Articles DO - 10.52537/humanimalia.9633 UR - https://humanimalia.org/article/view/9633 SP - 108-149 AB - <p>This essay explores the author’s significant experiences with canine companions Tom and Sugi, and the day-to-day events that led to interspecies collaborative art productions. The essay asks, can ethics of care be integrated into aesthetic processes with more-than-human others, specifically dogs? The investigation weaves interpersonal relatings and respectful human-canine discussion into an argument for communication ethics. Interspecies communication is explored for its <em>response</em> potential—compassionate action based on sensing and feeling, combined with respect for difference. The essay focuses on the creative processes of <em>EPIC_Tom </em>(2014-16)<em>,</em> a performance and installation project carried out with the participation of the dogs. Their vocal and gestural communications are explored using new media forms, and music and sound-making methods, such as deep listening, call and response, and musicking. The project proposes methods that allow for the relinquishment of human-centric authorship for potentials offered by interspecies creativity.</p> ER -