We host regular public events, exhibitions and festivals in Greenwich, engaging with both local and international communities, presenting our leading research to global audiences.
Our primary goals are:
- To deliver world leading research in sound and audiovisual practice.
- To effect change that increases diversity and opens access to contemporary electronic arts.
- Foster new research talent within a constructive, collaborative, community.
- Promote practice research methods as tools for novel understanding and critical analysis.
Strategy
The SOUND/IMAGE Research Group is one of the most active clusters in the School of Stage and Screen. Using practice as a tool of critical enquiry, we investigate the possibilities available to create new aesthetic experiences through a range of sonic and audiovisual media technologies.
Our primary goals are:
- To deliver world leading research in sound and audiovisual practice.
- To effect change that increases diversity and opens access to contemporary electronic arts.
- Foster new research talent within a constructive, collaborative, community.
- Promote practice research methods as tools for novel understanding and critical analysis.
Major Research Themes
Exploring both the relationships between sound and the moving image, and the images which sound construct on their own, we are engaged in a wide range of international projects with high profile collaborative partners.
- Audiovisual Composition / Sound and Image Relationships.
- Soundscapes and Binaural Audio
- Noise and Chaos
- Spatial Audio Composition
- Audience Experience and Response
- Theories and Concepts in Audiovisual Practice
- Increasing Diversity in Experimental Music and Electronic Arts
We strive to make progressive contributions to the contemporary electronic art landscape, challenging established knowledge and seeking to enrich the worlds of contemporary sound and audiovisual media.