Exploring sonic and audio-visual practice
As part of Open House weekend on Sat 21st and Sun 22nd September the Brunel Museum will show for the first time a series of three-dimensional scans of the Museum site, including the Tunnel Shaft, by Phil Hudson, as well as the new installation, There and Back Again, by our Artist-in-Residence, Mhairi Vari. Free tickets are available through the Brunel…
Contemplations is the launch of Acousmatic Composer and Sound Artist, Emma Margetson’s new album with Empreintes Digitales ‘Contemplations’. The performance will be held at the University’s new Digital Immersive Theatre space, at Bathway, which consists of a brand-new 36.2 genelec surround sound system. Attendees will listen to a range of 3D spatial compositions composed for…
Date: 16 June 2023 Time: 10.30am – 11.30am Venue: TC007, University of Gloucestershire A workshop demonstrating the capabilities of the IKO loudspeaker, answering questions and also hearing from others about how they might use this loudspeaker within their creative practice.
SOUND/IMAGE 23-24 Tour: Intersections Date: 15 June 2023 Time: 7.15pm Venue: Atrium, University of Gloucesterershire Programme Cadavre Exquis IKO Andrew Knight-Hill, Natasha Barrett, Nadine Schütz Shifted Trajectories Emma Margetson Site-d Angela McArthur …
Immersive acoustic experiences through programmed concerts of multichannel sound design and electroacoustic music We frequently host concerts, screenings and talks showcasing the work of students, staff and international experts in the field. These concerts are open to the public and give our students the opportunity to be heard alongside world leading artists. The Loudspeaker Orchestra…
Date: 13 May 2023 Time: 1.30-4.30pm Venue: Stone Nest, Soho This intimate event will bring together perspectives from music, technology and research in a unique, friendly and interactive community event to explore the frontiers and foundations of the spatial sound creative experience. Dr Angela McArthur and Dr Emma Margetson deliver an IKO workshop: “Instrumentalising Spaces…
Distributing original recordings of electroacoustic music, sound art, and experimental audio work Sonos Localia is a digital recording label, distributing original recordings of electroacoustic music, sound art, and experimental audio work. Sonos Localia is Latin for spatial sound: the emphasis is on recording and distributing work created specifically to be heard in three-dimensional space. Listening…
Investigating the potential and affordances of new multichannel audio technologies Collaboration with Paula Fairfield, Brona Martin and L Acoustics Supported by the Higher Education Investment Fund, this collaborative project connected researchers from the University of Greenwich, with loudspeaker manufacturer L Acoustics world leading Sound Designer Paula Fairfield, and sound artist Brona Martin, to investigate the potential and affordances of…
Bringing new dimensions to our spatial audio research and composition IKO is the most compact speaker system for Higher Order Ambisonics (HOA) available in the world today. It is unique in its relationships to sound materials and the compositional process. It brings the materiality of a site to life, and elicits powerful affect on listeners.…
(Norwegian Artistic Research Project) ‘Reconfiguring the Landscape’ is a three-year Norwegian Artistic Research Project hosted at the Norwegian Academy for Music in Oslo with international collaborators across Europe (IRCAM, Paris; Univeristy of Greenwich, London; IEM, Graz; EMS, Stockholm). The project investigates how 3-D electroacoustic composition and sound-art can evoke and provoke a new awareness of…