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  • The Sampler Audiozine

    SOUND/IMAGE Composers Share their Practices with IKO for International Women’s Day Tune in to the fourth episode of The Sampler Audiozine with Emma Margetson, Angela McArthur, Brona Martin and Nikki Sheth. These four composers unpack what it’s like to work and create new music with and for IKO, a unique 3D inside-out speaker, as part of a research group at University of…

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  • For Want of (not) Measuring by Jim Hobbs & Patrick Adam Jones

    The Sound-Image Research Group is pleased to announce the upcoming exhibition For Want of (not) Measuring by Jim Hobbs and Patrick Adam Jones at Kingsgate Projects in London. Over the past 8 months,Hobbs and Jones have developed individual and collaborative bodies of work which explore the problematic and poetic use of systems and measurement within their work. Where measurement often focuses…

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  • Introducing New Composers in Residence 2021/22

    The SOUND/IMAGE group is delighted to announce its newest ‘Composers in Residence’ working with the IKO Loudspeaker based at the University of Greenwich, to share their works and expertise in a series of concerts across Greenwich. The IKO is a unique system in spatial sound. Instead of the usual ‘outside-in’ approach to multi-channel sound, the…

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  • Over Lunan

    A large-scale project, developed as the finale work of the Arbroath 2020 Festival in the dune complex at Lunan Bay, North-East Scotland, and inspired by the life of broadcaster Charlie Ross, took place this weekend.  Featuring composition and sound design by Andrew Knight-Hill, School of Design. Listen to an accompanying radio work here and a review of the performance here.

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  • Association of Motion Picture Sound – Eighth Annual Awards Ceremony (2021)

    The Association of Motion Picture Sound (AMPS) has chosen to host its eighth annual award ceremony in partnership with the SOUND/IMAGE research group at the University of Greenwich. The ceremony event will welcome 100 of the UK’s leading film sound professionals to celebrate the successes of the UK sound industry over the past 12 months. The award…

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  • Greenwich SOUND/IMAGE Festival 2020 – Announced

    We’re excited to announce the programme for the 2020 Greenwich SOUND/IMAGE festival! Presenting a series of exhibitions, workshops, talks and activities showcasing leading audio-visual art that investigates relationships between sound and image. https://www.gre.ac.uk/sound-image Featuring: With support from the Royal Borough of Greenwich, in partnership with The Greenwich Hospital.

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  • Sound and Image: Aesthetics and Practices [AVAILABLE JUNE 2020]

    https://www.routledge.com/Sound-and-Image-Aesthetics-and-Practices/Knight-Hill/p/book/9780367271466 Sound and Image: Aesthetics and Practices brings together international artist scholars to explore diverse sound and image practices, applying critical perspectives to interrogate and evaluate both the aesthetics and practices that underpin the audiovisual. Contributions draw upon established discourses in electroacoustic music, media art history, film studies, critical theory and dance; framing and critiquing these…

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  • Theremin Centenary Concert (w. Lydia Kavina) – Loudspeaker Orchestra Concert

    Date: Wednesday 19th February 2020 Time: 7pm – 10pm Location: St. Alfege Church, Greenwich, London Tickets: £5 or offer £30 for 7 Concerts in the Loudspeaker Concert Series Tickets available at: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/theremin-centenary-concert-loudspeaker-orchestra-concert-tickets-73451016969 Virtuoso Lydia Kavina leads a Theremin ensemble in a diverse programme celebrating the one hundredth anniversary of the invention of the Theremin. Theremin…

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  • SOUND/IMAGE19 – Images from the weekend!

    Thank you to everyone who came to be a part of #soundimage19! It was a weekend full of concerts, talks, screenings, performances unpacking the audiovisual and sharing ideas! We had a really fantastic programme, with guests visiting us from all over the world. Below are some of the images from the weekend.

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  • Full Programme Released for SOUND/IMAGE19

    We’re excited to release our full programme for this weekend. And exciting array of talks, performances, concerts, screenings and installations. Book your place via Eventbrite. CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD THE PROGRAMME

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