{"id":31,"date":"2019-10-27T14:44:16","date_gmt":"2019-10-27T14:44:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.gre.ac.uk\/sound-image\/?page_id=31"},"modified":"2024-07-19T16:31:52","modified_gmt":"2024-07-19T15:31:52","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blogs.gre.ac.uk\/sound-image\/","title":{"rendered":"About Us"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>We host regular public events, exhibitions and festivals&nbsp;in Greenwich, engaging with both local and international communities, presenting our&nbsp;leading research to global audiences. <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Strategy<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">The SOUND\/IMAGE Research Centre is one of the most active clusters in the Faculty of Liberal Arts and Sciences.\u202fUsing practice as a tool of critical enquiry, we investigate the possibilities available to create new aesthetic experiences through a range of\u00a0sonic and audiovisual media technologies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.gre.ac.uk\/sound-image\/projects\/\">Take a look at our recent projects<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-ub-expand ub-expand\" id=\"ub-expand-949a67f5-2172-4e31-9786-9740c3dedc17\" data-scroll-type=\"false\" data-scroll-amount=\"\" data-scroll-target=\"\">\n<div class=\"ub-expand-portion ub-expand-partial wp-block-ub-expand-portion\" id=\"ub-expand-partial-949a67f5-2172-4e31-9786-9740c3dedc17\" aria-hidden=\"false\">\n\t\t\t\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text alignwide is-stacked-on-mobile\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"732\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.gre.ac.uk\/sound-image\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/29\/2023\/05\/CoverDesign-RoutWeb-edited-e1684257594194-1024x732.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-595 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.gre.ac.uk\/sound-image\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/29\/2023\/05\/CoverDesign-RoutWeb-edited-e1684257594194-1024x732.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.gre.ac.uk\/sound-image\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/29\/2023\/05\/CoverDesign-RoutWeb-edited-e1684257594194-300x215.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.gre.ac.uk\/sound-image\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/29\/2023\/05\/CoverDesign-RoutWeb-edited-e1684257594194-768x549.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.gre.ac.uk\/sound-image\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/29\/2023\/05\/CoverDesign-RoutWeb-edited-e1684257594194.jpg 1117w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.gre.ac.uk\/sound-image\/2023\/05\/14\/audiovisual-space-recontextualising-sound-image-media\/\">Audiovisual Space: Recontextualising Sound Image Media<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\t\t\t<a id=\"ub-expand-toggle-partial-949a67f5-2172-4e31-9786-9740c3dedc17\" class=\"ub-expand-toggle-button\" style=\"text-align: left; \" role=\"button\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"ub-expand-full-949a67f5-2172-4e31-9786-9740c3dedc17\" tabindex=\"0\">\n\t\t\t\tshow more\n\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"ub-expand-portion ub-expand-full ub-hide wp-block-ub-expand-portion\" id=\"ub-expand-full-949a67f5-2172-4e31-9786-9740c3dedc17\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text alignwide is-stacked-on-mobile\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1707\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.gre.ac.uk\/sound-image\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/29\/2023\/03\/frequencies-scaled-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-578 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.gre.ac.uk\/sound-image\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/29\/2023\/03\/frequencies-scaled-1.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/blogs.gre.ac.uk\/sound-image\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/29\/2023\/03\/frequencies-scaled-1-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.gre.ac.uk\/sound-image\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/29\/2023\/03\/frequencies-scaled-1-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.gre.ac.uk\/sound-image\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/29\/2023\/03\/frequencies-scaled-1-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.gre.ac.uk\/sound-image\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/29\/2023\/03\/frequencies-scaled-1-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/blogs.gre.ac.uk\/sound-image\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/29\/2023\/03\/frequencies-scaled-1-2048x1366.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.gre.ac.uk\/sound-image\/2023\/03\/22\/exploring-cultural-diversity-in-experimental-sound\/\">Exploring Cultural Diversity in Experimental Sound<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text alignwide is-stacked-on-mobile\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"479\" height=\"282\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.gre.ac.uk\/sound-image\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/29\/2023\/06\/CAPTIVATE.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-823 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.gre.ac.uk\/sound-image\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/29\/2023\/06\/CAPTIVATE.png 479w, https:\/\/blogs.gre.ac.uk\/sound-image\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/29\/2023\/06\/CAPTIVATE-300x177.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 479px) 100vw, 479px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.gre.ac.uk\/sound-image\/2023\/06\/28\/captivate\/\">CAPTIVATE<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\t\t\t<a id=\"ub-expand-toggle-full-949a67f5-2172-4e31-9786-9740c3dedc17\" class=\"ub-expand-toggle-button\" style=\"text-align: left; \" role=\"button\" aria-expanded=\"true\" aria-controls=\"ub-expand-full-949a67f5-2172-4e31-9786-9740c3dedc17\" tabindex=\"0\">\n\t\t\t\tshow less\n\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><strong>Our primary goals are:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>To deliver world leading research in sound and&nbsp;audiovisual&nbsp;practice.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>To effect change that increases diversity and opens access to contemporary electronic arts.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Foster new research talent within a constructive, collaborative, community.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Promote practice research methods as tools for novel understanding and critical analysis.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Major Research Themes<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">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.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button is-style-outline is-style-outline--1\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.gre.ac.uk\/sound-image\/category\/sonic-phenomenologies\/\"># Sonic Phenomenologies&nbsp;<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button is-style-outline is-style-outline--2\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.gre.ac.uk\/sound-image\/category\/heritage-and-place\/\"># Heritage and Place&nbsp;<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button is-style-outline is-style-outline--3\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.gre.ac.uk\/sound-image\/category\/spatial-aesthetics-and-immersive-environments\/\"># Spatial Aesthetics and Immersive Environments&nbsp;<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button is-style-outline is-style-outline--4\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.gre.ac.uk\/sound-image\/category\/expanded-cinemas\/\"># Expanded Cinemas<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button is-style-outline is-style-outline--5\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.gre.ac.uk\/sound-image\/category\/communities-and-cultural-access\/\"># Communities and Cultural Access<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Our vision is to enrich lives locally, nationally and internationally. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><strong>Through our outputs we: &nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Develop new and inclusive experiences, forms of expression, and ways of bringing people together with new technologies to better understand and connect with one another and the environment. &nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Create innovative training resources for research and work in emerging and growing areas of music, immersive media, and digital heritage, addressing the gap in this area and increasing skills in the workforce by providing cutting-edge, accessible, evidence-based guidance for professional practice.&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Provide robust critical reflection upon new immersive and virtual technologies via an arts and humanities frame, generating world-leading insight and reducing barriers for access. &nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Explore the liminal spaces of liveness\/pre-recorded media, real\/virtual spaces and the potential of new immersive technologies, applying practice research methods from triangulated perspectives to explore emergent potentials.&nbsp;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>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&nbsp;audiovisual&nbsp;media.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:70px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We host regular public events, exhibitions and festivals&nbsp;in Greenwich, engaging with both local and international communities, presenting our&nbsp;leading research to global audiences. 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