2nd Sensing the Forest Seminar: Saloni Shah and Jones/Bulley

 

The AHRC Sensing the Forest project is organising a series of three fortnightly online seminar talks with experts related to artistic, social and scientific interventions in the forest or other natural landscapes with a special focus on acoustic phenomena.

The second online seminar will take place on Wed, 1 Nov 2023 15:00 - 16:30 UK time (UTC+01) - see https://www.timeanddate.com for other timezones.

We will have the following presentations:
- Saloni Shah - How Information Design Can Save Forest Ecosystems, who will give an insightful talk delving into the art of crafting meaningful data storytelling projects focusing on forest conservation.
- Jones/Bulley - Living Symphonies, the artist duo will give an in-depth summary of Living Symphonies, a landscape sound installation that portrays the thriving activity of a forest’s ecosystem, and its precursors.

You can find more info and register for the free event on the following Eventbrite link:
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/sensing-the-forest-seminar-saloni-shah-and-jonesbulley-tickets-745112580787

All are welcome!

25 Oct 2023 - CHIME Seminar with Chris Nash and Anna Xambó

 
The tenth free online CHIME Music and HCI Seminar will have Chris Nash and Anna Xambó. This will be on Wednesday 25 October (at 4pm UK time).
Chris Nash will be discussing what happens beyond NIME, when projects move beyond academia, and exploring this through the lens of the Manhattan project: http://nash.audio/manhattan
Anna Xambó will be introducing the AHRC project Sensing the Forest, on raising awareness and understanding of forest environmental data and how they relate to climate change: https://sensingtheforest.github.io
You can sign up via Eventbrite here: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/739356454057

Upcoming books by Prof. Leigh Landy

A couple of exciting upcoming publications from MTI²: 

Proofs have been submitted to Routledge for Leigh Landy's latest book, Experiencing Organised Sounds: The listening experience across diverse sound-based works (all of which were made by members of the MTI² diaspora), which is due to be published in December. 

https://www.routledge.com/Experiencing-Organised-Sounds-The-Listening-Experience-Across-Diverse-Sound-Based/Landy/p/book/9781032533278

We have also been informed that Landy's other recent book, co-authored with John Richards, The Music of Sounds and the Music of Things, has also been contracted by Routledge and will be published in 2024.

Leigh Landy is 'Figure of the Year' @ Musicacoustica 2023 Festival, Hangzhou, China

Prof. Leigh Landy is Figure of the Year at the international Musicacoustica 2023 festival in Hangzhou, China, 24-29 October. During the festival, Landy's two latest works will be premiered, one a festival commission and another commissioned by percussion virtuoso Thierry Miroglio. Landy will present a one-composer concert as well as the Miroglio piece on his concert, as well as offering a talk and serving on the composition competition jury. He will remain in the city for the following week working at the Zhejiang Conservatory of Music as Visiting Professor, providing daily master classes for advanced composition students.

1st Sensing the Forest Seminar: Semiconductor and Peter Sinclair

 

The AHRC Sensing the Forest project is organising a series of three fortnightly online seminar talks with experts related to artistic, social and scientific interventions in the forest or other natural landscapes with a special focus on acoustic phenomena.

The first online seminar will take place on Wed, 18 Oct 2023 15:00 - 16:30 UK time (UTC+01) - see https://www.timeanddate.com for other timezones.

We will have the following presentations:
- Ruth Jarman - Worlds in Flux: Semiconductor, who, as one half of artist duo Semiconductor, will give a talk introducing their practice and their approach to using scientific data of the natural world as a medium.
- Dr Peter Sinclair - Locustream Open Microphones - Acoustic commons : a shared resource to renew listening, who will talk about the Locustream Open Microphones project dedicated to capturing local soundscapes and transmitting them live via the Internet.

You can find more info and register for the free event on the following Eventbrite link:
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/sensing-the-forest-seminar-semiconductor-and-peter-sinclair-tickets-734997275637

All are welcome!

Prof. Leigh Landy @ EICC, Mexico

On 16-17 October, MTI²'s Prof. Leigh Landy will be offering a two-day workshop (online) for the festival organised by the Mexican organisation, Encuentro International de Grabación de Campo (International Meeting of Sound Recording). The practice-based workshop, including an introductory lecture, is entitled ‘Darle a los sonidos “un nuevo pensamiento” (y los sonidos también nos dan un nuevo pensamiento)’ (‘Giving Sounds a “New Thought” (and sounds giving us a new thought, too’).

In preparation for this workshop, Landy's composition, ‘Aplican Términos Y Condiciones’ (‘Terms and Conditions Apply’) will be broadcast in Mexico on 27 September on the Islas Resonantes (Resonant Islands) radio programme.