Alchemy in Sound
| Alchemy in Sound | |
| Summary: | Sound art symposium and call |
| Deadline: | 24 January 2018 |
| Date Posted: | 04 January 2018 |
| Details: |
Details: Listen to the Voice of Fire is a symposium/concert for research in sonic arts though alchemy. The symposium is open to all and seeks compositional and theoretical approaches drawing on: sound art, improvisation, noise, sound scape, field recordings, databending, drone, electroacoustic, no input mixing board, electronics including novel/hybrid/hacked instruments and/or new musical interfaces, and live coding approaches. Sound art which responds to any of the indicative themes below are particularly welcome: · Sound art responses to the works of Thomas Vaughan (1622-1666) · Alchemy composition and visual scores, historical and new approaches · Sonification of alchemy and or its alchemical emblems · Error, alchemy and generative aesthetics · Alchemical composition and cybernetics · Alchemy sound art and psychogeography · Sonic alchemy and mysticism-the phenomenology of revelation · Alchemical narratives and compositional approaches · Alchemy and the aesthetics of immersion into noise/drone music · Alchemy, annihilation and sound art Music/sound art should not exceed 12 minutes in length. Fee: £25 registration fee Contact: Submissions should be e-mailed to Dr Dafydd Roberts, dir@aber.ac.uk, using SOUND in the subject field. Please include abstract/programme notes (500 words), link to work (stereo wav.) via Soundcloud or Bandcamp, and biography (250 words). |
| Email: | dir@aber.ac.uk |
