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Expo Final CallLast chance to submit to Expo PlymouthThe Sonic Arts Network office is currently swamped with snow and Expo submissions, but it's not too late to submit to the call which closes at the end of this month. Details can be found below or at www.sonicartsnetwork.org/expocall.
Sounds SickThe worst sound in the world announced
International visitors to the BadVibes website (www.sound101.org) – a research project from the University of Salford – listened to sounds such as a dentist’s drill, fingernails scraping down a blackboard and aircraft flying past, before rating them in terms of their unpleasantness. Over 1.1m votes were statistically analysed by Professor Trevor Cox of the University’s Acoustic Research Centre, who conducted the experiment in order to explore the public’s perceptions of unpleasant sounds and help inform the acoustics industry. He said: “I am driven by a scientific curiosity about why people shudder at certain sounds and not others. We are pre-programmed to be repulsed by horrible things such as vomiting, as it is fundamental to staying alive to avoid nasty stuff but, interestingly, the voting patterns from the sound did not match expectation for a pure ‘disgust’ reaction".
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Vomiting is officially the most horrible sound ever, according to over a million votes cast worldwide in a mass online science experiment.
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FINAL CALLEXPO 2007: Call for Commission Proposals, Submissions and PapersDEADLINE: 31 January 2007Expo is the hub and playground of the experimental music and sound art scene
in the UK and beyond. Free and open, the event mobilises a national network
of artists and engages with communities from all backgrounds – placing sonic
art and the people who make it in direct contact with the public. Expo steps out from traditional venues and into spaces that lie at the heart of the
community - inspiring practitioners and the public to reconsider their
environments. This weekend of performance, exhibition and presentation will take place between 22-25 June 2007 across a variety of public venues in Plymouth including a selection of outdoor performance spaces, club spaces and an historic architectural space. The weekend will highlight the broadest possible range of approaches and thinking that surround the sonic arts. Call for Commission ProposalsWe are once again pleased to offer a festival commission for the creation of new work. We are seeking proposals for this new commission that will be presented in the large upstairs space of the New Cooperage building, Royal William Yard, Plymouth on the 23/24 June. A total budget of £4000 will be made available for the production of the selected work. Call for Submissions Submissions are sought in all forms of sonic art including real-time
interactive works, improvisation with technology, experimental electronica,
noise, instrumental/electroacoustic mixes, acousmatic music, sound
installations, environmental sound work, performances, internet-based
creative work, sound and image works, conceptual sound art and cross-arts Call for Papers On the final day of Expo the Interdisciplinary Centre for Computer Music
Research (ICCMR) at the University of Plymouth will host the Expo
conference; a day of sonic art related papers and research presentations. For full details please visit: www.sonicartsnetwork.org/expocall
Call for PapersDeadline: February 15, 2007Society for Music Perception and Cognition The Society for Music Perception and Cognition is a not-for-profit organisation for researchers and others interested in music perception and cognition. It seeks to further the scientific and scholarly understanding of music from a broad range of disciplines, including music theory, psychology, psychophysics, linguistics, neurology, neurophysiology, ethnology, ethnomusicology, artificial intelligence, computer technology, physics and engineering. The society also seeks to facilitate cooperation among scholars and scientists who are engaged in research in this interdisciplinary field and subsequently advance education and public understanding of knowledge gained from music research. SMPC invites the submission of proposals from any of the disciplines listed above for their biennial meeting (SMPC 2007) to be held from July 30 to August 3, 2007, at Concordia University, Montreal, Quebec. Presentations at the conference will reflect a combination of spoken presentations and poster presentations. Spoken presentations are expected to reflect larger, theoretical discussions, as well as programmatic empirical work, whereas isolated empirical studies will be encouraged for consideration as poster presentations. The duration of each spoken presentations is expected to be 20 to 30 minutes, ultimately depending upon the number of abstracts accepted for inclusion in the meeting. Potential presenters should submit an abstract of 300-400 words that provides a clear rationale for the project/review, plus a brief summary of methods, findings, theoretical interpretations and conclusions derived from the submitted work. All submissions additionally should include the title of the paper, names and institutional affiliations of each author, contact information (including mailing address, e-mail address, and telephone number) for one author who will correspond about submission status, the preferred presentation method (i.e., oral or poster presentation), as well as any anticipated needs for special equipment to deliver the presentation. (LCD, overhead, and slide projectors will be available for all oral presentations). Proposals also are welcomed for symposia. For symposia, sessions should feature multiple papers on a shared special topic. Some examples of possible topics for symposia are jazz/non-classical canon, as well as electroacoustics, musique concrete, and technology. Proposals for symposia should include an abstract for each potential spoken presentation (also indicating all authors, their institutional affiliations, and contact information for a corresponding author), plus a 1-page general summary outlining the session's overall rationale and organization along with correspondence information for a designated session coordinator (presumably, the submitting author). Finally, proposals also are invited for 1-2 potential half-day to three-quarter-day workshops that focus on special topics. Workshops would be made available as brief satellite meetings immediately prior to the official opening of the conference on July 30. Proposals for workshops should emphasise interactions among participants rather than strictly a collection of expert presentations. Thus, any workshop proposal should include opportunities for attendees to gain direct experience with the topic. Registration for a given workshop is expected to be limited to 25-30 attendees. Workshop proposals should include a detailed statement of the proposed topic, clearly defined goals and objectives for the workshop, a brief summary of proposed workshop activities and their organisation, as well as names, affiliations, and contact information for no more than two leaders for the workshop. In order to be considered for inclusion in the program, all abstracts and proposals must be submitted electronically directly to the SMPC Program Chair at smpc2007@jmu.edu; hard copy submissions will not be accepted. The subject line of the e-mail should read SMPC 2007 Submission; all requested information should be contained within an attached file in either Microsoft Word (.doc) or Adobe Acrobat (.pdf) format. The deadline for receipt of all submitted abstracts and proposals is February 15, 2007.
Sound Festival 2007 Call for Fringe Artists
21 July 2007, Kingston No festival is complete without fringe events! The SOUND 2007 festival team is looking for local (Dorset and surrounding counties) artists who have work to showcase in these art forms: Circus, theatre, experimental dance, acapella vocal groups, experimental music, experimental film, animation, performance poetry, puppetry, variety acts (ventriloquism, magic, juggling, percussion artists with spoons / washboards / junk, anything unusual, entertaining and quirky). For two fringe-themed marquees at the SOUND 2007 Festival at Kingston Lacy House, Wimborne on July 21st 2007. We are also looking for outgoing, possibly experienced volunteers to work as comperes for these Fringe marquees, or for experienced comperes willing to train local, young volunteers to compere these marquees. Queries, email images, film clips and text as attachments and examples of work which are online via links emailed to: Paula Brown, Festival Coordinatorpaulabrownpublishing@btinternet.com DVDs, CDs, cassette tapes and videos (sorry, non-returnable so please keep a copy) posted to: SOUND Fringe Fringe Entries deadline Sunday 15th April 2007 Selected performers will receive notification of their success and further details of the event programming during May 2007. There is no fee for selected performers but you will receive free entry to the SOUND 2007 festival and you will have the opportunity to showcase your experimental and alternative art work to the festival crowd. For further information please see the following websites:
Open Call for Liverpool Based Artists
If you are a practitioner, living or working in Liverpool or the Merseyside area, or if your work is informed by the region, then Werk, a curatorial agency, and Bluecoat Arts Centre are interested in hearing from you. Werk is organising Export Office, an ambitious exhibition showcasing current creative practices in Merseyside that will tour internationally in 2008. Werk is keen to hear about artists who produce high quality works from across the visual arts spectrum, including architecture, design, sonic art, applied arts, animation, live art as well as fine art. Bluecoat Arts Centre is currently closed for a major development, and will reopen in time for Liverpool's year as European Capital of Culture in 2008. We are doubling our gallery space and will also have new facilities for performance, workshops, artists' studios and much more. In researching our future programme and the relationship we will have to visual artists working in the region, we are interested in finding out who is doing what. This is not an application process for a gallery exhibition, but a way for you to tell us about your work. Artists, including recent graduates and post graduates, are invited to submit samples of recent work in a variety of formats (slides, DVD, video etc), which will be returned on request. To find out how to submit and download application forms, visit: or call Sara-Jayne Parsons, Exhibitions Curator, Bluecoat Arts Centre at 0151-709-5297.
Call for Submissions: South American ArtistsDeadline: 15 February 2007SudakaFest will showcase the work of the best up and coming South American artists living in London and abroad. The festival will bring attention to the most cutting edge and contemporary of South American culture. Sudaka is an ethnic label that comes from the Spanish, SUDameriCAno (South American). This xenophobic expression is used mainly in Spain to mean South American immigrants. In an ironic context Latin-Americans may use it to refer to themselves, like is the case with SudakaFest. The festival will be entirely curated by South American artists from a variety of backgrounds. We are aiming to break with lots of clichés associated with South American culture and show London and Europe the best of film, music and visual arts. We are now in the process of selecting work for the first festival to take place in March-April. Details of the venue, sponsors and partners are to follow. Music: send your cd to the address below or email us a link to your website or your myspace page. SudakaFest Special commission: we are also calling for submissions of work in any format inspired in the shooting of Jean Charles de Menezes at Stockwell tube station in July 2005. Send your proposals and examples of previous work to the above address or email. Deadline: 15 February Please do not send originals as we will be unable to return all the work received.
Call for Acousmatic/Fixed Media WorksDeadline: 15 January 2007MANTIS - Manchester Theatre in Sound is seeking acousmatic works for performance in a single concert that is part of the larger MANTIS weekend "South-North" Festival [9-11 MARCH 2007]. For this particular concert we are giving preference to acousmatic/fixed media works with a maximum duration of 10 minutes. The MANTIS sound diffusion system consists of 30 Genelec loudspeakers and a purpose-built computer-based matrix and control surface system at the Cosmo Rodewald Concert Hall, Martin Harris Centre for Music and Drama. SUBMISSION REQUIREMENTS BY MAIL: Works may be accompanied by video. DVD format is The review panel will meet in a stereo/8-channel studio to review the works. For multi-channel pieces with more than 8 channels an additional stereo version would be necessary. DEADLINE After March, we will accept submissions from all electroacoustic genres throughout the year for consideration for future MANTIS events. The University has recently committed £2.2 million towards the construction of a new electro-acoustic centre for research, scheduled to open in Autumn 2007. WHAT IF I WANT MY MATERIALS BACK? WHAT IF I CANNOT ATTEND THE CONCERT? WHERE SHOULD I SEND MATERIALS TO? Send hard-copy materials to: MANTIS FESTIVAL - 2007 TO WHOM SHOULD I ADDRESS MY QUESTIONS TO? Ricardo Climent |
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International Remix CompetitionDEADLINE: 31 January 2007In July 2006, AAIR, the independent radio station of the Architectural Association School of Architecture, listened to Capri. Invited by Diego Cortez (lostobject.org), nine AA students recorded natural and man-made sounds to create an extensive sonic map of the island. Capri holds our curiosity. An enormous, jagged slab of limestone in the sea, the intangible setting for iconic gestures of artists and lovers, and a home to people living their local lives, Capri is a fantastical island. International Remix Competition A GUIDELINES AWARDS JURY SUBMIT YOUR REMIX
Employment Opportunities at Futuresonic & Future Everything
Following the success of our 10th anniversary year in 2006, Futuresonic is now looking to expand its team. GENERAL MANAGER Futuresonic is an annual 3-day urban festival of electronic arts and music established in 1995 that is urban, international, inclusive and in Manchester. Futuresonic is presented by FutureEverything, a creative studio at the forefront of electronic arts and culture. FutureEverything is a not-for-profit 'Community Interest Company' (CIC). Learn more about Futuresonic and FutureEverything: ECMCT - European Course for Musical Composition and TechnologiesDeadline: 28 February 2007A one-year course (which may be incorporated in your present studies with your school's permission) specially devised for sound artists, composers, musicians and visual artists with musical skills and interests. The course includes intensive training both in technologies and musical creation, and also provides a window on recent research developments in the areas of sound and computer music. A European partnership in the framework of the European programme Leonardo Da Vinci offers a new European Course for Musical Composition and Technologies. The course provides students with the opportunity to familiarize themselves with, and take full advantage of, two leading European institutions hosting production and research in the field of new technologies applied to music. The innovative teaching program comprises: Lectures by international artists and experts / thematic seminars / intensive. Hands-on workshops on software for studio work and composition (recording, sample editing and sequencing, real-time sound processing, sound spatialisation, computer-assisted composition) / master classes / video-conferences and production of the student's own creative project. * Coordinated by Ircam (Institut de Recherche et de Coordination Acoustique/Musique, Paris) The partnership comprises the following participating European For more information and application forms visit www.ecmct.eu.org
Futurevisual: Call for ProjectsDeadline: 15 February 2007A part of FUTURESONIC 2007 http://www.futuresonic.com/07/2007_submissions.html In 2007 we are inviting submissions of projects at the cutting edge of immersive sound and image. Deadline: Thursday 15th February 2007 Futurevisual forms the centrepiece of Futuresonic Live at Futuresonic 2007 in Manchester/UK, and a dedicated space - the Futurevisual Lounge - will be available at the main festival venue for Futurevisual screenings. A selection of works will be shown at partner festivals in South Korea and Brazil, and as part of The Bigger Picture, Big Screen Manchester on a 25 square metre video screen with full sound system situated in Exchange Square, a public area regenerated after the IRA bomb in 1996, that has an estimated daily footfall of 50,000 people. WHAT IS THE THEME? This will be a homage to the 40th anniversary of seminal multimedia events in 1967 which, like Futuresonic, came not from film but a collision of music and art worlds. At events such as The 12 Hour Technicolour Dream and Games For May, and the UFO club, London's psychedelic underground exploded into the daylight. These were at the beginning of a seminal year which saw a coming together of the worlds of music and visual art, a crossover between avant garde and popular music, and also the introduction of the Moog at Monterey. In what is also the 20th anniversary of another key year for immersive sound and image, the birth of UK electronic dance culture in 1987, Futurevisual goes back to the future - revisiting one of the inspirations of the first Futuresonic festival in 1996, and the theme of Audiovisions in 2000 - to look at the cutting edge of immersive sound and image today. Futurevisual will feature work by leading local, national and international artists working in sound and moving image. Some of the original figures involved in 1967 will play key roles in Futurevisual. Alongside them will be contemporary musicians and artists who can connect with the energy and openness of that year, and bring it bang up to date. WHAT KINDS OF PROJECT WILL BE ACCEPTED? IS FUNDING AVAILABLE FROM FUTURESONIC TO COVER THE COSTS OF
PRESENTING THE PROJECT? HOW TO SUBMIT PROPOSALS Please complete the online form to submit your project. futuresonic.com/07/2007_submissions.html
Call for Work: Prix Ars Electronica 2007Deadline: March 9 2007Since 1987, the Prix Ars Electronica has served as an interdisciplinary platform for everyone who uses the computer as a universal medium for implementing and designing their creative projects at the interface of art, technology and society. DIGITAL MUSICS Contemporary digital sound productions from the broad spectrum of "electronica" come in for consideration in the "Digital Musics" category, as do works combining sound and media, computer compositions ranging from electro-acoustic to experimental music, as well as sound installations. Regardless of the media or style utilized by the respective artist, utmost consideration is given to the entry s musical qualities and sound artistry. WHAT SHOULD YOU ENTER? This music category of the Prix Ars Electronica is open to: * Sound and New Media- (audio visual performance, sonic sculpture, intermedia / video / film soundtracks, installations, soundspace projects, radio works, net-music, generative musics, etc.)
The crucial criterion is the artistic and innovative use of digital tools to manifest a convincing realisation. Participants may be individuals, groups, institutions, companies, etc. Exclusively commercially oriented activities in the sense of product advertisement are excluded.Each participant may enter only one work, which has been created, realized or significantly updated within the last two years. SUBMISSION DETAILS All works must be submitted on audio CD, DAT, DVD Audio, DVD Video, including specification of the necessary codecs, plug-ins and formats (such as NTSC and PAL). Enter projects such as sound installations, real-time performances, audio/visual environments, etc. as a video document (3-10 minutes). This documentation should describe not only the event itself but also the characteristics of the work's environment aside from the music, such as spatial and technical requirements for the realization of the piece. Important: Award-winning works may be performed in conjunction with the 2007 Ars Electronica Festival. Entrants are therefore requested to provide precise information about the technical set-up of all required equipment as well as suggestions regarding any technicians, musicians or soloists necessary to implement the production plans submitted. We ask you to use the online registration at prixars.aec.at to register and send the signed print-out of the online registration form along with your entry material by March 9, 2007 to: Ars Electronica Center Linz Call for EntriesDeadline: February 1 2007FURIOUS: THE ANGRY SHOW Does love really make the world go 'round? Or is it now another, darker emotion? Is anger the motor that really turns the planet? The Third World lashes out in anger against the first; the First World strikes back with a vengeance. Liberals infuriate conservatives, conservatives incense liberals. Forces we can't control, traffic, weather, economics, politics, significant others, families, curators, critics, professors, leaders, and neighbours can make us fighting mad. And in a world that seems to be awash in anger, as soon as we've surfed one wave of rage, the next one is sweeping us up. And if you're subject to racism, sexism, homophobia, or poverty, you're that much more pissed off. We try to maintain a positive attitude. Anger is scary and disruptive; love can hurt but anger can kill. So we take deep breaths, we count to ten, we give the other person the benefit of the doubt. But we're also taught that stifling our emotions is unhealthy. So we have two choices, neither great, when it comes to anger: let it fly (and damn the casualties) or tamp it down (so the only casualty is you). Eyedrum would like to offer a third alternative to artists with anger to burn. Submit to your rage; submit to FURIOUS: THE ANGRY SHOW. Make an artwork (all media encouraged, including installations) expressing your anger about whatever's really getting your goat. Let it out. Rant and rave. Foam at the mouth. Turn cherry red and blow steam from your ears. You know you're mad about something, or someone. So give Eyedrum a burning piece of your mind. Don't just sit there seething, and don't pick up that tempting blunt instrument--make art out of that mad-on instead. Then make a CD or a DVD of that art and send it to: Furious, c/o Eyedrum, 290 MLK Dr. SE, Suite 8, Atlanta, GA 30322 (and don't forget to test your disk media and include your contact info, unless you want us to be mad at you from the start). Curated by Natacha Roussel, conceived by Richard Gess Call to Complete Questionnaire
Dear Composer, Please help us, the Music Informatics research team at Sheffield University, by taking a few minutes to fill in the questionnaire at http://dagda.shef.ac.uk/cognitive An advantage for you is that you will receive an analysis and explanation of your personal COGNITIVE STYLE. This survey is part of our research, which has the aim of improving composition software such that there are fewer tensions between the way composers, such as yourself, wish to work, and the ways in which they have to interact with current software. Thank you for your help. Also, since the survey is anonymous, please email (b.eaglestone@shef.ac.uk), if you wish to receive the report on the results of this study, later this year. Regards, Dr Barry Eaglestone |
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This double-disc “Memory Like Water” (Xperimental Intermedia, 2006) collects seven live Eidetic performances from Canadian composer Matt Rogalsky with help from Jane Henry, Luke Rogalsky, Ben Rogalsky - a kind of a cross-wired electronically rotted Osmonds who all lay slumped in front of a blank iMac screen with a cracked and treacle mouse in one hand and the turntable clicking in the corner of the room.