[spectre] [Tesla@CS UCL] Florian Dombois :: Auditory Seismology

[Gordana Novakovic]

19th June, 18:00, Malet Place Room1.03
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Dear friends,

In the next in the series of Tesla events, we will hear about Auditory
Seismology from seismologist Professor Florian Dombois,  Head of the
Institute for Transdisciplinarity (Y) [www.hkb.bfh.ch/y] at Berne
(Switzerland) University of the Arts.

In "Auditory Seismology" an introduction to audification will be given as an
unusual method of data display, here applied to seismological data. How can
we listen to the earth's tectonic activity? What do we hear? And what does
this listening mean in terms of research? What is influence of the computer?
What are the scientific and the artistic expectations to a work done in the
area? The talk will give some theoretical background and several examples of
"Art as Research" to listen to and talk about.
[www.auditory-seismology.org]

Biography:

Florian Dombois is professor and Head of the Institute for
Transdisciplinarity (Y) at Berne University of the Arts (CH, since 2003). He
studied geophysics and philosophy in Berlin, Kiel and Hawaii, and received
his PhD in Cultural
Studies with Hartmut Böhme. In 1999-2005 he was research scientist at
Fraunhofer Institute for Media Communication. Since 2003 he is represented
by Gallery Haferkamp [www.rachelhaferkamp.de] in Cologne. Coming exhibitions
are "Circum pacific +" at leerraum in Berne [www.leerraum.ch, 4.-28.5.06],
"The sound of Music" at VolkSystem in Toulouse [29.6.-22.7.06], at
Kunsthalle in Bern [www.kunsthalle.ch, 18.8.-1.10.06] and Gallery Haferkamp
in Cologne [October-November
2006].

Topics: Research on earthquakes and other scientific phenomena in different
modes of depiction. The formats of publication include exhibitions (single
and group shows) with sound installations and multiples on earthquakes (a.o.
Academy of the Arts Berlin, Japan Cultural Institute in Cologne), a CD, a
DVD, an art book on seismic stations (Verlag Walter König
[http://www.kunstbuchhandlung.de/katalog/v0101/v0101-p45-3-88375-541 -9.htm]),
three virtual environments on global tectonics resp. the volcano Merapi
(shown a.o. at CeBIT Hannover), a concert, several articles and essays, two
international patents (Europe, US, Japan), and lectures, conferences and
lectureships at art colleges and universities (a.o. ZKM Karlsruhe,
Bundeskunsthalle Bonn, Art Center Los Angeles, ATR Kyoto)

Hope to see you there,

On behalf of
Tesla Group,

Gordana
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Gordana Novakovic
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AHRC/ACE art & science fellow
Leverhulme Trust artist in residence
Department of Computer Science
University College London
Malet Place, London WC1E 6BT
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