[spectre] SOUND ECOLOGIES: LISTENING IN THE CITY

[marc garrett]

Sorry for any cross posting...

SOUND ECOLOGIES: LISTENING IN THE CITY

10am-4pm, Wednesday 18th November 2009
Department of Music, City University London, Northampton Square, London 
EC1V 0HB

A day of presentations, participatory workshops and informal performance
around themes of urban sound, networked sound, locative media and
acoustic ecology – the relationship between living beings their
environment, as mediated by sound.

More info http://www.furtherfield.org/soundecologies.php
Details of what will happen 
http://www.furtherfield.org/soundecologies.php#deets

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The live event is fully booked but there are still ways for you to get 
involved:

Check out the new commission by Chris Joseph
http://www.furtherfield.org/chris_joseph_soundecologies/

Upload your own sounds to the VisitorsStudio mix. If you can't be there 
in the flesh you can still contribute to the mix by adding your own 
local sound files (small 200k loops please) on an urban theme. 
http://visitorsstudio.org/x.html NOTE: When you upload your sounds don't 
forget to use the keyword 'urban' in the title or description so that we 
can find them

AND IF YOU JUST CAN'T WAIT....

Please get your ears tuned in and check out some great projects 
highlighted by Furthernoise.org

A review by Alex Young of a project that draws on the sonification of 
ocean current data.
http://www.furthernoise.org/index.php?url=page.php&ID=44&iss=50

Resonant Cities Compilation by New Media Scotland  reviewed by Stacey Sewell
http://www.furthernoise.org/index.php?url=page.php&ID=216&iss=65

Idea of South an evolving Internet based sound map which allows you to 
hear and mix locational recordings from all over the southern hemisphere 
in a contrapuntal collage of sound. Roger Mills and Neil Jenkins
http://www.eartrumpet.org/projects.html#ideaofsouth
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SOUND ECOLOGIES: LISTENING IN THE CITY is a partnership event funded by 
LCACE convened by Katharine Norman, Department of Music, City University 
London and Furtherfield.org