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Collaborating 23/24

Composing for Disability, Deafness and Neurodivergence

w/Megan Steinberg from Royal Northern College of Music “About me” Megan Steinberg Composer, Sound Artist, Turntablist PhD Megan is currently a PhD student who can only be commended as her goals are extremely noble carrying on the goals of a friend who’s unfortunately no longer with us. Terminology Social Model of Disability: People are disabled […]

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Contemporay Issues in Sound Art

Sonic Ecologies

Week 20: – Sonic Ecologies (with Matthias Kispert) Contemporary Issues in Sound Art 04/03/2024 Examples of Work Biodiversity David Rothenberg Interacting with music and animals, their responses are captured and become an instrument in a composition. The Elephant Orchestra Another example of an animal’s relationship with music.

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Collaborating 23/24

Collaborating: Room Tones

What are Room Tones? Room tones are the background noise of a room. It’s important to capture room tones as they are used to replace unwanted sounds for example breaths in post-production. Why do we record them? I discovered how important room tones are especially when working with animation because it’s an artificial world where […]

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Lecture Series 23/24

Hodan Elmi & Kate Carr

Sound Art, Lecture Series (Thu 29 Feb 2024) Hodan Elmi London-based interdisciplinary artist, DJ, and researcher “I had a rocky-start as I changed PhD in my third year” Hodan Elmi Podcast “Clap-back”  Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/theclapbackpodcast/   Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/2SYJJ6gB9jAOO7muvfZZfj Radio ‘The Garden is Open‘ Focussed on the genre of Jazz. Rituals and Practices: Exploring Gender Today, ICA […]

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Collaborating 23/24

Collaborating: Sound Design Production

The project is in production therefore the collaborative process is an ongoing experience. As they produce screen media footage, I will create sound design and Foley. Collaboratively, combining screen media with auditory media resulting in an audiovisual work. I am excited to work in this way as I get to see the entire production and […]

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Contemporary Acousmatic Music

26th February 2024 by Berk Yagli 3rd Year PhD Student Website http://www.berkyagli.me/portfolio/#folio Ideological Distortion Summary – “Ideological Distortion is a piece which explores the dark side of today’s media, dilution of ideologies, and constant bombardment of confusion.”. Qeustions & Comments Zaron – “The voices in peace stood out to me” Berk explained the voices were political […]

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Sound Used In Indigenous Tribal Rituals

25 February 2024 Contemporary Issues in Sound Art By Zaron Lane Finalizing an Idea title… Sound Used in Indigenous Tribal People Learning about The World’s Indigenous Peoples Without being enslaved to the continuous development of a technological future and a world where fortune rules and poverty suffers, Indigenous People retain their own rich identity in […]

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Lecture Series 23/24

James Purnell

UAL President & Vice Chandler Talk Lesson Notes

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Collaborating 23/24

Introduction to Game Design Software Fmod for VR & AR

21 February 2024 Immersive Sound Design for VR and AR Game Design Software FMOD Game Design Theory Game Design Terminology Sound Admiter – Example: Loading/Menu Music (opening sound to a game) Navigation Sounds (metagame sounds) Atmosphere Scene Sounds (in games sounds) Action – Heard when a user/player is controlling sounds Sonic Agency Lesson Notes

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Collaborating 23/24

Discovering a Collaborative Team

Discovery Fortunately, I discovered a call-out from a team of animators through the weekly sound arts newsletter provided by the sound arts administrator team. A call-out looking for someone with expertise in sound design especially foley and sound effects therefore this opportunity was perfect for my skill set. Contact I reached out by phone number […]