Keynotes

Keynote – Simon Waters

Inhabiting Sound Seamus Heaney – ‘Clearances’ In Memoriam M.K.H., 1911-1984 She taught me what her uncle once taught her: How easily the biggest coal block split If you got the grain and the hammer angled right. The sound of that

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Keynote – Simon Waters

Inhabiting Sound Seamus Heaney – ‘Clearances’ In Memoriam M.K.H., 1911-1984 She taught me what her uncle once taught her: How easily the biggest coal block split If you got the grain and the hammer angled right. The sound of that

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Keynote – Joe Banks – Sound Art as Mainstream Cultural Commodity

Author and sound artist Joe Banks argues in his book “Rorschach Audio – Art & Illusion for Sound” that “the earliest form of sound recording technology was not a machine but was written language”. Extrapolating this argument, Joe Banks discusses

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Keynote – Joe Banks – Sound Art as Mainstream Cultural Commodity

Author and sound artist Joe Banks argues in his book “Rorschach Audio – Art & Illusion for Sound” that “the earliest form of sound recording technology was not a machine but was written language”. Extrapolating this argument, Joe Banks discusses

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Keynote – David Hendy – Noise: constructing soundscapes from the distant past

David Hendy presented the recent 30-part series ‘Noise: a Human History’ on BBC Radio 4. In it, he explored the history of sound and listening. He and his producer Matt Thompson set themselves the challenge of trying, as far as

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Keynote – David Hendy – Noise: constructing soundscapes from the distant past

David Hendy presented the recent 30-part series ‘Noise: a Human History’ on BBC Radio 4. In it, he explored the history of sound and listening. He and his producer Matt Thompson set themselves the challenge of trying, as far as

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