Future Perfect - Development talk at EMPAC Spatial Audio Summer Workshop

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Future Perfect to premier at ZKM, December 8

The culmination of a prestigious research residency at IRCAM, Centre Pompidou (Paris) and the ZKM | Zentrum für Kunst und Medien (Germany), Garth Paine, media artist and sound researcher, will premier his new work »Future Perfect« on December 8 at ZKM. Tickets available HERE

»Future Perfect« is for high order ambisonic sound diffusion and a new 3d cell phone music system, and also includes an immersive 3D video performance. The work will also be available in 2019 as a VR concert experience. Festival visitors can try out the newly developed performance system, developed at IRCAM by Garth Paine and the Sound Music Movement and Interaction team, in a hands-on demonstration and then attend the concert performance on December 8 at ZKM.




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Joshua Tree National Park - Listen(n) Project, listening and Field Recording workshops 2017-2018


The Acoustic Ecology Lab’s Sabine Feisst and Garth Paine and running a series of workshops with Joshua Tree National Park through the JTLab initiative. Feel free to come and join in
  1. Hearing Joshua Tree National Park ­– Workshops

Sound gives life to our environment and heightens our experience of place. Sound artists Sabine Feisst and Garth Paine offer 2-hour workshops that draw attention to nature’s pristine voices and their relationship to the environment. The workshops will teach listening skills and include creative activities such as soundwalks, sound mapping, sonic meditations and sonic story telling. These workshops also serve as a basis for their Field Recording Workshops to be offered in December 2017 and February 2018.

October 28, 2017 6-8:00 AM location: Barker Dam
October 29, 2017 7:00-9:00 AM Cap Rock
Please wear: Soft and comfortable warm clothes,
Please bring: headlight, notebook and pen/pencil.

  1. Recording Sounds in Joshua Tree National Park – Workshop

Capitalizing on the power and beauty of sounds in the park, sound artists Garth Paine and Sabine Feisst offer 2-hour workshops that teach both listening skills and field recording techniques. These workshops include creative activities such as sonic meditations and sound mapping.

Saturday 16 December 2017, 4-6pm @ Barker Dam Car Park
Sunday 17 December 2017 , 7-9am @ Cap Rock Car Park

Saturday 17 February 2018 4-6pm @ Barker Dam Car Park
Sunday 18 February 2018 , 7-9am @ Cap Rock Car Park

Please wear: Soft and comfortable warm clothes
Please bring: headlight, notebook and pen/pencil and if available, smart phone with recording function or other portable recorder and headphones. Some recorders and headphones will be provided for use during the workshop
  1. Joshua Tree Sonic Placemaking Workshop

This workshop directed by Garth Paine and Sabine Feisst builds on the previous listening and field recording workshops. Listening skills, field recordings and sound stories are combined into a collaborative Joshua Tree Sound Map and a musical work exhibited and performed in the park (4 and 5 May 2018).

Site: Rattlesnake room or at Black Rock camp ground
Saturday 14 April 2018, 5-7pm
Sunday 15 April 2018, 7-9am

Please bring: Notebook and pen/pencil and if available, smart phones, tablets and laptops with sounds recorded in Joshua Tree National Park.

  1. Joshua Tree Sonic Placemaking Exhibit and Concert

4 May, 2018 – Indian Cove 7:30-9:30pm
5 May, 2018 – Harrison House in Joshua Tree (TBC)

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