Milan, Italy - Movimenti di immagini acustiche - Workshop + Concert
Localization of sound in the environment focuses on the theme "sound mapping" as a social and cultural identity and, at the same time, an expression of conscience and personal feelings, whereas its use in music opens important interdisciplinary horizons. The workshop's aim is to provide an introduction to theory and practice of the main mobile sound recording techniques and the use of sound sources in different fields, from sound design to cinema, from digital editing to the use of digital sources in instrumental composition, electronic music and live electronics. Music compositions and musical excerpts from field recordings will also be introduced, listened and discussed. All members are invited to participate in the soundwalk along the neighborhood "Isola" in Milan and thus contribute during the workshop to the creation of a small sound map of the place. The pieces obtained at the end of the workshop will be diffused through a multi-channel audio speakers setup and then available to the public in the form of soundscape composition
Speakers: Alessandro Massobrio, Fabio Orsi, Natasha Barrett
Introduction: Ricciarda Belgiojoso
Curated by Matteo Milani, Federico Placidi (USO Project)
and Domenico Sciajno (Antitesi)
Program
Introduction by Ricciarda Belgiojoso, author of the book "Costruire con i suoni - Building with sounds". Defining the concept of soundscape and sound design work on the urban space.
October 29th, 2010
> 11 am -01 pm
1st part: sound recording - microphones, hydrophones and geophones, digital recorders.
2nd part: the perception of sound in space. The multichannel sound reproduction.
> 01-02 pm lunch break
> 02-05 pm
1st part: listening, editing with freeware software.
2nd part: soundwalk.
October 30th, 2010
> 10.30 am -01 pm 1st part: spectral analysis and editing. From time to frequencies.
2nd part: Presentation of instrumental and electronic works composed with custom sound sources
> 01-02 pm lunch break
> 02-04 pm Conclusion: Creating one or more sound tracks based upon the soundwalk. Diffusion.
> 04-06 pm Natasha Barrett - Composing with 3D space: the use of Soundfield recordings and Higher Order Ambisonics spatialisation in composition.
PHOTOS Soundwalk: map and final edit
Soundwalk - final edit with the students by iXem 2010 Workshop
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