DAWN: Concert and Exhibition

Exhibition Opening: 6pm, Tuesday 4th September, Computer Science Building. Concert: 8pm, Tuesday 4th September, Irish Chamber Orchestra Building. Admission Free. Exhibition Continues: 5th and 6th September, 11am to 5pm. Locations: See campus map The annual DAWN exhibition and concert showcase new works developed by students on the masters’ programmes in Interactive Media and Music Technology at…

Morphons & Bions (2011) – by Kerry Hagan

At the end of March, Kerry presented “Aesthetic and Philosophical Implications of Noise in Morphons and Bions” at the Music, Mind, and Invention workshop in New Jersey.

The Dance of Making (2012) – Three screen HD video installation

The Dance of Making, 2012, 14 min. 35 sec, HD video triptych, a film by Mary Wycherley with music by Jürgen Simpson. West Cork Arts Centre – Gallery 1 – 21st July – 11th August

PGR & Interface Conferences

My trip to the UK last week took in the PGR (Northumbria University) & Interface Conferences (Birmingham City University). The PGR conference is an annual get together for PhD students studying at institutions across the North of the UK and Scotland. The Interface Conference is an annual event that takes place in varied cities.

FutureEverything Festival

The FutureEverything Festival (formerly Futuresonic) takes place in Manchester every May. It is celebration of digital practice, art, music & future trends. The track for this year was the Future Digital Space, encompassing future networks, tools, products, forms of connection and entertainment.

ImagineScience Film Festival

This week, the Imagine Science Film Festival left New York for the first time and came to Dublin. In collaboration with UCD, the festival runs in tandem with the many other events around Dublin as part of Dublin City of Science 2012.

Seminar 24th May | Andreas Silzle

3D Audio: Information Regarding Set-Up, Quality Evaluation and Standardisation.
Outline: Introduction Fraunhofer IIS, Room acoustic properties, Loudspeaker setup, Audio reproduction systems, Expert wish list for a 3D audio reproduction system, Tools for 3D audio, Three listening experiments regarding 3D audio quality, MPEG Standardization

UL tops poll for best student experience

Students from around the world have voted the University of Limerick as providing the best student experience, best student support and warmest welcome.

The SARG webpage

The Spatial Audio Research Group has launched its webpage

Erich-Thienhaus-Institute, Detmold University Residency

Dr. Robert Sazdov has been invited by the Erich-Thienhaus-Institute, Detmold University to undertake a research and creative residency this May/June. The research will involved formulating spatial approaches for electroacoustic music in their ‘Konzert House’, which consists of a 300+ loudspeaker wave field synthesis set-up.