Supersonix: Celebrate the art & science of sound at Exhibition Road, London’s cultural heartland

 

Conference: Wednesday 20 June-Saturday 23 June 2012


Exhibition Road
London SW7
United Kingdom

www.exhibitionroad.com/supersonix

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Confirmed artists and speakers:

Sarah Angliss / Sam Auinger / Barry Blesser and Linda-Ruth Salter / Mira Calix/ Jacob Kirkegaard / Aleksander Kolkowski / Bernhard Leitner / Kaffe Matthews / David McAlpine / Louis Niebur Andreas Oldörp/ Aura Satz / Sophie Scott / Carsten Seiffarth / Jason Singh / Jonathan Sterne / Salomé Voegelin and CRiSAP panel / Sha Xin Wei / Jana Winderen/
The Wire Panel including David Toop

 

Venues: Science Museum; Christie’s South Kensington; Goethe-Institut London; Imperial College London; Institut francais;  Natural History Museum; Royal College of Art; Royal College of Music; Royal Geographical Society; V&A Museum

 

Supersonix is an interdisciplinary exploration of sound through critical theory, experiment and performance.

 

A partnership between the Exhibition Road Cultural Group and the Society for Literature, Science and the Arts Europe (SLSA EU), the three-day conference is aimed at anyone from the arts, curatorial studies, the sciences, humanities and social sciences who is interested in an interdisciplinary approach to the study of sound and sonification. 

 

The conference is underpinned by a range of artists’ performances and panels on collaborations between the arts, sciences, technology and design.  With an international line-up of keynote speakers and delegates from Australia, Europe and North America already confirmed, Supersonix is a unique opportunity to join a global sonic conversation.

 

Conference Programme – key strands include: Sound, Noise & History; Listening; Sound & Voice; Sound & Body; Sound & Space

 

Film Programme – Artist Aura Satz curates a selection of films which share an attention and sensitivity to the materiality of sound and sound-making technologies, devices and instruments. Alongside her own films she will screen films by Manon de Boer, Jayne Parker and Luke Fowler. Films will be shown throughout the conference at a specially created pop-up cinema at auction house Christie’s South Kensington

 

Evening performances – Live sound art performances by three leading sound artists: Norway’s Jana Winderen and the UK’s Mira Calix and Kaffe Matthews, Friday 22 June, 19:30 – 22:00 - First Floor Gallery space, Science Museum. This event is exclusive to Supersonix conference delegates.

 

Free evening lecture

 

The opening lecture will be held by Sha Xin Wei, Research Director of Topology media lab, Concordia University, Montreal,18.30 to 20:00, Imperial College, G16 lecture theatre. The lecture is admission free. All welcome!


We can offer a range of conferences tickets with concessions for students and freelance artists. Please go to www.exhibitionroad.com/supersonix/booking for more information.

 

 


Tim

 

Dr Tim Boon,
Head of Research and Public History,
The Science Museum,
Exhibition Road,
London
SW7 2DD

 

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