Seeing Sound is an informal practice-led symposium exploring multimedia work which foregrounds the relationship between sound and image. It explores areas such as visual music, abstract cinema, experimental animation, audiovisual performance and installation practice through paper sessions, screenings, performances and installations.

MediaWall is a daylight viewable digital display wall consisting of a grid of 3x10 55 inch LCD panels in a portrait format. It extends from 0.4m above floor level to just over 7.5m and spans 3.75m standing at the centre of the Seeing Sound 4 programme, which foregrounds video synthesis and expanded cinema.

We’re really looking for imaginative proposals that fit/adapt to the format, scale and the surrounding space, works can be a development of current themes. Your proposal needs to engage a passing audience, the engagement could be passive or interactive. Works could be video/animation, software/data-driven, interactive/live, internet/mobile linked, sensor/camera-driven. Work may treat MediaWall as one large screen or be multiple smaller screens. Audio may be incorporated, however, the open and multi-use nature of the space requires the audio to augment or complement the visual.

Seeing Sound 4 will take place at Bath Spa University over the 9th and 10th of April 2016.

Key Dates

Jan 29th 2016 – deadline for all submissions

Feb 1st 2016 – registration opens

Feb 19th 2016 – notification on all entries

April 9th 2016 – Seeing Sound opens

Conference organiser: Jo Hyde [log in to unmask]