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Touching Sound A symposium exploring ideas around sound and its tactile qualities Friday 22nd September at City, University of London and Saturday 23rd September at Iklectik, presented by new research centre SPARC<https://www.sparc.london/> (Sound Practice and Research at City). https://www.sparc.london/touch-symposium http://www.city.ac.uk/events/2017/september/touching-sound The discourse around touch and the tactile has been growing in recent years. Within music, this conversation is mainly dominated by the integration of haptics with sound technology and the way in which music ‘touches’ us emotionally. This symposium aims to explore the deeply embodied experience that is hearing and listening and add to this ever-growing field of practice and research. Composers and sound artists, alongside a ceramicist, a choreographer, a landscape architect, and a surgeon, will consider this tactile experience from an open perspective, including the political, social, and aesthetic. Short provocations by fourteen speakers and an evening concert on the first day will form the basis for a round table discussion and an afternoon concert on the second day. Speakers and performers: Roger Kneebone (keynote), James Weeks, Amber Priestley, Will Cole, Jo Gibbons, Petur Jonasson, Amie Ray, Jan Hendrickse, Thor Magnussen, Julian Stair, Teoma Naccarato, Miguel Mera, Adam Harper, Aaron Einbond, Tullis Rennie, and Claudia Molitor. For enquiries regarding this symposium please contact [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]> or [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]> Friday 22nd September 2017 at City, University of London, College Building<http://www.city.ac.uk/visit/campuses/northampton-square/college-building> 10.30-17.30: Keynote and provocations (room AG09) 18.00-20.00: Drinks and performances (Performance Space) Saturday 23rd September 2017 at IKLECTIK <http://iklectikartlab.com/find-us/> 11.00-15.00: Round table discussion 15.00-16.30: Performance by Tullis Rennie