"Reconfiguring the Landscape" is a collaborative artistic research project, which questions how spatial electroacoustic composition practices and sound art acts on the notion and experience of landscape. Initiated at the Norwegian Academy of Music by Natasha Barrett, the project associates two other composers, Nadine Schütz (IRCAM) and Andrew Knight-Hill (University of Greenwich). The project essentially takes the form of workshops that we organize in our three different cities, Oslo, London and Paris, with events open to the public.
The upcoming workshop in Paris will be held at Ircam from 18 to 28 November, with public restitutions on 26 and 27 November. The event will be held in English, questions can be asked in French.
Two panels will be held on Friday and Saturday (26/27 November). (more details at: www.ircam.fr)
Detailed program of the public event
Friday, November 26
4pm-8pm Studios 1, 5 and Galerie:
Spatialized sonic creations and listening sessions
The exhibition of spatialized sonic creations will show the results of a short workshop period in which the participants experiment with different approaches to collaborative composition on the theme of post-industrial urban landscapes.
Composers Natasha Barrett, Nadine Schütz and Andrew Knight-Hill, will collect new (ambi)sonic materials over a 2-day residency at the Grandes-Serres in Pantin and then compose pieces for different speaker constellations.
The first collaboration will involve composing with shared materials gathered from the same site, while also including sounds and influences brought from their home countries of France, England and Norway.
The second collaboration experiments with how the IKO speaker can both project and reveal acoustic environments. A 'cadavre exquis' style of working is then united by the use of a single technology.
5pm-7pm Salle Stravinsky:
Reconfiguring the landscape: the allure of sonic space
Panel discussion on sound spatialization technologies used in the project. (you can follow the discussion on our YouTube channel: https://youtu.be/p0i7-UtV9IU)
Moderator: Grégoire Lorieux, compositeur et réalisateur en informatique musicale, chargé de l'enseignement à l'ircam.
Presenters: Natasha Barrett, Nadine Schütz, Andrew Knight-Hill
Respondents: Olivier Warusfel, Pierre Massé (IRCAM-STMS, équipe Espaces Acoustiques et Cognitifs), Aaron Einbond (City University of London)
The three presenters will explain how they explore the interplay between the physical and perceptual aspects of sonic space in their respective artistic and research work. The panel discussion will include topics such as the use of impulse responses to reveal spatial structures, the analysis of Ambisonics recordings to explore spatial features, the link between space and spectrum, and general thoughts on representation, interpretation, identity and engagement.
Panel discussions will be held in English. Questions can be addressed to the speakers in French.They will be broadcast live on the IRCAM YouTube channel.
Saturday, November 27
2pm-7pm Studios 1, 5 et Galerie:
Spatialized sonic creations and listening sessions
The exhibition of spatialized sonic creations will show the results of a short workshop period in which the participants experiment with different approaches to collaborative composition on the theme of post-industrial urban landscapes.
Composers Natasha Barrett, Nadine Schütz and Andrew Knight-Hill, will collect new (ambi)sonic materials over a 2-day residency at the Grandes-Serres in Pantin and then compose pieces for different speaker constellations.
The first collaboration will involve composing with shared materials gathered from the same site, while also including sounds and influences brought from their home countries of France, England and Norway.
The second collaboration experiments with how the IKO speaker can both project and reveal acoustic environments. A 'cadavre exquis' style of working is then united by the use of a single technology.
3pm-5pm Salle Stravinsky:
Reconfiguring the landscape: sonic experiences and artistic interpretations
Panel discussion on the relationships among landscape, environment, and sonic arts. (You can listen this panel at: https://youtu.be/w1qzkpzwU_4)
Moderator: Carlotta Darò, art historian and lecturer at ENSA Paris Malaquais
Presenters: Natasha Barrett, Nadine Schütz, Andrew Knight-Hill
Respondents: Olivier Warusfel, (IRCAM-STMS, Acoustic and Cognitive Spaces team), Nicolas Misdariis and Valérian Fraisse (IRCAM-STMS, Perception and Sound Design team)
Whether permanent or temporary, public space sound-art faces many challenges beyond the immediate impact of sound. The three presenters will talk about how they tackle these challenges in their work by exploring scales of time and space, seasons and meteorological conditions, the evolving state of the site, and the social and technical implications of sonically intervening in a public space.
Panel discussions will be held in English. Questions can be addressed to the speakers in French. They will be broadcast live on the IRCAM YouTube channel.