ISSTASoundConf2018: ISSTA (Irish Sound, Science and Technology Association) International Conference and Festival on Sound in the Arts, Science and Technology, 2018 Ulster University, Magee campus Derry, Northern Ireland, UK, November 9-10, 2018 |
Conference website | http://issta.ie/call-2018/ |
Submission link | https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=isstasoundconf2018 |
Abstract registration deadline | May 29, 2018 |
EXTENDED SUBMISSION DEADLINE | May 29, 2018 |
Submission deadline | May 29, 2018 |
ISSTA 2018 – Who’s Listening? Sound and Public Space
Irish Sound, Science and Technology Association annual conference
Ulster University, Magee campus
Derry, Northern Ireland
November 9th and 10th 2018
Keynotes:
Dr Salomé Voegelin (Listening Across Disciplines group, author of Listening to Noise and Silence: Towards a Philosophy of Sound Art, Reader in Sound Art at the University of the Arts, London)
Prof. Anna Barney (Listening Across disciplines group, Professor of Biomedical Acoustic Engineering at Southampton University)
Contemporary urban society is a contested space. Commerce generates a flurry of signage and advertising jingles. Industry excavates and accumulates, building uniform structures of concrete and steel, and throughout all is the traffic of daily ritual, the friction of tires on tarmacadam. Commercial interests and planners often distill this heterogeneous field down to simplified brands, cultural signifiers designed to encourage investors. What room is left in this complex of power and policy for community? Where is public space and what role can it play in contemporary life? How can sound, in particular, interrogate the urban matrix?
In 2018, ISSTA returns to Derry to explore these issues, relationships and tensions. With the spatial definition provided by its historic walled city and cross–border hinterland, the resonances of its civil rights movement (of which 2018 marks the fiftieth anniversary), its historic conflicts and diverse musical and sonic cultures, from traditional music sessions to marches, we hope that Derry will provide a thought–provoking setting which will support fruitful discussion, debate and listening!
We would particularly welcome contributions relating to sound and urban studies, auditory architecture and design, sonic archaeology and sonic heritage, psychogeography, place-making, activism, soundscape studies, and sound’s relationships with anthropology and human geography, alongside more general topics relating to music technologies, sound art, electronic and experimental music performance and composition.
Who's listening? We are.
Submission Guidelines
The ISSTA 2018 International Conference on Sound in the Arts, Science and Technology welcomes submissions in the categories of PAPERS and MUSIC & SOUND ART. Submission to the ISSTA conference is open to practitioners and researchers regardless of nationality.
We welcome PAPERS which engage with the conference themes, or which relate to ISSTA subject matter, including:
- Acoustic Ecology
- Circuit Bending
- Computational Musicology
- Computer Music
- Digital Audio, Digital Signal Processing, Sound Diffusion and Sound Synthesis
- DJ Practices
- Electroacoustic Music
- History of Sound, Science and Technology
- Interfaces for Music or Sound
- Laptop Music and Live Electronics
- Music/Audio software
- Sound Art and Media Art with a Sonic Focus
- Soundscape Art/Studies
- Sound, Science and Technology Education/Pedagogy
Submission is by abstract (up to 500 words).
Paper proposals are reviewed double–blind. ISSTA’s working language is English.
Presented papers at ISSTA are expected to be 20 minutes in duration.
MUSIC & SOUND ART
Submissions in this category may include a diversity of approaches, including the following:
- Soundscape practices
- Circuit Bending
- Electronic Music and Computer Music
- DJ/Scratch Music
- Electroacoustic Composition – fixed-medium or real-time
- Laptop Performance
- Sound installations (headphone-based or video–with–headphones)
Technical requirements: we anticipate being able to facilitate stereo or multichannel (8-channel spatial audio) performances or fixed-media compositions, but are not able to facilitate setups requiring a large numbers of performers or full bands.
On this occasion, we are only able to accommodate headphone-based sound installation pieces (though these may include video).
We aim to review music submissions using double-blind methods as far as is practicable, but we appreciate that some support materials or weblinks will often reveal identifying information.
Submission deadline is May 22nd; (midnight Irish and UK time).
Submission is via the Easychair system.
https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=isstasoundconf2018
Topics/remit
- Sound art
- Sound studies
- Electronic music
- Music technology
Conference Committee
Conference Committee
- Conference Chair: Dr Brian Bridges, Ulster University and President of ISSTA
- Co-chairs: Dr Adam Melvin, Dr Rob Casey and John Harding, Ulster University
- Chairs of Music track: Dr Adam Melvin (Ulster) and Dr Jenn Kirby (UWTSD and ISSTA)
- Chairs of Paper track: Dr Rob Casey (Ulster), Dr Stephen Roddy (TCD and ISSTA), Dr Adrian Smith (DIT and Sounding Out the Space)
ISSTA Board (2018/19)
- Dr Brian Bridges, President
- Dr Jenn Kirby, Vice–President
- Robin Parmar, Treasurer
- Dr Stephen Roddy, Web and PR
- Dr Alan Dormer, Secretary
Venue
The conference will be held at Ulster University, Magee campus in the city of Derry/Londonderry, Northern Ireland. The campus is a short walk or taxi ride from the historic city centre (with its well–preserved city walls). All events will take place on campus. See here for a campus profile and map and a Google map view of location.
Contact
All questions about submissions should be emailed to the conference chair and ISSTA President, Dr Brian Bridges. president@issta.ie