University of Edinburgh

Soundings

International Festival of Sonic Art taking place in the Reid Concert
Hall, Bristo Square, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK.

5th – 7th February 2010

Call for Works:

…syncraesthesia: n. the fusion of acousmatic sound and abstract vision
to create an immersive audiovisual experience; see also synchresis and
synaesthesia…

Soundings Festival is issuing a call for audiovisual works exploring
the combination of electroacoustic composition and experimental video.
Selected works will be performed at the Soundings International
Festival of Sonic Art in the Reid Concert Hall, Bristo Square,
Edinburgh during the weekend of 5th – 7th February 2010.

The performance venue allows for stereo diffusion of the audio
component of the works. Please indicate with your submission if you
would like your submission to be diffused by the event curator or if
you would prefer a standard balanced stereo playback. Diffusion scores
may also be submitted with the work.

Submission guidelines:

Work must be a maximum of 20 minutes in length.
Audio must be stereo format.
Works should be submitted as .avi or .mov file on data DVD.
A separate audio track in .wav or .aif format must also be included on
the DVD.

The submission deadline is Friday 8th January 2010 at 5pm.

Entries must include:

  Full contact details (name, address and email)
  2 jpeg images (300dpi resolution)

Note that submissions will not be returned, but will be added to the
Soundings audiovisual archive.

Please send submissions to:

Andrew Connor
Soundings
Music – School of Arts, Culture & Environment
University of Edinburgh
Alison House
12 Nicolson Square
Edinburgh
EH8 9DF

E-Mail: Andrew.Connor@ed.ac.uk
Web: http://www.music.ed.ac.uk/soundings/