Organised Sound: An International Journal of Music and Technology

 
Call for submissions

Volume 16, Number 3
 
Issue thematic title: Sound, Listening and Place
 
Date of Publication: December 2011
Publishers: Cambridge University Press
 
Issue co-ordinator: Katharine Norman (katharine.norman@city.ac.uk)

 
In his provocative book, Ecology without Nature: Rethinking Environmental Aesthetics, literary ecologist Timothy Morton suggests that much ecocritical nature writing makes the same Romantic assumptions it seeks to critique. He posits that a properly ecological view of the environment must challenge aestheticised views of nature, and be immersed rather than observational.
How can, and does, sound-based music ‘rethink’ environmental aesthetics?  How can sound-based music, and writing on it, contribute to the ecocritical debate? What is sonic ecology in art?
This themed issue aims to move forward from the valuable foundations of early Acoustic Ecology and soundscape composition, considering related and different approaches sound-based music as ecological reflection of listening, sound and place.
Topics for investigation might include (as suggestions):
·     Soundscapes and sonic psychogeography.

·     Sonic activists, eco-activism in sound art and sound-based music.

·     Field recording projects that address issues of ecology, environmental stewardship and sustainability in the light of collective, or personal, experience of sound in the world.

·     Sound-based music as the ‘transliteration’ of recorded experience and memory of time and place.

·     Artistic projects arising from phonography communities and online dissemination of both music and materials.

·     Online soundscape experiences and compositions (interactive sound-based works, curated sound-based music, sound collections, field recording projects, listening projects, virtual environments)

·     Consciousness-raising, through sound-based music, in relation to listening and place.

·     Artist statements, personal and subjective, ‘listening in the world’.

·     Critiques and consideration of Acoustic Ecology.

 
As always, submissions related to the theme are encouraged; however, those that fall outside the scope of this theme are always welcome.
 
Deadline for submissions is 1 March 2011. Submissions may consist of papers, with optional supporting short compositions or excerpts, audio-visual documentation of performances and/or other aspects related to your submission that can be placed onto a DVD and the CUP website for “Organised Sound”.  Supporting audio and audio-visual material will be presented as part of the journal’s annual DVD-ROM which will appear with issue 16/3 as well on the journal’s website.

 
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SUBMISSION DEADLINE: 1 March 2011
 
SUBMISSION FORMAT
 
Notes for Contributors and further details can be obtained from the inside back cover of published issues of Organised Sound or at the following url:
 
http://journals.cambridge.org/action/displayMoreInfo?jid=OSO&type=ifc (and download the pdf)
 
Properly formatted email submissions and general queries should be sent to: os@dmu.ac.uk, not to the guest editors.
 
Hard copy of articles and images (only when requested) and other material (e.g., sound and audio-visual files, etc. – normally max. 15’ sound files or 8’ movie files) should be submitted to:
 
              Prof. Leigh Landy
              Organised Sound
               Clephan Building
               De Montfort University
              Leicester LE1 9BH, UK.
 
Editor: Leigh Landy
Associate Editors: Ross Kirk and Richard Orton
Regional Editors: Joel Chadabe, Lonce Wyse, Eduardo Miranda, Jøran Rudi, Barry Truax, Ian Whalley, David Worrall
International Editorial Board: Marc Battier, Hannah Bosma, Alessandro Cipriani, Simon Emmerson, , Kenneth Field, Rajmil Fischman, Rosemary Mountain, Tony Myatt, Jean-Claude Risset, Margaret Schedel, Mary Simoni, Martin Supper
 
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OPEN CALL for sound works

Sonic Vigil V is the fifth annual sound art event held in Cork, Ireland and is curated by The Quiet Club.(Danny Mc Carthy& Mick O’Shea) This year we are issuing an OPEN CALL for Sound Works to be presented in four specially commissioned ‘Sound Stations". These stations have been designed by students of the Cork Centre for Architectural Education and fabricated by them in the National Sculpture Factory. These four ‘Sound Stations" will form part of the Sonic Vigil V event which will take place on Saturday the 17th July in St. Fin Barre’s Cathedral, one of Ireland’s architectural treasures http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint_Finbarre’s_Cathedral Please send your works before July 10th to sonicvigil@ireland.com

Or by post to

Sonic Vigil V

Cork Artists Collective

Dean Street

Cork

Ireland

Sound Stations Terms and Conditions

We will accept:
1 Sound pieces, electroacoustic music, field recordings, sound poetry, radio art and other variations.
2. Maximum of 3 sound works per Artist.
3. The works submitted must be playable without any restrictions.

REQUIREMENTS of the sound work:
1. Name and duration of the sound work.
2. Short biography of the Artist

3. The sound works should be no longer than ten(10) minutes.
4. Sound files in. AIFF or. MP3 320 Kps (mono – stereo). In case of files larger than 25 MG, we recommend to open a Mydrive account http://www.mydrive.ch/ (for free) and send us an E-mail with User and Password to download the file(s).

MORE INFORMATION www.sonicvigil.blogspot.com
 

At the next edition of the festival "Contemporanea" TEM – Taukay Edizioni Musicali and Delta Produzioni Cultural Association, in coordination with Vox Novus, are inviting Artists of any age and nationality to participate by sending their work to the project 60×60 Images.
This is an exhibition of pictorial and graphic arts related to electronic music project "60×60" by the composer Robert Voisey (http://www.voxnovus.com/).
"60×60", which will be one of the concerts of "Contemporanea" contemporary music festival, is annual project including 60 works from 60 different composers where each work is 60 seconds (or less) in length. Similarly, during the festival, an exhibition will take place that will display 60 works of size 60×60 cm.

Participation is free.

The works may be created using any technique or method. The result will then be digitized and sent to our secretary telematically (the final result displayed will be a full color digital photo with size of 60×60 cm).

During the initial acquisition phase, the participating works must be sent by internet as full color low resolution digital image at the following address:

info@taukay.it

Alternatively you can use file hosting systems as  "YouSendIt" or "Rapidshare" entering the above email address as recipient. We do not recommend the use of ordinary mail for sending the material.

More than one work may be submitted.

The following documentation is required:
– Name, address, phone number, email address, date and place of birth, nationality.
– Curriculum Vitae (Biography) of the Artist
– Work title
– A statement agreeing to permit the use of the work without compensation.
– A statement agreeing to the treatment of personal information in accordance with Italian privacy laws.
(The entry form containing all required statements is available at the following e-mail: http://www.taukay.it/60×60/60x60_images.html)

Please submit your work and submission no later than September 20th 2010.

After September 20th 2010, a Jury will select the works to be exhibited. Selected works will be announced on September 30th, 2010.

The artists selected will be asked to send by internet a file useful for high quality digital printing.
The prints will remain property of TEM – Taukay Edizioni Musicali which can use for institutional and cultural utilize.

The Jury’s decision is final.
By entering the call for works and submitting the work, the Artist accepts all the above terms and conditions.
Failing to follow the above terms and conditions will result in the forfeiting of any rights deriving from participation in the call for works.
The competent court for any dispute is the Court of Udine.
For further information, please visit the TEM – Taukay Edizioni Musicali website at: http://www.taukay.it Or email us at: info@taukay.it