*Sound, Sight, Space and Play 2010: **Postgraduate Conference for the Creative Sonic Arts*
Wednesday 2nd – Friday 4th June 2010 *M*usic, *T*echnology and *I*nnovation *R*esearch *C*entre, De Montfort University, Leicester, United Kingdom *Exploring the Future of the Sonic Arts* ** We would like to invite you to take part in Sound, Sight, Space and Play (SSSP) 2010, a conference for postgraduate students working in the creative sonic arts, organised by postgraduate students of the Music Technology and Innovation Research Centre (MTIRC), De Montfort University. The ideals of this event are to stimulate co-operation and inspiration between postgraduate students, across institutional boundaries, leading to new perspectives on current works and research. We encourage submission of papers and creative work, both completed and in progress, for presentation over the course of the event. This year’s event has the theme *“Exploring the Future of the Sonic Arts” *and aims to investigate this critical topic through all forms of submissions and a roundtable discussion. *Event Topics* We invite paper submissions on topics related to creativity in the sonic arts including, but not restricted to: - Sound Diffusion - Multi Channel Approaches to Composition and Sound Projection - Installations - Interactivity - Audio-Visuals and Multimedia - Electronics and Circuit Bending - Performance Practice - Theoretical Implications of the above Registration Fees So far we are waiting for responses from funding bodies to secure this year’s funding in order to support the event. As it stands at the moment we intend to charge a £30 registration fee, per delegate or attendee, in order to cover the costs of the event. There is *NO* fee for submission. Registration fees would be payable in April 2010. Organisers of the event have applied for funding from various sources and if these bids are successful the registration fees will be abolished. *Guidelines for Submission of Papers and Works* ** *General: *All submissions will be subject to a double-blind peer-review procedure conducted by PhD students or post docs from different institutions representing the various sub-disciplines of sonic arts and related fields.* *Talk abstracts and programme notes supporting creative work should be submitted as a Word document (accepted formats are .rtf, .doc or .txt, *no*.pdf)via email to *[email protected]*. Submissions must not exceed 300 words in length including a title, headings and references. Your submission must include also your name, affiliation, email address as well as a 200 word biography. Postal applications should be sent to: *Andrew Hill, MTIRL (Cl 0.19), Clephan Building, De Montfort University, Leicester, LE1 9BH, United Kingdom* *Papers: *The duration of each standard presentation slot will be 20 minutes followed by a 10-minute formal question period. Keynote presentation slots, lasting 40 minutes with 10 minutes question time, will be awarded to submissions of excellence. Between sessions there will be breaks for informal questions and discussion. We offer the possibility of online publication for papers on a voluntary basis. You will receive more information about the publication after acceptance of the submission. Multimedia support will be provided for talks in the form of video projector, laptop and quad speaker system. ** *Works: *Should be no longer than 20 minutes in duration and can be submitted either on physical media (e.g. CDs/DVDs) via post, or online via file sharing services such as YouSendIt (http://www.yousendit.com) or Dropbox (http://www.dropbox.com). Please make digital submissions available to *[email protected]*. Submissions must be accompanied by technical specifications and requirements (Channel configuration, sample rate, additional information). Works will be performed in the Performance Arts Centre of Excellence (PACE) Building at De Montfort University on the MTIRC’s multi speaker diffusion system. Concert and installation slots are limited and as a result we are only able to accept one submission per person. *Deadline: *The deadline for abstract submissions is 1st February 2010. The review committee will evaluate applications and send results in March. A detailed timetable will be available on our website shortly. Further information can be found on our webpage at: http://www.sssp.org.uk/ Further Contact Information Questions relating to paper submissions and general information should be directed to *Motje Wolf*: [email protected] Questions relating to concert and installation submissions and finances should be directed to *Andrew Hill*: [email protected] Questions relating to the online submissions process and web resources should be directed to *Ben Ramsay*: [email protected] Thank you. -- http://visualmusic.ning.com/profile/AndrewHill www.myspace.com/ahillav
