Sound Research

"Forgotten Songs commemorates the songs of fifty birds once heard in central Sydney before they were gradually forced out of the city by European settlement. The calls, which filter down from the canopy of birdcages suspended above Angel Place, change as day shifts to night; the daytime birds' songs disappearing with the sun and those of the nocturnal birds which inhabited the area sounding into the evening. "

"A complete set of nineteen brass spheres with tapered openings at opposite ends. One opening is funnel shaped to allow to be inserted into the ear. "

"Darsha Hewitt is a Canadian artist who makes electromechanical sound installations, drawings, videos, an experimental performances. See her other unique work here (take the brilliant "20 Oscillators in 20 Minutes" for example, which is part experimental music performance, technical challenge, and comedy act!). She has an interest in demystifying the invisible systems embedded throughout domestic technology. This is also visible in the above artwork, Electrostatic Bell Choir (2012)."

"The McGurk effect is a compelling demonstration of how we all use visual speech information. The effect shows that we can't help but integrate visual speech into what we 'hear'."

"Researchers are listening to everything from airplanes to bat calls in order to learn more about the state of the environment"

"With this website I aim to give an overview of sonification and auditory display in general, and of my research and publications in particular."

"A new art expedition aims to record qualitative and quantitative data with a custom-built set of tools on a year of trips through some of the most fascinating places in America. " " Up first, we see their very low-frequency antenna, which they built from a kit developed by Stephen McGreevy with Christopher Woebken's design. The antenna captures the sounds of spaceweather, the nice name for the environmental conditions created by the sun casting particles at the Earth. As Geoff told me, "You can walk right up to the tripod, put on green headphones, and zone out to the otherworldly whistles and pops of the Earth's magnetosphere."

"Without acoustics, archaeology is deaf. Without archaeology, acoustics is blind. - David Lubman"

"A prehistoric necropolis yields clues to the ancient use of sound and its effect on human brain activity. Researchers detected the presence of a strong double resonance frequency at 70Hz and 114Hz inside a 5,000-years-old mortuary temple on the Mediterranean island of Malta. The Ħal Saflieni Hypogeum is an underground complex created in the Neolithic (New Stone Age) period as a depository for bones and a shrine for ritual use. A chamber known as "The Oracle Room" has a fabled reputation for exceptional sound behavior."

"A Conversation with Frank J. Oteri at Lucier's pied-a-terre in Tudor City, NYC"

"In the second of a series of articles on sound design in documentaries, Peter Albrechtsen - a sound designer himself - focuses on the visionary sound design of the documentary classic, Tarnation, 2003. The film's sound designer discusses the process behind the extraordinary subjective soundscapes in the acclaimed and extremely personal debut by Jonathan Caouette."

Bu Kim Cascone "With the advent of cheap digital recording gear, many have taken to recording their environments and presenting it as sound art. Without considering how technology leaches the soul of an environment, much of today's field recording based sound art will ultimately fail to capture the holistic nuance and subtleties found in nature. What this essay calls for is a resurrection and development of the post-digital aesthetic in the form of "Transcendigitalism.""

"They uploaded 10 tracks of silence to Spotify under the name Sleepify. Then, they put out this video, urging fans to stream the album on repeat while they slept. The band pledged to use the royalty revenue they racked up to fund a tour, where all shows would have free admission. And it worked."

"the silent movie NOSFERATU from 1922 in 4 minutes ...now with sound audioprodiction by audiobakery"

"Philadelphia's Franklin Institute will soon unveil a new exhibit called Your Brain: www.newsworks.org/index.php/thepul…ur-of-your-brain. The Pulse's Zack Seward got a sneak peek from chief bioscientist Jayatri Das. The exhibit features about 80 interactive installations exploring how your brain works. And this one ... will blow your mind."

"Sound travels in various ways, and Rob shows how string and a coat hanger can create the sound of a giant bell tolling."

"Acoustic Geometry shows how sound works in rooms using Nerf Disc guns, 1130 feet of fluorescent green string, and Moiré patterns, and a before-and-after example."

"This is a documentation of some of Len Lye´s kinetic sculptures shown at the Len Lye retrospective exhibition at the IKON Gallery in Birmingham, UK, from nov 2010 to feb 2011."

Sonic Art Awards 2014 winners and runners up

"TIME TO X is a 96 channel sound installation that transforms the fourth dimension (time) into a geometrical dimension (x). The listener can physically move in time and has the possibility to experience audio in a new way."