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The purpose of this symposium is to conduct a state of the art review of the use sonification* within art projects, with a focus on the use of data taken from our surroundings (in a broad sense) as opposed to gestural interfaces or electronic instruments.
a) What distinguishes sonification from other forms of data mediation?
b) What are the different ways in which sonification is used in art?
c) What parallels, similarities, differences & contradictions exist between the use of sonification or audio display for technical & for artistic purposes?
d) What differences in the artistic approach does the use of realtime as opposed to recorded data imply?
e) What is the importance of the relationship between the source of data and the way in which it is mediated?
The symposium SONIFICATION will be organized as a series of 4 half day round table debates + 1 evening sessions where participants are invited to propose demonstrations, performances or documentation of work related to the theme. The Symposium is organized by Locus Sonus (École Supérieure d'Art d'Aix en Provence, École Nationale Supérieure d'Art de Nice Villa Arson) and LAMES MMSH (Laboratoire Méditerranéen de Sociologie) in partnership with CRiSAP (Creative Research into Sound Arts Practice, LCC Univ. of the Arts London), IMERA (Institut Méditerranéen de Recherches Avancées) & Seconde Nature.
Observers : Jean-Paul Ponthot (ESA Aix en Provence), Cathy Lane (CRiSAP UAL London).
The schedule is as follows:
* On Thursday the 4th, two round table sessions of half a day will be held at LAMES MMSH
* On Thursday evening, Second Nature is set aside for demos and performances at Seconde Nature.
* On Friday the 5th, two other round table sessions of half a day will be held in the amphitheater at l'Ecole Superieure d'Art d'Aix en Provence.