TLRH| Sonic Spaces | Sound & Technology

Wednesday, 2 December 2020, 7 – 8pm A panel discussion as part of
the ‘Sonic Spaces’ series. Wind-up music boxes; phonograph
cylinders; gramophones; microphones; radio; magnetic tape; compact
discs; MP3 players; synthetic voices. These are just a few of the
sound technologies that have framed our experience of listening
since the 19th century until the present day. And while audio
transmission and recording processes have increasingly moved from
analogue to digital systems, the cross-disciplinary nature of sound
technologies remains. Frequently dependent on the technical
expertise of audio engineers, such technologies heavily shape the
media industries and, indeed, our daily lives. This event will
bring together a diverse panel of experts to discuss their
experiences of employing sound technologies in creative ways: Enda
Bates, deputy director of Trinity’s Music and Media Technologies
programme, who will discuss his use of spatialized audio in
360-degree music videos; Zeynep Bulut (Queen's University Belfast)
will discuss the collaborative research initiative Map a Voice,
which explores sonic and social interactions between voice and
environment; Mattia Cobianchi (Goldsmiths University and acoustic
engineer at Bowers & Wilkins) on his historical sound project
‘London Street Noises’; and Neasa Ní Chiarain, from Trinity’s
Phonetics & Speech Laboratory, who will discuss the ABAIR.ie
Irish language learning website, and the development of synthesized
voices for Irish. The panel will be chaired by Linda Doyle,
Professor of Engineering & The Arts at Trinity, and the founder
Director of the SFI Research Centre CONNECT, a national research
centre focused on telecommunications. ‘Sonic Spaces’ is organised
by Jennifer O’Meara, Department of Film, as part of the Creative
Arts Practice Research theme. The series considers the creative
possibilities of audio and sound culture as they relate to issues
of society, technology, the environment and the body. It aims to
encourage the academic and broader community to reflect on our
relationship to listening and its significance. ‘Sonic Spaces’ is
supported by the Trinity Long Room Hub Arts and Humanities Research
Institute. Learn more at: https://www.tcd.ie/trinitylongroomhub/