AuralPluralities Network Event: Composing Place
AuralPluralities is a research network led by academics and creative practitioners dedicated to addressing, and extending upon, the ‘auraldiverse turn’ in Arts and Humanities research and praxis. Throughout 2024 we will run a series of events at each of the partner locations: Goldsmiths, University of Kent and University of Sussex, as well as a field trip.
Rob Mackay
When: Wednesday 22 May 2024, 2pm-c.5pm.
Venue: Engineering Workshop Studio 1, University of Kent, Chatham Historic Dockyard, Kent, ME4 4TZ. Campus map.
Session details: An afternoon of academic and scholarly networking, including a guest presentation and multi-channel diffusion concert by composer, sound artist and performer, Rob Mackay. He will talk about his preoccupation with place in his work over the past 20 years. Incorporating a range of approaches including field recording, improvisation, and live electronics, his increasingly interdisciplinary approach has seen him collaborate with musicians, theatre makers, dancers, poets, and more recently scientists. His outputs include works for instruments and voices, fixed-media, live electronics, and audiovisual installations.
Booking: CHASE doctoral studentship holders may book now; CHASE member staff and students may book from 22nd April 2024; those with a professional interest, and the public may attend where spaces remain. Booking will be available from 6th May 2024.
Eventbrite registration. Free to attend. Booking required.