Posted: 26 March 2009
Venue: Goldsmiths, University of London - 24 March 2009

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Olga Generozova
Artstream

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Posted: 25 March 2009
Venue: Goldsmiths, University of London - 24 March 2009

Future of Sound last night

I thoroughly enjoyed last nights event and wanted to thank and congratulate you and all the people involved in pulling it together.

As you indeed mentioned, it was fantastic that the event was free. I was staggered by the scale of the event and all the technology and expertise in attendance.

It is clear that you are hugely supportive of the development of this diverse area of work and wonder if you might have a moment to give me some advice on getting commissions to produce events and installations, on making contacts with potential collaborators. I guess the answer might be as simple as get out there, talk to people, show them your work and see what happens - well this is where I am starting...

Last year I was a resident digital artist at The Bernie Grant Art Centre, this was a fantastic opportunity and I was pleased with the work that I began, and the resulting installation but would like to develop the work find a real outlet for it

Thank you for your time!

Tracy Woodford
www.skincanvas.co.uk

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Posted: 25 June 2007
Venue: Sage, Gateshead - 25 January 2007

Inspiration

Just thought you’d like to know that as a result of attending your Future of Sound at the Sage, I've created an entirely new sound system - the Sonic Henge, to be unveiled at this year's Thornborough Music Festival. The system has 13 separate sound drivers which surround a circular stage, it was primarily designed to play a thirteen track meditation track that I created, but at Thornborough it will be a full-on stage, the system now having close to 3Kw of power. The system now uses a variety of alternative technologies including 111Hz, SpiritVoice and Orgone Projection.

Thought you’d like to know.

George
www.sonichenge.com

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Posted: 14 April 2007
Venues: RCA - 15 March and Queen Mary - 12 April

A Movement for the Future? More Thought, Less Pop

This is just a note of thanks for the FOS programme.

The Future of Sound tour has turned out to be the kind of thing that you keep on thinking about, long after leaving.

My husband and I enjoyed discussing many of the aspects of the programme that were new to us - such as learning fully about the trance inducing natural environments created by neolithic peoples, learning about Neil the colour-blind “Cyborg”, loving Hula Barbie and Brian Duffy’s creations, witnessing Luciana Hall’s very trippy look into the human brain, and of course, The Sancho Plan is always a rock ’n’ roll, multi-media bonanza!

We attended both the RCA event and the stop at Queen Mary’s University. I enjoyed listening to all of the sound experiences, as they were piped through The illustrious Company's 3D sound system and with Paul Devereux's presentation, became sublimly meditative during his demonstration. Getting home, we jumped on Wikipedia to look up a number of things further - proving that our night was indeed inspirational and enlightening. We just had to wonder, did cavemen really plan to build meditative sanctuary spots that all struck a certain tune? Entirely plausible, and Paul's case studies prove it.

It was extremely helpful having my partner attend with me, as he serves as the deep science part of this relationship, having a doctorate in Physics, so I got to pick his brains about what exactly Brian Duffy was on about, scientifically, during his introduction for demonstrating the Modified Toy Orchestra instruments. And, because he studied solitons, got a new understanding on why he loves waves.

While some of the chat parts, could have benefited from more demonstration, the speakers' insights were all of value. The detailed, medley of art and technology, and rich background information was fascinating for creative minds seeking ... more thought and less pop.

You have really offered a great opportunity to this collection of experimental artists, technologists and researchers that is completely original in approach and has opened attention to sound exploration for wider audiences. I applaud you on this!

Thanks Martyn

Lisa Devaney
www.lisadevaney.vox.com

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Posted: 22 March 2007
Venues: Most of them

A pleasure to listen

As part of the FoS team I've found it enlightening to learn of the activities of many other covert agents of exploration in the field of sound who have inspired and excited me with their approaches, ideas and wisdom. Each event has presented new works from other artists that surprise and delight at equal turns.

To keep learning of possibilities is so very encouraging, with boundaries constantly being eroded by playful approaches to creativity. I'm so proud to have been part of this modest team of forward thinkers!

Robin Rimbaud
Scanner
www.scannerdot.com

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Posted: 19 March 2007
Venue: Royal College of Art - 15 March 2007

Future of Sound Rocks!

After recently attending FoS event at RCA, I can confidently say that tomorrow has just arrived!

A thought provoking and fascinating evening underlining the wonderful opportunities that the convergence of Art and Technology and collaboratiion offer.

A great team effort.

Chris Barlow
Director, The Creative Mix
www.thecreativemix.com

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Posted: 13 March 2007
Venue: Royal Institution - 22 September 2005

Listening and hearing

This was my first time at a Future of Sound event and I was really impressed at the wide range of work that the various ‘performers’ showed us.

The intelligent use of sound, as opposed to just music, has remained a somewhat mysterious and often under-valued component in film, art and multimedia. It's great that you are opening up this subject area in this way, without the restrictions of any pre-conceived notions about what ‘sound’ could mean in this context. This is a welcome platform for further exploration and discussion. An excellent evening.

Malcolm Garrett
Applied Information Group
www.appliedinformationgroup.com
www.dynamolondon.org

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