Czech-based sound collective phonon~ are set to host their first ever Ambisonic focussed Summer School in North Bohemia this month. Consisting of a two-week long artist residency, a spatial sound symposium and a ambisonic concert debuting the fruits of the residency.
Ambisonics was developed in the UK in the 1970s and is a full-sphere surround sound format: in addition to the horizontal plane, it covers sound sources above and below the listener. The project aims to actively exchange knowledge and experience in the field of surround sound and immersive media, ranging from beginners and professionals.
For the occasion, phonon~ joins forces with Austrian spatial sound platforms OTTOsonics and Tangible Music Lab Linz, as well as the Leipzig-based collective ZiMMT, who are all active in the field of experimental music, spatial sound and education. Members of these institutions will each conduct lectures focussed on Ambisonics including; Manu Mitterhuber, Felix Deufel, Enrique Tomás, Jiří Suchánek, Vít Pokorný, Martin Nitsche.
The artist residency and lectures will be hosted in English at the Löblhof & Artgrund in Staňkovice near Louny. Participation in the symposium lectures is free of charge, however it is necessary to register your attendance for the symposium via email – using the subject “participation in the summer school”.
The program of the symposium will take place from the 16th to the 30th of July and the concluding MELUSINES concert will take place on 29 July at the National House in Ústí nad Labem, where the participants of the residency will present their new compositions of spatial audio to a live audience.
SYMPOSIUM SCHEDULE
17 + 18 July – Workshop on maintenance and operation of the multi-channel audio system, Hardware / Software. Speaker assembling + soldering. (Manu Mitterhuber – OTTOsonics)
19 July – Multichannel recording workshop with a field trip and introduction of Grapes – a software for live spatialisation (Felix Deufel – ZiMMT)
20 July – Workshop: tangible interfaces for live performance and composition in multichannel systems (Enrique Tomás – TAMLAB)
21 July – Presentation: Light and space – photo sensors for spatial audio (Jiří Suchánek – SVITAVA, FFA BUT)
21 July – Talk: Phenomenological Topology of Sonic Environments (Martin Nitsche – Institute of Philosophy CAS, Prague)
24 July – Talk: Rhythm as a Biodynamic Principle (Vít Pokorný – Department of Philosophy and Humanities FA UJEP)
29 July – Talk: Apatial audio formats and their application. In the Czech language. (Jan Trojan – HAMU) Presentation of the residency outputs. Both talk and concert are happening in the National House in Ústí nad Labem.
