Soundislands Festival 2015
Soundislands Festival proudly present four invited artist performances, two scientific keynotes, a commissioned sound installation, an afternoon of public talks, an internet panel, two pedagogic workshops, two concerts with young performers, a special ‘brunchmusic’ performance, more than fifty artworks and scientific papers in numerous forms and formats selected from the open call, and social events.
Sound is a medium that acts as a glue between the senses. Hearing is deeply intertwined with vision and movement. Beyond that, researchers and artists are mapping out crossmodal associations with touch, smell, feel, and taste, leading to new and fascinating interaction designs, architecture, and culinary experiences, as well as a veritable coral reef of artworks. The interaction, “~sound:senses”, is the core theme of both the festival and the symposium. Keynote speakers are interaction design specialist Stefania Serafin and crossmodality researcher Charles Spence. The invited artists are audiovisual performer Ryoji Ikeda, film-maker and choreographer Daniel Belton, and electronica duos CLUBbleu and Black Zenith.
The Soundislands Festival is organised in close partnership with ArtScience Museum. THe Si15 2nd International Symposium on Sound and Interactivity received core funding from CLASS, something which allowed the project to take off more than fifteen months ago. The School of Art Design Media at Nanyang Technological University, the National Art Council, Bollywood Veggies, the Italian Cultural Institute, and the New Zealand Art Council all contributed directly to event production and outlays. Last but not least, we are pleased to acknowledge peer support from the Asia Computer Music Project and the International Computer Music Association.
The core organisation team consists of PerMagnus Lindborg, Suzy Styles, Joyce Beetuan Koh, and Stefano Fasciani. We wish to extend our thanks to all the individuals who have made this project possible. Invaluable work was provided by our closest collaborators Ross Williams, Dirk Stromberg, Liew Kongmeng, and Yong Rong Zhao. Thanks to CLASS director KK Luke for trusting that the Sound & Interactivity project should continue. The ASM team, Honor Harger, Anna Salaman, Nina Ernst, and Stacy Lim, are great partners in crime and passion (or was it science and art?) and pushed us to go further than initially imagined. Invaluable support was provided by ADM chair Vibeke Sorensen and faculty Michael Walsh and Lucas Jodogne, and staff Poh Zhuang Yi, Hong Bee Kuen, Lim Pheng Yew, Muhammad Mustajab Bin Mohamad, Lau Kheng Hock, and Bharat Singh. Thanks to the Proceedings session chairs, Naotoshi Osaka, Lonce Wyse, Sara Lenzi, Stephen Lim, Mark Wong, and Randall Packer, who also acted as peer reviewers, together with Renick Bell, Anders Elowsson, Emma Frid, Nicolas Jaquot, Joleen Loh, Antonio Pessotti, Seongah Shin, and Lindsay Vickery. We appreciate the careful attentiveness shown by Michelle Tan and Magdalene Lim at CLASS, taking care of budget and online registrations. Thanks to the CHASS students Issac, Sandra, Fei Ting, Jinpei, Valentia, and other helpers for their engagement. Last but not least, our gratitude goes to staff at NTU, NAFA, and ASM who have helped in various fashions along the way.