Conference – The Role and Position of Sound and Sounding Art in Public Urban Environments

On November 29 and 30 the International Conference The Role and Position of Sound and Sounding Art in Public Urban Environments will take place at Leiden University, The Netherlands. Guest speakers (among many others): Salome Voegelin, Michael Bull, Gascia Ouzounian, Jean-Paul Thibaud, Edwin van der Heide, and Raviv Ganchrow.

Here’s the full program:

TUESDAY NOVEMBER 29

Opening

09:30 – 10:00: Registration

10:00 – 10:20: Falk Hübner/Maarten Zaagman: “I Will Carry You Over Hard Times”

10:20 – 10:30: Welcome (Marcel Cobussen)

Theme 1: Sound and Urban (Atmo)Spheres (Chair: Vincent Meelberg)

10:30 – 10:50: Miguelangel Clerc: “NS Den Haag-Groningen”

10:50 – 11:10: Jean-Paul Thibaud: “Atmospheric Impregnation”

11:10 – 11:30: Coffee Break + Cathy van Eck: “Für Kopfhörende”

11:30 – 11:50: Rene van Egmond: “Soundscapes in Human Product Interactions”

11:50 – 12:15: Gabriel Paiuk: “Technological conditions and engagement”

12:15 – 12:45: Discussion

Theme 2: Sound Art in Public Spaces (Chair: Jan Nieuwenhuis)

14:30 – 14:50: Salomé Voegelin: “Sound Art as Public Art”

14:50 – 15:10: Raviv Ganchrow: “Latent Aurality of Anechoic Chambers”

15:10 – 15:30: Irene van Kamp: “Understanding perceived soundscapes”

15:30 – 16:00: Discussion

Theme 3: Contemporary Urban Acoustic Experiences (Chair: Sharon Stewart)

16:30 – 16:50: Falk Hübner/Juan Parra: “Jukebox”

16:50 – 17:10: Gascia Ouzounian: “Acoustic Urbanism”

17:10 – 17:30: Tjeerd Andringa: “Experiencing Sound Annoyance”

17:30 – 18:00: Discussion

WEDNESDAY NOVEMBER 30

Opening

09:30 – 10:00: Registration

10:00 – 10:20: Justin Bennett: “Hyper-Forum: listening to the social”

10:20 – 10:25: Marcel Cobussen

Theme 4: Towards an Auditory Epistemology (Chair: Marcel Cobussen)

10:25 – 10:45: Edwin van der Heide: “Son-O-House, Spectral Diffractions, and Schwingungen – Schwebungen”

10:45 – 11:05: Michael Bull: “Sirens: From Sonic Myth to Sonic Materiality?”

11:05 – 11:35: Coffee Break + Cathy van Eck: “Für Kopfhörende”

11:35 – 11:55: Paul Craenen: “On sound art and listening time”

11:55 – 12:15: Christopher Williams: “Opening Ears and Selling MorrowSound”

12:15 – 12:25: Michiel Huijsman: “Is place confinement a form of deafness?”

12:25 – 13:00: Discussion

13:00 – 13:25: Cilia Erens: “Moving the Masses” (Soundwalk)