presents
Bouncing Off the Walls
Podium Lecture Theatre
London College of Communication
University of the Arts London
London SE1 6SB
A symposium about auditory spatial awareness and the perception of sound in architectural space, to mark the release of an enhanced audio CD of
John Wynne’s installation for 300 speakers, Pianola and vacuum cleaner *
Hugh Huddy
Writer and accessibility expert, Royal National Institute of Blind People
Discovering the fundamental role of movement in spatial hearing: how we use it to understand and navigate architectural space
Paul Bavister
BFLS Architects and The Bartlett School of Architecture
Surface, space, wavelength and memory: how materiality, spatial volume and sound interact to shape our perception of space, and our memory of it. A discussion of the various phenomena that define the acoustic everyday, as defined by the spaces we inhabit.
Ross Brown
Central School of Speech and Drama
The aural body and the auditorium. Signal and noise / engagement and distraction: the dialectical nature of audience.
and a site-specific performance by
Bob (Ruth) Levene
“Her work resounds with a poetic sensibility that defies categorisation, but with a focus on the nature of perception and sound. Adopting pseudo-scientific strategies and anthropological methods of recording to analyse the ‘nature’ of things.”
McKinley
* Designed by Fraser Muggeridge studio, this multimedia CD includes a film by Pete Gomes and an essay by Brandon LaBelle, as well as a 45-minute audio recording of the installation.