Event overview
In this edition of the Music Research Series, Goldsmiths PhD students Raymond Sookram, Isidora Edwards, Tim Langston and Chris Cook discuss their current research.
Raymond Sookram: Exploring Paracosmic Multimedia and The Simpsons Game
Raymond's research explores how sound in open world games contributes to specific representations of, and information about, national identities and historical events, and their consequences; and whether game sound affords context for critical reflection in moments of play. With a brief examination on The Simpsons Game (2007), Raymond proposes a new theoretical framework called “paracosmic multimedia” which suggests that continuing developments in the interactivity of paracosms (imaginary worlds) within video games demonstrate important shifts in immersion and engagement.
Isidora Edwards: A Nomadic Approach to Improvisation As an Answer to Androcentrism.
Isidora's research seeks to portray a nomadic practice between the cello and electronic music instruments, which unexpectedly has found new frameworks to the androcentric experiences that have filtered the musical imagination and the musical body. The project explores encounters with slowness, unmastery, material agencies and the cyclicity of experiences of women pioneers in the field.
Tim Langston: Practice Research in Historical Repertoire – Experiments in Phenomenotechnique Writing
Tim's research explores the underrepresented Lieder repertoire of the German composer Fanny Hensel (elder sister of Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy) in the context of the phenomenotechnique mode, proposed by Ben Spatz as a means to establish consensus in embodied knowledge claims. Tim will share some experiments in which he engages technical language to transfer knowledge propositions that have first been identified in phenomenological instances.
Chris Cook: Listening With Trevor, Who Has Mild Cognitive Impairment
In this talk, Chris will give a brief overview of the main case study from his doctoral research into experiences of sound and listening for people living with dementia. As part of Chris's PhD thesis, which he recently submitted, he made an hour-long audio documentary made in collaboration with Trevor, an early music practitioner and radio drama aficionado who has hyperacusis and occasionally experiences palinacousis, alongside other common auditory symptoms of mild cognitive impairment or early stage Alzheimer’s disease. Chris will discuss how Trevor’s particular and individual combination of listening skills and auditory symptoms impact on his social and musical life.
Free, all welcome (followed by a trip to the pub!)
Dates & times
| Date | Time | Add to calendar |
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| 20 Feb 2024 | 6:00pm - 7:30pm |
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