ISSTA 2019: Perform!

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CIT CORK SCHOOL OF MUSIC, UNION QUAY, CORK, IRELAND
OCTOBER 31ST AND NOVEMBER 1ST, 2019
SUBMISSION DEADLINE EXTENDED TO JUNE 16, 2019; (11.50 PM IRISH TIME).
KEYNOTE LECTURE AND PERFORMANCE: ROBERT HENKE
KEYNOTE WORKSHOP/PERFORMANCE BY ELLEN KING (GASH COLLECTIVE)

Performance haunts our electronic music and sonic arts.

The technologies which facilitate our sonic creations transmit, but also sometimes obscure, the gestures of our sound production. Speakers, microphones and interfaces could be said to displace as they transmit or transduce. How much of the electronic music we hear is actually performed? How have our technologies changed our ideas of performance?

In the post-digital age, we often see an intermingling of technologies, terminologies and approaches, encompassing electroacoustic/computer/electronic music and sound-art. The terminology and descriptors are now becoming irrevocably entangled as a surge of new performers rise amidst the deluge of new hardware and software tools. As this cross–pollination occurs, the so-called cultural underground that originally supported this music appears to be very much ‘overground’ and alive, peddling its wares (equipment as well as music) with increasing prolificacy and achieving ever–increasing globalised acceptance. Should a new language be invented to define and discuss this music, or should the existing one be augmented? Or should we simply stop, listen, and enjoy the performance?

In 2019, ISSTA returns to Cork, to be hosted by the CIT Cork School of Music in association with Cork Sound Fair. The small city centre is teeming with live music performances, from gigs in small venues and pubs to regular festivals that welcome thousands of visitors to the city. Its musical history is rich in diversity. The Arcadia Ballroom, the Cork Orchestral Society, the Jazz Festival, the Opera House among others all brought national and international performers to audiences in the city. In the 21st century the City has experienced a musical Renaissance and today Cork has a wide array of active promoters and venues.

We look forward to welcoming artists, technologists, theorists and other researchers to discuss the issues above at ISSTA 2019 in Cork.
Period31 Oct 20191 Nov 2019
Event typeConference
LocationCork, IrelandShow on map
Degree of RecognitionInternational

Keywords

  • sound
  • performance
  • technology
  • music
  • interaction
  • arts
  • art