For å skyve på grensene for det mulige i dette feltet møtes en internasjonal gruppe av mennesker på Notams spatial audio meetups en gang i måneden for å utforske teknikker, arbeidsflyter, estetikk, ideer og lyder.

Notams Spatial Audio meetup er en møteplass for arbeid med kringlyd for kunstneriske formål. Her møter noen av verdens ledende eksperter og teknologer, nysgjerrige kunstnere og nybegynnere. Sammen utforsker de nye måter å uttrykke seg i kringlydsformater. 

Meeting ID: 926 0674 7841
Link: https://zoom.us/j/92606747841

Program
Polina Khatsenka – Grassroots ambisonics & diy
Polina Khatsenka presents an overview of phonon~’s three summer labs and the collective’s collaboration with OTTOsonics, alongside reflections from her recent site-specific spatial sound projects. A brief look into how DIY immersive audio and attentive listening shape new artistic practices and communities.

Polina Khatsenka is an audiovisual artist, sound designer, and curator from Minsk, Belarus, currently based in Ústí nad Labem, Czech Republic. Her practice focuses on spatial sound, site-specific installations, and electroacoustic composition. She is pursuing a PhD at Jan Evangelista Purkyně University with the dissertation project «Location vs. presence: aural perception as an existential tool in the digital age«. A founding member of the phonon~ collective, she co-organizes educational and artistic activities in quadraphonic, octophonic, and Ambisonic formats. Since 2021 she has taught the course Silence. Pause. Quiet. at the Co.Lab Acoustic Ecology, Kunstuniversität Linz.

https://www.instagram.com/phonon.crew/
https://www.instagram.com/mudaki_sound/ 

Amelie Nilles – Working as an independent artist in spatial audio : methods, challenges and sustainability 
I will speak about my artistic practice in spatial audio, focusing on live performance situations, the tools I use, and the concrete realities of working with spatial audio as an independent artist. I will share reflections on what we call “immersion” and on the importance of mediation and training both for artists and technicians. Finally, I will discuss the role of the artist in today’s context and the place of immersive setups within current artistic and technological ecosystems.

Based between Paris and Athens, Amelie Nilles is a composer of avant-pop music and a live performer, working with spatial audio. Explorer of experimental realms, she offers an aesthetic approach to spatialisation in her music. Under the guidance of composer Régis Renouard-Larivière, she honed her skills in electroacoustic composition, while she was simultaneously pursuing her Master’s degree at Paris 8 University, delving into research exploring the spatial dimension of music. Constantly in the process of creating immersive sound environments, she crafts captivating soundscapes weaving together her voice, field recordings, electronic textures, and organic rhythms. In November 2021, she unveiled her debut EP, A croqué le fruit étrange, on Planisphère label, introducing listeners to her deeply personal and experimental universe, both dark and pop. Since then, she has performed live at various venues across Austria, Bulgaria, France, Germany, Greece, Portugal and Slovenia ; has designed multichannel sound installations and immersive live performances, collaborating with diverse artists along the way.

https://amelienilles.com/
https://www.instagram.com/amelie_nilles/

Disse meetupene ledes av den amerikanske kunstneren Monica Bolles og komponist Mariam Gviniashvili. 

Mariam Gviniashvili er en lydkunstner og komponist som kombinerer elektronikk, elektroakustikk og 3D-lyd med visuelt materiale, dans og performance for å trenge inn i den fysiske og følelsesmessige essensen av lyd og rom.

Monica Bolles er kunstner, audioingeniør og komponist som benytter nye teknologier, vitenskap og design til å skape rom for utforskning av menneskelig erfaring i en verden i stadig utvikling og transformasjon. Gjennom sammenstilling av det organiske og det digitale, kunst og vitenskap, teknologi og menneskelighet, undersøker hub kontinuerlig på hva det vil si å være menneske i dagens samfunn.