

He’ll explore the notion of subjective sound design, getting inside the head of the character, using sound rather than music. PAUL DAVIES focuses on his work with Lynne Ramsay as well as his work on ’71, Hunger and The American. NEIL BRANDpresents Adventures in the Missing Sense about his twin (and complementary) roles as silent film accompanist (creating sound for solo visuals) and radio playwright (creating visuals out of sound alone). She describes her soundtracks, compared to visuals, as more accurate attempts to transmit the multi-layered inner experiences that happened during or before and after the shooting. In Light Relief, Rosalind talks about the compositions of music, sound and silence in her recent films. ROSALIND NASHASHIBI is an artist and filmmaker who was nominated for the Turner Prize in 2017. This presentation considers their special form of collaboration on a unique project. But on Dau – a complex, evolving project involving a vast collection of material and a changing crew over 12 years – their constant roles at the core of Dau’s sound team merged in non-traditional ways. In strict industry terms, Rob Walker has been a re-recording mixer and supervising sound editor while Stefan Smith is credited as a sound designer. ROB WALKER and STEFAN SMITH– The Sound of ‘DAU’

Drawing comparisons between the effects of new instruments on the creation of classical music with the influence of digital equipment and applications on media and the arts, he reflects on the inherent biases that shape current work and how that affects audiences. STEPHEN DEUTSCH presents The Fork in the Road, addressing the relationship between technology and creativity. In doing so, I create the conceptual sound matter for composing plausible sound tracks and soundscapes for film tracks and exhibition spaces. I’m a classical musician by training, and whilst I no longer practice any instrument, I am cataloguing the sounds around me all the time. RINA SHERMANpresents Sound it out, a multi-sensory presentation of the art and the manner of creating soundscapes for films – documentary, ethnographic and fictional – and multidisciplinary exhibitions using a variety of media.Īs a filmmaker, ethnographer and photographer, I am constantly preoccupied with the sounds of everyday life. NIGEL HELYER – The Nature and Culture of Sound: Nigel presents a series of sound-art projects that consider the relationships between sound, memory and place and how we use sounds and narratives to build consensual models of history and identity that transform geographical spaces into cultural places. He opens the SOS with a survey of how sound informs all the arts and media, from his perspective as a filmmaker, composer, musician, opera director, photographer and gallery artist. MIKE FIGGISis known as someone who has continually explored alternative strategies for filmmaking – both economic and creative.
