sensesonic is a series of events and online discussions exploring audiovisua environments and sonic space, seeking to prize open the grey area between clubs and installations, and looking at the implications of the convergence of media for audience participation. it will explore ways of thinking of sound systems other than simply in terms of volume. is it possible to have a distributed, responsive sound field, without destroying the collective experience of listening to music? how can video escape the two dimensional screen? how can sound and vision work together to create an immersive space? what possibilities are opened by new technologies and media such as surround sound and dvd? When does sound become unwanted noise? is there a sonic art which does not forget the sensuality of sound?


enchanted garden :: workshops, performances and live internet chat room at the big chills festival in rural wiltshire, 6-8 aug 2000

bombing :: launch event for the now99 festival at the bomb in nottingham, uk, 31 september 2000

futureclubbing :: interactive club night as part of funct festival at the arches in glasgow, uk, 14 october 2000

departure :: national press launch for futuresonic<00> and onedotzero4 festivals at the lux in london, uk, 3 march 2000

onedotzero4 :: festival of digital moving image at the ica + lux in london, uk, 28 april - 7 may 2000

futuresonic<00> :: mixed media festival @ manchester, uk, 8-10 june 2000

 


the sensesonic digest involved threaded discussions hosted by a different
artist each week, from david toop to maryanne amacher, with the aim of
developing ideas and initiatives which could be put into practice in the
above events.


sensesonic session 1 :: rolf gehlhaar

sensesonic session 2 :: david toop

sensesonic session 3 :: drew hemment

sensesonic session 4 :: andrew deakin

sensesonic session 5 :: maryanne amacher

sensesonic session 6 :: derek richards

sensesonic session 7 :: kaffe's night out

sensesonic session 8 :: ansuman biswas & jony easterby

sensesonic session 9 :: gregg wagstaff & kendall wrightson