![Touching Sound Art - Curatorial Practices in West Germany](https://jmilotaylor.myblog.arts.ac.uk/wp-content/plugins/lazy-load/images/1x1.trans.gif)
Summary “By taking these exhibitions as case studies, this essay considers the crucial role of the sense of touch, coupled with the importance of the…
![Visiting Practitioner: Week 6: Richard Phoenix](https://jmilotaylor.myblog.arts.ac.uk/wp-content/themes/oxygen/images/archive-thumbnail-placeholder.gif)
“I work for the learning disability arts organisation Heart n Soul as their Associate Artist. I was a part of the Conditions Studio Programme in Croydon from 2018 -2021. I…
![Sound Art in China](https://jmilotaylor.myblog.arts.ac.uk/files/2021/11/Echo-Wall.jpg)
Introduction Summary Ancient China: Expanded Sound Art? Echo Wall at the Temple of Heaven in Beijing: Why was this built? Were its sonic properties designed…
![Visiting Practitioner: Week 4: Niknak](https://jmilotaylor.myblog.arts.ac.uk/wp-content/themes/oxygen/images/archive-thumbnail-placeholder.gif)
A storyteller in her own right, NikNak is devoted to developing her unique practice as a DJ & Turntablist, sound artist/composer, producer, tutor, sound engineer…
![Visiting Practitioner: Week 5: Åsa Stjerna](https://jmilotaylor.myblog.arts.ac.uk/wp-content/themes/oxygen/images/archive-thumbnail-placeholder.gif)
Åsa Helena Stjerna (born 1970 in Stockholm) is a Swedish artist using sound and listening as her artistic modes of exploration. Through her site-specific installations,…
![Sound in Japan](https://jmilotaylor.myblog.arts.ac.uk/wp-content/themes/oxygen/images/archive-thumbnail-placeholder.gif)
“Sound holds a special place in Japan. The country’s distinctiveaural signatures are closely bound to its history, nature, andculture” (p654) Introduction aural signatures – the…
![Devine: The Political Ecology of Music](https://jmilotaylor.myblog.arts.ac.uk/wp-content/themes/oxygen/images/archive-thumbnail-placeholder.gif)
Introduction Summary Questions Critical Reflections Conclusions / Future Work References
![Sound Art in the British Context](https://jmilotaylor.myblog.arts.ac.uk/wp-content/plugins/lazy-load/images/1x1.trans.gif)
Introduction “What I’m trying out at this stage of my life is new formats, or new settings maybe, or formats and settings that have been…
![Visiting Practitioner: Week 3: Cedrik Fermont](https://jmilotaylor.myblog.arts.ac.uk/wp-content/themes/oxygen/images/archive-thumbnail-placeholder.gif)
Cedrik Fermont (also known as C-drík Fermont or Kirdec) is a vegan artist, academically trained musician, DJ, singer, composer and drummer.[1][2] He is a former student of electro-acoustic composer Annette Vande Gorne (Royal Conservatory of Mons, Belgium). In 2017,…
![Week 3: Ontology continued: What is Sound Art?: Follow-up](https://jmilotaylor.myblog.arts.ac.uk/wp-content/themes/oxygen/images/archive-thumbnail-placeholder.gif)
You have been assigned a key resource (important books!!!) Your understanding of this will form the basis of the class debate in Week 9. Please…
![Visiting Practitioner: Week 2: Sam Auinger](https://jmilotaylor.myblog.arts.ac.uk/wp-content/themes/oxygen/images/archive-thumbnail-placeholder.gif)
Sam Auinger (*1956) is a sonic thinker, composer and sound-artist. He is collaborating with cityplaners and architects, giving lectures and is a frequent participant of…
![Contemporary Issues in Sound Arts 1](https://jmilotaylor.myblog.arts.ac.uk/wp-content/themes/oxygen/images/archive-thumbnail-placeholder.gif)
Things that interest me – things that bug me – things that excite me – things that bore me. why? why? why? oh why?
![PT 101: Lesson 10: Mixing and Creating a Bounce: Review and Discussion Questions](https://jmilotaylor.myblog.arts.ac.uk/wp-content/themes/oxygen/images/archive-thumbnail-placeholder.gif)
1.What term is used to describe an audio patch point that applies a signal processor directly into the signal path on a track? How many…
![PT 101: Lesson 9: Editing Your Media: Review and Discussion Questions](https://jmilotaylor.myblog.arts.ac.uk/wp-content/themes/oxygen/images/archive-thumbnail-placeholder.gif)
1.What does the Loop Playback option do? What is the minimum loop length required for loop playback? Loop playback allows you to repeat your selection…
![PT 101: Lesson 8: Selecting and Navigating: Review and Discussion Questions](https://jmilotaylor.myblog.arts.ac.uk/wp-content/themes/oxygen/images/archive-thumbnail-placeholder.gif)
What does the Universe view display? How can you use this view to scroll in the Edit window? (See “using the universe view” beginning on…
![PT 101: Lesson 7: Making your First MIDI recording: Review and Discussion Questions](https://jmilotaylor.myblog.arts.ac.uk/files/2021/11/Screenshot-2021-11-11-at-19.53.33.png)
What does the term MIDI stand for? How is MIDI data different from the data stored on an audio file? (See “MIDI basics” beginning on…
![PT 101: Lesson 6: Importing and Working with Media: Review and Discussion Questions](https://jmilotaylor.myblog.arts.ac.uk/files/2021/11/Screenshot-2021-11-05-at-12.12.15.png)
What audio file formats can be imported to Pro Tools without requiring conversion? (See “audio file formats” beginning on page 118. ) Audio Interchange File…
![PT 101: Lesson 5: Making your First Audio recording: Review and Discussion Questions](https://jmilotaylor.myblog.arts.ac.uk/files/2021/11/Screenshot-2021-11-05-at-10.39.41.png)
How much disk space is consumed per minute by a mono track at a sample rate of 44.1 kHz and a bit depth of 16-bit?…
![PT 101: Lesson 4: Creating your First Session: Review and Discussion Questions](https://jmilotaylor.myblog.arts.ac.uk/files/2021/10/Screenshot-2021-10-28-at-23.50.42.png)
What are some actions that can be initiated from The Dashboard? (See “The Dashboard” beginning on page 70.) Create a new blank session on local…
![PT 101: Lesson 3: Pro Tools Basic Controls: Review and Discussion Questions](https://jmilotaylor.myblog.arts.ac.uk/wp-content/themes/oxygen/images/archive-thumbnail-placeholder.gif)
What icon is used for the Zoomer tool in the Edit window? How can you use this tool to quickly zoom out, filling the Edit…
![PT 101: Lesson 2: Getting Started with Pro Tools: Review and Discussion Questions](https://jmilotaylor.myblog.arts.ac.uk/files/2021/06/Screenshot-2021-06-22-at-12.27.09.png)
1.Name some of the folders and files that ProTools creates as part of the session hierarchy. Where is the session file (. ptx) stored? All…
![PT 101: Lesson 1: Pro Tools background: Review and Discussion Questions](https://jmilotaylor.myblog.arts.ac.uk/wp-content/plugins/lazy-load/images/1x1.trans.gif)
1. Name and describe five types of production tasks that ProTools can be used for. 1 Audio Processing, 2 MIDI Production, 3 Notation and Scores,…
![20 May - Robin Buckley](https://jmilotaylor.myblog.arts.ac.uk/wp-content/themes/oxygen/images/archive-thumbnail-placeholder.gif)
Bio: As an artist and musician, rkss (Robin Buckley) takes a critical approach to music with their experimental productions, using sound as a series of…
![PT 110: Lesson 10: Using Advanced Mixing Techniques: Review and Discussion Questions](https://jmilotaylor.myblog.arts.ac.uk/files/2021/08/Screenshot-2021-08-13-at-14.00.51.png)
How is the Do-To-Selected function useful? What keyboard modifier set is used to access Do-To-Selected functionality? To apply the same action to multiple tracks. opt-shift…
![13 May - Bishi Battacharya](https://jmilotaylor.myblog.arts.ac.uk/wp-content/themes/oxygen/images/archive-thumbnail-placeholder.gif)
BISHI is a singer, electronic rock-sitarist, composer, producer, and performer born in London of Bengali heritage. As a multi-instrumentalist, she has been trained in both…
![PT 110: Lesson 9: Writing and Editing Automation: Review and Discussion Questions](https://jmilotaylor.myblog.arts.ac.uk/files/2021/08/Screenshot-2021-08-12-at-17.21.19.png)
What are some of the parameters that you can automate in ProTools? 1. Track Controls (Volume, Pan, Mute for Audio, MIDI, Instrument and Aux and…
![6 May - DeForrest Brown Jr](https://jmilotaylor.myblog.arts.ac.uk/wp-content/themes/oxygen/images/archive-thumbnail-placeholder.gif)
DeForrest Brown, Jr. is an Ex-American theorist, journalist, and curator. He produces digital audio and extended media as Speaker Music and is a representative of…
![PT 110: Lesson 8: Basic Mixing and Signal Flow: Review and Discussion Questions](https://jmilotaylor.myblog.arts.ac.uk/files/2021/08/Screenshot-2021-08-11-at-15.02.46.png)
Where can you assign the colour coding that Pro Tools will automatically apply for tracks and clips? How can you display track colour bars in…
![29 April - Tatsuya Takahashi](https://jmilotaylor.myblog.arts.ac.uk/wp-content/themes/oxygen/images/archive-thumbnail-placeholder.gif)
Tatsuya Takahashi is more than just your typical instrument designer. With interests in art and performance, his unique perspective has helped bring a number of…
![PT 110: Lesson 7: Additional Editing and Media Management: Review and Discussion Questions](https://jmilotaylor.myblog.arts.ac.uk/files/2021/08/Screenshot-2021-08-10-at-22.44.14.png)
Describe the process of creating a clip loop. What are some of the options available in the clip looping dialogue box? Select an audio clip,…
![22 April - Jana Winderen](https://jmilotaylor.myblog.arts.ac.uk/wp-content/themes/oxygen/images/archive-thumbnail-placeholder.gif)
Jana Winderen is an artist who currently lives and works in Norway. Her practice pays particular attention to audio environments and to creatures which are…
![PT 110: Lesson 6: Fine Tuning a Performance: Review and Discussion Questions](https://jmilotaylor.myblog.arts.ac.uk/files/2021/08/Screenshot-2021-08-09-at-16.23.16.png)
What functions are available with the Smart Tool? How can you access the Selector with the Smart Tool active? How can you access the Grabber?…
![15 April - Khyam Allami](https://jmilotaylor.myblog.arts.ac.uk/wp-content/themes/oxygen/images/archive-thumbnail-placeholder.gif)
My Question Khyam Allami (born in Damascus 1981) is an Iraqi-British multi-instrumentalist musician, composer, researcher and founder of Nawa Recordings. Primarily a performer of the…
![25 March| Janine Francois](https://jmilotaylor.myblog.arts.ac.uk/wp-content/themes/oxygen/images/archive-thumbnail-placeholder.gif)
Janine Francois is a rising Black British Feminist, Critic and Writer and is known for her insightful, critical but piercing perspectives on race and social…
![Week 19 - Follow up exercise - Interview and reflection](https://jmilotaylor.myblog.arts.ac.uk/wp-content/themes/oxygen/images/archive-thumbnail-placeholder.gif)
Arrange and carry out an interview with a classmate, housemate, friend, family member on the topic of music, sound, listening and so on. Record this,…
![18 March | Echo Ho](https://jmilotaylor.myblog.arts.ac.uk/wp-content/themes/oxygen/images/archive-thumbnail-placeholder.gif)
My questionEcho Ho is a Beijing-born, Cologne-based sound artist with an interdisciplinary approach. At various domains intersect, she consistently consolidates very different elements from diverse…
![PT 110: Lesson 5: Using Elastic Audio: Review and Discussion Questions](https://jmilotaylor.myblog.arts.ac.uk/files/2021/07/Screenshot-2021-07-29-at-13.01.55.png)
How would you go about enabling Elastic Audio on a track? EDIT window – Elastic Audio Plug-in Selector Which real-time Elastic Audio processor typically works…
![Week 18 - Follow up exercise: "musicking / sonicking"](https://jmilotaylor.myblog.arts.ac.uk/wp-content/themes/oxygen/images/archive-thumbnail-placeholder.gif)
Based upon Small’s application of Geertzian “thick description” as explained in class write an account of a sonic experience you have had. e.g a concert,…
![PT 110: Lesson 4: Working with MIDI & Virtual Instruments: Review and Discussion Questions](https://jmilotaylor.myblog.arts.ac.uk/files/2021/07/Screenshot-2021-07-25-at-13.47.08.png)
What timebase do Audio tracks to default to? MIDI tracks? Instrument tracks? By default Audio tracks are sample-based, MIDI and Instrument tracks are tick-based Which…
![Week 17 - Follow-up exercise #3: On Native Aliens](https://jmilotaylor.myblog.arts.ac.uk/wp-content/themes/oxygen/images/archive-thumbnail-placeholder.gif)
by Sandeep Bhagwati Sandeep Bhagwati works in various musical traditions and has roots in Asia, Europe and North America. He self-identifies as a Native Alien and…
![Week 17: Follow-up Exercise #2: Lisu Traditional Music](https://jmilotaylor.myblog.arts.ac.uk/wp-content/themes/oxygen/images/archive-thumbnail-placeholder.gif)
There are mainly three types of Lisu music: folk singing, dance music and instrument music. Folk singing has three major forms. Mugwa is the type…
![Week 17: Follow up Exercise #1: When Silence Rises From Earth: 4’33” (More Than Cage Imagined Mix)](https://jmilotaylor.myblog.arts.ac.uk/wp-content/themes/oxygen/images/archive-thumbnail-placeholder.gif)
Compared and contrasted with some social sonic practices that I have experienced in person
![4 March | Madison Moore](https://jmilotaylor.myblog.arts.ac.uk/wp-content/themes/oxygen/images/archive-thumbnail-placeholder.gif)
My question madison moore, Ph.D. (American Studies, Yale), is an artist-scholar, DJ and assistant professor of Queer Studies in the Department of Gender, Sexuality and…
![Global Sonic Cultures # 2: Ugandan Electronic Music](https://jmilotaylor.myblog.arts.ac.uk/wp-content/plugins/lazy-load/images/1x1.trans.gif)
DJ Kampire, an essential figure of the music scene in Uganda and East Africa https://www.africalia.be/en/News-and-press/DJ-Kampire-an-essential-figure-of-the-music-scene-in-Uganda-and-East-Africa-en?lang=en DJ Rachael : Afro Genics the future of Electronic East African…
![Global Sound Cultures #1: Sound and A.I](https://jmilotaylor.myblog.arts.ac.uk/wp-content/plugins/lazy-load/images/1x1.trans.gif)
Initial Context Review https://www.aiva.ai/ The Artificial Intelligence composing emotional soundtrack music https://www.ampermusic.com/ Drive emotion with Amper AI. Jean-Pierre Briot ,1 Gaetan Hadjeres and Francois-David Pachet ….
![PT 110: Lesson 3: Recording MIDI and Audio: Review and Discussion Questions](https://jmilotaylor.myblog.arts.ac.uk/files/2021/07/Screenshot-2021-07-24-at-17.40.53.png)
What menu would you use to display Conductor rulers, such as Meter and Tempo? How can you display rulers without using a main menu? VIEW…
![25 February | Sung Tieu](https://jmilotaylor.myblog.arts.ac.uk/wp-content/themes/oxygen/images/archive-thumbnail-placeholder.gif)
My Question Sung Tieu’s (*1987 in Hai Duong, Vietnam) work takes place at theintersection of her personal experiences, global history, cultural incursions of dematerialised art…
![PT 110: Lesson 2: Managing Session Data and Media Files: Review and Discussion Questions](https://jmilotaylor.myblog.arts.ac.uk/files/2021/07/Screenshot-2021-07-23-at-13.50.42.png)
What are some of the features enabled by Pro Tools | Ultimate software? Full surround mixing capabilities (up to 7.1.2 Dolby Atmos), advanced automation, and…
![18 February | Daisuke Ishida](https://jmilotaylor.myblog.arts.ac.uk/wp-content/themes/oxygen/images/archive-thumbnail-placeholder.gif)
My Question Daisuke Ishida (1980, Tokyo) is an artist, based in Berlin since 2004, working with sound and contemporary media. My reflection
![Love, Care & Belonging #2: Fugitive Planning: Reading Fred Moten](https://jmilotaylor.myblog.arts.ac.uk/wp-content/themes/oxygen/images/archive-thumbnail-placeholder.gif)
“Philosophy thus traditionally practices a critique of knowledge which is simultaneously a denegation of knowledge (i.e., of the class struggle). Its position can be described…
![Love, Care & Belonging #1: Care and Feminist Ethics - Connection to Others (D'Olimpio 2019)](https://jmilotaylor.myblog.arts.ac.uk/wp-content/themes/oxygen/images/archive-thumbnail-placeholder.gif)
The session has without doubt being the most informative, revealing and helpful of the entire unit. It’s not to say that other classes have not…
![PT 110: Lesson 1: Getting Started: Review and Discussion Questions](https://jmilotaylor.myblog.arts.ac.uk/files/2021/07/Screenshot-2021-07-22-at-14.47.11.png)
How can you sign in to your Avid master account when starting work in Pro Tools? What is required to sign in to your account?…
![Gadamer's Ethics of Play: 8 Quotations](https://jmilotaylor.myblog.arts.ac.uk/wp-content/themes/oxygen/images/archive-thumbnail-placeholder.gif)
Vilhauer, M. 2017. Gadamer’s Ethics of Play: Hermeneutics and the Other. Plymouth: Lexington. ‘Play… is something fundamentally larger than the individual player or their mental…
![4 February | Marlo De Lara](https://jmilotaylor.myblog.arts.ac.uk/wp-content/themes/oxygen/images/archive-thumbnail-placeholder.gif)
My Question Born in Baltimore, Maryland,USA, artist Marlo De Lara received a PhD at the University of Leeds and an MA in Psychosocial Studies at…
![Play & Measurement #2 Vilhauer: Understanding Art](https://jmilotaylor.myblog.arts.ac.uk/wp-content/themes/oxygen/images/archive-thumbnail-placeholder.gif)
The initial engagement with the concept of “play” and “event” landed very well with me. My own personal practice, and that of many of my…
![28 January | AGF](https://jmilotaylor.myblog.arts.ac.uk/wp-content/themes/oxygen/images/archive-thumbnail-placeholder.gif)
My question My reflection AGF aka Antye Greie-Ripatti a sound artist and electronic music producer. Her work inhabits an augmented space where pounding {Berlin} experimental…
![R&D Bibliography](https://jmilotaylor.myblog.arts.ac.uk/wp-content/plugins/lazy-load/images/1x1.trans.gif)
Butler, R.A. (1999) The Unfolding of an Auditory Illusion. Perspectives in Biology and Medicine, Volume 42, Number 2, Winter 1999, pp. 157-173 Bregman, (1991) Auditory…
![21 January | Annea Lockwood](https://jmilotaylor.myblog.arts.ac.uk/wp-content/themes/oxygen/images/archive-thumbnail-placeholder.gif)
My Question My Reflection Annea Lockwood’s compositions range from sound art and environmental sound installations to concert music. Recent works include Becoming Air, co-composed with…
![John Holmwood's Race and the Neoliberal University: Lessons From the Public University](https://jmilotaylor.myblog.arts.ac.uk/wp-content/themes/oxygen/images/archive-thumbnail-placeholder.gif)
To what extent are individuals personally responsible for their success? What is the justification for some people earning more than others? What does ‘social solidarity’…
![Follow-up #3: Sharing: Redistributing the sensory: The critical pedagogy of Jacques Rancière](https://jmilotaylor.myblog.arts.ac.uk/wp-content/themes/oxygen/images/archive-thumbnail-placeholder.gif)
Rancière argues against the progressive temporality of pedagogic relations and provides an alternative thesis that equality is a point of departure for social and pedagogic…
![Specialising: Code, data and Networks 1](https://jmilotaylor.myblog.arts.ac.uk/wp-content/themes/oxygen/images/archive-thumbnail-placeholder.gif)
Knowledge – Process – Enquiry – Communication https://www.taylorfrancis.com/books/mono/10.1201/9781003051985/programming-media-art-using-processing-margaret-noble
![Gloria Dall’Alba’s Improving teaching: Enhancing ways of being university teachers](https://jmilotaylor.myblog.arts.ac.uk/wp-content/themes/oxygen/images/archive-thumbnail-placeholder.gif)
The first insight provided by Dall’Alba’s text is in the pedagogical relationship and integration of knowing, acting and being. This has a special relevance to…
![Basanta Quotes and my Reflective Commentary](https://jmilotaylor.myblog.arts.ac.uk/wp-content/plugins/lazy-load/images/1x1.trans.gif)
In contemporary music discourse, form is defined as the overall structure of a concert work, the ‘constructive organising element’ (Whitall 2014) that‘[governs] the presentation, development,…
![Context of UK Higher Education 2021](https://jmilotaylor.myblog.arts.ac.uk/files/2021/05/Screenshot-2021-05-21-at-14.39.33.png)
This first follow-up post focuses on the presentation given by Professor James Wisdom on the topic of The context of UK Higher Education 2021 as…
![14 January | Kate Hopkins](https://jmilotaylor.myblog.arts.ac.uk/wp-content/themes/oxygen/images/archive-thumbnail-placeholder.gif)
My Question My Reflection on the talk Kate Hopkins is one of the most accomplished sound editors in the country. She has worked on all…