Sound & The Outdoors: Site and Sound Symposium
Tue 3 Jun 2025
£20 waged/£10 unwaged
101 Outdoor Arts
Presented by 101 Outdoor Arts and The Centre for Performance, Technology and Equity (PTEQ) at the Royal Central School of Speech and Drama, in partnership with Oxford Contemporary Music (OCM).
In the Site and Sound Symposium, we will bring together artists, designers, technologists, and researchers to investigate how sound art and performance can meet the public in the natural and built environment. We will explore how the use of sound-led practice in the outdoors can create experiential opportunities for diverse audiences to access arts, culture, and collective memory. Key questions include the technical, critical, contextual, and ecological considerations of these practices, as well as the tools, technologies, and approaches best suited for this purpose.
Outdoor contexts offer unique opportunities to create rich and dynamic sound worlds that can combine natural sound, sonic interventions, and scenographic elements to realise immersive performance journeys.
Speakers include:
Anne Bean (of legendary sound-art-performance group Bow Gamelan)
Melanie Wilson (composer/theatre-maker)
Jason Singh (environmental sound-artist and beatboxer)
Tim Hill (specialist in the role of noise in protest and ritual)
Emily Peasgood (sound artist)
Professor Ray Lee (creator of large scale kinetic sound sculpture)
Julian Henriques (researcher in reggae sound systems and public space)
Dan Balfour (theatre sound designer working with landscape theatre company Wildworks)
Charles Hazlewood (award-winning conductor, Artistic Director of Paraorchestra and creator of their street music and dance parade, SMOOSH!)
For full biographies visit https://101outdoorarts.com/labs/sound-and-the-outdoors-site-and-sound-symposium
There will also be practical demonstrations of We Are Stems revolutionary wearable outdoor sound technology Flock and Ray Lee’s geolocated sound promenade piece Congregation as well as academic panels including Duncan MacLeod and Paul Stevens.
How to Book
Book your tickets for the Site and Sound Symposium today. https://101outdoorarts.com/event/site-and-sound-symposium
Please note if you’ve applied for the Base Frequencies Lab and your application is successful, your ticket for the Site and Sound Symposium will be included.
Travel and Accessibility
Directions: 101 Outdoor Arts, Communication Way, Greenham Business Park, Newbury, RG19 6HN
Find it on Google Maps here. The closest train station is Newbury, which is an 8 mile taxi journey from 101.
Access: 101 Outdoor Arts is an accessible venue. They have accessible parking bays, accommodation, rehearsal spaces and WC facilities. Please tell 101 Outdoor Arts what support would enable you to fully participate in this event.
If you have any questions, or would like to notify 101 Outdoor Arts of any access requirements please email hello@101outdoorarts.com.