Volume 3, Number 4
WFAE Up Front News
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Ripples - Proscenia Archive |
"He felt the ripples upon his face and heard their separate sounds as they struck."
Ambrose Bierce, "An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge" (1891)
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 Welcome
This newsletter is an online supplement of Soundscape:The Journal of Acoustic Ecology published by the World Forum for Acoustic Ecology. Our goal is to make available a bimonthly calendar of events, announcements, opportunities, and latest news from the WFAE Board, Affiliates, and others in the field of acoustic ecology.
The success of this newsletter depends upon contributions by WFAE affiliates and members. See the Contributions section on how to submit material.
WFAE Newsletter Publication Dates
1 September (Contribution Deadline: 20 August)
1 November (Contribution Deadline: 20 October)
Archive
Newsletter: Back issues of the WFAE Newsletter are archived online. Click Here to access this collection dating back 2004.
Past Journal Issues Online.The Journal Editorial Committee has added Soundscape Vol. 4, No.2 and Soundscape Vol. 5, No.1 as online editions. These may be accessed through the WFAE web site, or as a special section of this newsletter. Past editions of the Journal are added two years after publication.
Affiliate Report: FKL - by Clemens von Reusner
At the March, 2006 Forum fuer Klanglandschaft board meeting, Clemens von Reusner (Braunschweig, Germany) took over the role of FKL representative to the WFAE Board from Albert Mayr. Albert was recognized and thanked for his outstanding work on behalf of the FKL and the WFAE.
In this first report, Clemens focuses on recent activities by members of the Forum fuer Klanglandschaft (FKL) and suggests resources of interest to this newsletter's readers.
There are two new soundscape projects in the city of Basel (Switzerland) concerning the urban area. Both are in the form of soundscape podcasts - small sound files of a few minutes length that can be loaded on a mp3-player.
First, themusician Nigel Halfhide gives an impression of his acoustic-travel-notebook leading us through Europe. Halfhide converts his acoustic souvenirs to sound installations and virtual sound worlds. (Listen to Soundscapes)
Second, a recent series of recordings by FKL member Lorenz Schwarz reflect a documentary approach to soundscape. You can hear his soundscapes recordings online. The recordings are intended to encourage the listener to be more attentive to his/her own sound environment.
A couple of publications will be of interest to readers. The acoustic study-guide is provided as a service of the German Society of Acoustics. It offers an overview of the facilities for studying the acoustics in Germany, Austria and Switzerland.
Noise is regarded as one of the main environmental problems in Germany and elsewhere. For this reason the ministry of the Interior of Baden-Württemberg has published "The noise booklet" in co-operation with the office for environmental protection of the state capital Stuttgart.
Finally, Sonambiente Berlin 2006 is a summer event in Berlin set to music for the eyes and ears. Installations, objects, performances, happenings visual art, sound art, video, new media, radio art, film: from June 1st to July 16th. This is the second time since 1996 the event has been staged. It includes over 40 internationally known artists and some 20 up-and-coming art school talents that make the metropolis reverberate with sound. |
WFAE Board
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World Forum for Acoustic Ecology 2006
November 2 - 6, 2006
Hirosaki University International Music Centre
Hirosaki, Japan |
The WFAE Board encourages member participation in this year's International Conference of the World Forum for Acoustic Ecology. The event this year will be held this November in Hirosaki, Japan. The event is being organized by the Japanese Association for Sound Ecology (JASE) and is co-hosted and co-supported by Hirosaki University and the Soundscape Association Japan (SAJ). This event will include lectures - paper presentations - discussions - soundwalks and excursions.
The conference will be held at the Hirosaki University's International Music Center (HIMC) which was established in 2005. Many of the events will take place in the Center's beautiful auditorium facility.
Within 1 to 2 hours drive from Hirosaki, in Northern Japan, one can visit villages and communities whose residents still keep traditional lives and values. For information visit the conference web site: http://www.saj.gr.jp/en/hirosaki2006.html
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