UPDATE Programme for 18th May Event 15 May 2009

A small change in the programme as Mark Edmonds has had to pull out at the last minute and will now hopefully be presenting at our Glasgow event in September instead.

We are very pleased to announce that at the 11th hour sound artist Craig Vear has agreed to present aspects of his recent work:

Superfield [Mumbai] - the see-hearing dimension of sound art

Craig Vear, composer and sound artist; Adelphi Research Institute, University of Salford

The programme has been updated below.

Second Worksop, Monday 18th May - The British Library, London 3 May 2009

Sound as a Heritage Object

Hosted by the British Library Sound Archive, our second workshop event will focus on sound as a heritage artefact in its own right, and the speakers during the day have been invited to reflect this particular aspect of audio and heritage research.

Please note: there is no charge to attend the workshop, but places are limited, so please register soon to avoid disappointment.

Please register by Monday 11th May by Emailing info[@]iheartoo.org or by contacting Jude Brereton direct at the contact details given in panel to the right.

Programme

VENUE: Centre for Conservation - see directions post

10:00 - Coffee and registration

10:15 - Welcome:
Damian Murphy - I-Hear-Too
Richard Ranft - Head of The British Library Sound Archive

10:30 - Digital Preservation at the British Library Sound Archive
Will Prentice - The British Library Sound Archive

10:50 - The non-contact surface scanning of early sound recordings for the preservation of audio content.
Prof. Martyn Hill, Electro-Mechanical Research Group
School of Engineering Sciences
University of Southampton

11:20 - Renovating historically significant recordings
Jez Wells, AudioLab, University of York

11:40 - Interactive Access to Audio Heritage
Josh Reiss, Centre for Digital Music, Queen Mary University of London

12:00 - Sound Archive Tour: Part 1

12:00-13:00 - Lunch, Networking, Ideas Exchange

13:00 - Sound Archive Tour: Part 2

13:30 - Superfield [Mumbai] - the see-hearing dimension of sound art
Craig Vear, composer and sound artist; Adelphi Research Institute, University of Salford

14:10 - Fakes and Forgeries
Nigel Bewley, Operations Manager, British Library Sound Archive

14:30 - Coffee

14:40 - Developing Research Ideas

15:45 - Summary

16:00 - Close

Additional Information

To Follow

Sound and the Environment - An introduction to the work of the Dogrose Trust 30 Apr 2009

Julia and Peter from the Dogrose Trust were one of the groups represented at our first I Hear Too workshop event at the Natioanl Railway Museum on 20th April. They've kindly written up the paper they presented and allowed us to make it available via this site. It's available here.

First Workshop, Monday 20th April - National Railway Museum, York 20 Apr 2009

Sound and the Heritage Experience

Please find attached details of the I Hear Too research network and our first research workshop in York.

The focus of the day will be to consider the general role of audio and acoustics in heritage and will include presentations from academic researchers, artists and industry stakeholders, bringing their varying perspectives on the role of sound and acoustics in their own definition, understanding and interaction with heritage.

Please do feel free to pass on these details to colleagues and friends
with an interest in this area.

Please register by Monday 6th April by Emailing info@iheartoo.org or contacting Jude Brereton at:

AudioLab
Department of Electronics
University of York
York, YO10 5DD
tel. +44(0)1904 432407 (Mons/Weds)

Additional Information:

Details of the new AHRC/EPSRC Science/Heritage Call

The National Railway Museum

Visitor Information/Directions

Museum Map

There is a connecting walkway from York Station (see the above map), and the event will be held in the Morton Suite which is best arrived at from the Leeman Road entrance (labelled as 14 on the map) although you can be directed through from the Museum's front desk.