[Microsound-announce] Sonorities 2007 - Call for Works

[Eric Lyon]

OPEN FADER @ Sonorities 2007
Call for Works

The Sonorities Festival in Belfast invites composers and artists
working with sound to submit works to be presented during Sonorities
2007. We are especially interested in works that challenge or expand
the current vocabulary and practice of digital audio performance and
composition.

We encourage two types of submission (maximum of 1 work per category):

1. Live Performances

This includes laptop improv, VJ, audio-visual, live-electronics,
sound poetry, circuit-bending, hacktivism. Please submit the work in
a documentary format that reflects the nature of the performance
(e.g. video on DVD, audio on CD, software for Mac/PC, photographs).

2. Fixed Media Works (from mono to a maximum of 24 channels)

This includes works for live diffusion, multi-channel works with
predetermined spatial placement, and works with video. All submissions
must be on DAT, audio CD, data CD-R or DA88. Submissions of
multi-channel works on data CD-R must be accompanied by an audio CD
containing a stereo reduction, along with diagrammatic instructions
for mapping of mono audio sources to destination speakers, along with
a ProTools session, MaxMSP or Pd patch to accomplish the
mapping. Works with video must be on DVD.

Selected works will be featured in four special concerts during the
festival. These events will take place in the Sonic Arts Research
Centre Sonic Lab performance space. This unique environment for the
performance of electroacoustic music includes facilities for sound
projection in a full 3D environment through loudspeakers located above
and below the audience area. The special nature of the space makes it
essential that selected artists attend the Festival to perform their
pieces. The Sonic Lab allows diffusion to a maximum of 48 speakers.
(Please see http://www.sarc.qub.ac.uk/pages/soniclab.htm for more
information.)

Please include a title and program notes as well as a short biography
with the submission. Contact information should include a phone
number, address, and an email address. A stamped, self-addressed
envelope is required for the return of your materials. Materials that
are not required to be returned will become part of SARC's media
library and may be considered for future events.

Artists are expected to finance their participation. Sonorities will
be able to provide letters of support, which can aid in seeking
funding.  Please include a title, program notes as well as a short
biography with the submission. Contact information should include a
phone number, address, and an email address.


Post works to
OPEN FADER
Sonorities 2007
Sonic Arts Research Centre
Queen's University Belfast
Belfast BT7 1NN
Northern Ireland

Contact
Eric Lyon (Artistic Director)
e.lyon at qub.ac.uk

Important Dates
Deadline for Submissions: 17th December 2006
Festival Dates: 21 April - 25 April 2007