Monthly Archives: June 2010

Ommmwriter: can sound design help to create the emotional software?

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We’re very interested in sound design for everyday objects. Mr. Donald Norman should be very happy about this, we’re sure. But this the digital era and then maybe the object we’re using mostly during our day is called Max for Live, Logic or Ocarina. In few words: software.

Now the spanish agency Herraiz Soto & Co comes up with this idea: a software called Ommwriter, a very simple text editor which helps the user to focus his attention, removing external distractions and improving the creative process.

Some bloggers are calling it Zen software, we would like to propose a new name: emotional software. If you download Ommmwriter (free but only Mac now, sorry…) you coud realize that one of the most important feature is the selection of the soundtrack. And this explains our interest…

We wanted to know more about this project and then we reached for Julian Watts from Herraiz Soto & Co and David Ummmo, the music composer behind the sound of the software.

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Ear to earth festival in Italy, 25-27 June, 2010

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Orecchio alla Terra is the first european edition of Ear to earth, the festival of sound-art, video-art, music and ecology of New York, USA.

The festival will held in Pesaro and Urbino, 25 – 27 June, 2010, Italy, and is organized by the Conservatorio Statale di Musica G. Rossini, in collaboration with the Electronic Music Foundation (New York, USA) and the Mostra Internazionale del Nuovo Cinema (Pesaro, Italy).

The program is very interesting and you can read it here.

Transmediale award 2011 call for entries

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The Transmediale Award and Vilém Flusser Theory Award 2011 call for entries is open and searches for entries about visionary, adventurous and critical forms of digital expression, interaction, and collaborative practice.

Jury of the transmediale Award 2011 are Marisa Olson (New York), Matteo Pasquinelli(Amsterdam), Brandon Labelle (Berlin), Thomas Macho (Berlin), Defne Ayas (Shanghai)

Applications may be submitted until the deadline July 31, 2010. The festival will held in Berlin in 1-6 february 2011.

A summer school in Finland for product sound design

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Product Sound Design Summer School

We just posted about Sonic Interaction Design and the importance of the COST Action IC0601 on SID for the development of this new discipline, which is gaining a relevant role in the world of sound design.

Some members of the SID Action and the Design Factory of the Aalto University organized the Product Sound Design Summer School in August 23-26 2010, at Espoo, Finland, with the aim to educate the future product design and development team members with a specific competence on interactive sound.

We interviewed Stefano Delle Monache, one of the organizers, to better know issues and objectives of the course.

Stefano Delle Monache

Stefano Delle Monache

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Sound with Ray Beckett: Q&A at the London Film School

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On Thursday 3rd June 6pm, Ray Beckett, regular collaborator with Ken Loach and Oscar-winning Location Sound Mixer on The Hurt Locker, will discuss his work with Larry Sider from the School of Sound, illustrated by film clips, including The Hurt Locker, Land and Freedom and The Wind That Shakes the Barley.

Venue: Cinema A, The London Film School, 24 Shelton Street, WC2H 9UB (Entrance in Langley Street).

Admission is free but you must register as there is a high demand for seats: visit www.lfs.org.uk/qa for registration.

SonorApuliae open call to create a sound map in Italy

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SonorApuliae / Taranto Sonora is a workshop with the aimt to build an happening based on the sounds of the old town of Taranto (Italy), from 11th august to 17th august 2010.

The project will mix sound design, musical experimentation and active citizenship in order to produce a sound archive online (sound cards) of the town and a final performance.

The entry form must be completed in all fields and sent via email no later than the deadline of July 20 2010 at the following email address: asss.lablib@yahoo.it.

The fee for the workshop is EUR 100,00. The maximum number of members is 35. For any kind of informations you can write to: ass.lablib@yahoo.it. For specific informations about the workshop and/or to collaborate: +39 349/5012612 or use the skype contact below: francesco_giannico.

SonorApuliae is promoted by the Laboratory of Ecology of Sound part of the LAB LIB Association.