Wednesday, January 12, 2005
Organised Sound: An International Journal of Music and Technology
Call for articles and works
Volume 11, Number 1
Issue thematic title: Sound, History and Memory
Date of Publication: April 2006
Publishers: Cambridge University Press
Issue Co-ordinators: Cathy Lane and Nye Parry.
Theme: Sound, History and Memory
As human beings we are defined by our memories. Our sense of ourselves, and
our perception of the world around us rely on our ability to recall past
experiences. Recording technology has opened up the world of memory to the
sound artist/composer in many new and unique ways. The ability to reproduce
sounds that have already occurred is central to the artistic use of recorded
sound. It allows composers to use real world sounds motivically. It allows
phonographers to capture and replay unique moments in time. It allows
documentary makers to record first hand testimonies of past events and real
lives. Perhaps most importantly it allows these fields to merge and
intermingle, creating new hybrid forms that utilise location recordings,
oral testimony and abstract sound and music.
For the proposed issue of Organised Sound we would be interested in inviting
papers on the wide variety of practices in our field which involve the
conscious use of memory.
Themes will include:
1. History and Memory as subject matter and inspiration for sound works
2. Oral History and archive as material in sound works.
3. Memory as a structural metaphor in sonic composition
We invite submissions from composers, performers, artists and researchers
working within the field of sound, history and memory.
Submissions related to the theme are encouraged; however, those that fall
outside the scope of this theme are always welcome.
Deadline for submissions is 30 June 2005. Submissions may consist of papers,
with optional supporting short compositions or excerpts, audio-visual
documentation of performances and/or other aspects related to your
submission. Supporting audio and audio-visual material will be presented as
part of the journal's annual DVD-ROM which will appear with issue 11/3.
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SUBMISSION DEADLINE: 30 June 2005
SUBMISSION FORMAT
Notes for Contributors and further details can be obtained from the inside
back cover of published issues of Organised Sound or from:
http://uk.cambridge.org/journals/oso/
Email submissions should be sent to (please see SUBMISSION FORMAT above):
os@dmu.ac.uk
Hard copy of articles (only when requested) and other material (e.g.,
images, sound and audio-visual files, etc.) should be submitted to:
Prof. Leigh Landy
Organised Sound
Music, Technology and Innovation Research Group
Clephan Building
De Montfort University
Leicester LE1 9BH, UK.
Editor: Leigh Landy
Associate Editors: Ross Kirk and Richard Orton
Regional Editors: Joel Chadabe, Kenneth Fields, Eduardo Miranda, Jøran Rudi,
Barry Truax, Ian Whalley, David Worrall
ICMA Representative: Mary Simoni
International Editorial Board: Marc Battier, Laurant Bayle, Hannah Bosma,
Allesandro Cipriani, Simon Emmerson, Rajmil Fischman, David Howard, Rosemary
Mountain, Tony Myatt, Jean-Claude Risset, Francis Rumsey