ASRA Conference 2010

Australasian Sound Recordings Association

"Outside the Circle" - 1st to 3rd September, 2010
State Library of Victoria, Melbourne

 

Conference Theme is 'Outside the Circle'

'Outside the Circle' will explore the development and growth of sound cultures that began life outside of commercial and mainstream circles.

The conference aims to provide a forum for discussions concerning collections, recordings, research and technology based on alternative perspectives and paradigms.

We hope to learn more about the individuals and groups working on the “outside” as well as their unusual uses of recorded sound.

How is material generated from these alternative sources collected, preserved and accessed? What impact might this have on curatorial policy?

 

Submissions - Call For Conference Papers

Submissions are invited for formal papers as well as proposals for performance, listening sessions, information exchanges, conversations, panel talks, technical workshops and demonstrations.

We encourage submissions from individuals such as artists, DJs, sound engineers, producers, independent researchers, writers, bloggers, collectors and others.

Closing Date for Submissions: 1 April, 2010

ASRA is interested in audiovisual presentations that make dynamic and creative use of digital and or analogue media. (NB: Special technical requirements will need prior discussion and pre-planning.)

Formal submissions & proposals to be 250 word abstract in PDF format. All other enquiries via email or phone are most welcome.

 

Contact for Submissions

Please forward your submission to:

Maryanne Doyle: ASRA Conference Convenor

GPO Box 4317, Melbourne, VIC, 3001

Local Call: (03) 8638 1506 - - - International: +61 3 8638 1506

 

Exploration of possible Topics *

• Margin Notes: Items that may not fit within the collection policies of local, state and national institutions. This may include material from marginalised or geographically isolated groups and communities.
• Illegal Audio: Sampling, “plunderphonics”, ownership and copyright issues, banned records, surveillance recordings, DX scanning, pirate radio.
• Found Sound: Recordings from public spaces, dumped collections, unidentified personal tapes.
• Crazy: The plain crazy and humorous use of sound used in advertising to promote products, events and awareness campaigns.
• Open Networks: New technical ideas about the distribution and availability of audio materials.
• Fading Shadows: Acoustic ecology and the significance of disappearing acoustic spaces.
• Logical & Biological: The use of sound recording in specialist areas of scientific research such as zoology, medicine, geology and astrophysics.
• Quite Normal: The work of lateral thinkers, eccentrics and inventors and their contribution to historic and contemporary sound culture.
• La Difference: What do small collections and bequests have to offer which is so different and interesting?
• Expected, Not: Unusual or surprising uses of sound recording in areas such as linguistic research, court cases, therapy, sonification, experimental poetry, archaeology.
• Impossible Musics: The impossible to categorise. How “ephemeral” is “ephemeral”?
• The Long Tail: Social networking has allowed people to share and re-discover recordings with a freedom that was unimaginable a generation ago.

* Please note that topic outlines are meant only as a guide.