Tag: Sound

Ron Wright interviewed for contemporary electronic music magazine Electronic Sound

Ron Wright with Hula - Electronic Sound interview

Electronic Sound covers contemporary electronic music and culture with a side order of art and technology, providing in-depth coverage of the current scene, the pioneers, the machines, and the current thinking of the electronic music world. In the latest issue of the magazine Sheffield Hallam senior lecturer (Sound Recording and Design for Film & Media Production) Ron Wright is interviewed […]

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‘Burning Pool’ – Ron Wright and Neil Webb’s film reviewed in Electronic Sound magazine

2019-11 WRIGHT Ron, WEBB Neil - Burning Pool in Electronic Sound (2)

Burning Pool, the collaborative film exploring the notion of trans-generational communication of analogue and digital media within a DIY aesthetic, was reviewed in the latest issue of Electronic Sound (issue 59). Electronic Sound covers contemporary electronic music and culture with a side order of art and technology, providing in-depth coverage of the current scene, the pioneers, the machines, and the […]

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Ron Wright and Neil Webb’s ‘Burning Pool’ premieres at Ohm club, Berlin

Ron Wright-Neil Webb Burning Pool banner for Ohm premiere

On Saturday 29 June 2019 Burning Pool premiered at Ohm, the battery room inside the famous techno club Tresor. SHU’s Ron Wright presented SonUrban and the tracks were accompanied by films of post industrial landscapes, street dancing and graffiti including his work Burning Pool. You can watch a video of the performance here. Cover of Burning Pool by Ron Wright and Neil Webb Burning […]

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Wednesday 14 November 2018 – Lunchtime seminar with Ron Wright and Neil Webb (Senior lecturers in Sound Recording and Sound Design for Film & Media Production)

Banner image for Ron Wright and Neil Webb's lunchtime seminar - picture of Ron Wright and Neil Webb, cover of 'Burning Pool'

Title: Burning Pool: An exploration of hauntology as a notion of “lost futures” Speakers: Ron Wright and Neil Webb, Senior Lecturers in Sound Recording and Sound Design for Film & Media Production Date and time: Wednesday 14 November, 1PM – 2PM In this seminar Ron and Neil will discuss the conceptual and practical considerations that informed the development of this project. They will also […]

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‘Charivaria’ – Professor Lise Autogena’s ‘Foghorn Requiem’ on show in Madrid at exhibition exploring the use of sound in public spaces

A REQUIEM FOR THE FOGHORN, PERFORMED BY SEVENTY FIVE BRASS PLAYERS, A FOGHORN AND AN ARMADA OF SHIPS A project by Danish artist, Lise Autogena, in collaboration with Joshua Portway and composer Orlando Gough. Ships horns from an armada of vessels off-shore, seventy five brass players on-shore and the Souter Lighthouse Foghorn performed a Foghorn Requiem, an ambitious musical performance to mark the disappearance of the sound of the foghorn from the UK's coastal landscape. Conducted and controlled from a distance, ships at sea sounded their horns to a musical score, that will took into account landscape and the physical distance of sound. The performance took place by Souter Light House by South Shields, UK with thousands of spectators and more than 50 ships off-shore. Image from Lise Autogena, with superimposed Centro Madrid logo

Professor Lise Autogena‘s Foghorn Requiem features in Charivaria, an exhibition taking place at Centro Cibeles de Cultura y Ciudadania in Madrid this winter. The exhibition opened on 06 October 2017 and closes 28 January 2018. Exploring the use of sound throughout history and its role in society, communication and art, the exhibition Charivaria investigates the use of sound as a […]

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