Duncan Speakman | Composing Experiences | Watershed
Channel: Watershed
Date: 2022-02-25

This talk will be BSL Interpreted.

In this talk Duncan Speakman will present some new methods for understanding how people experience immersive artworks. Focusing on journeys through physical environments he will explain how ‘time geography’ can be really useful for anyone designing experiential works for audiences. Through sharing some of his own recent works Duncan will also offer some provocations around how sound and augmented reality might offer us new insights and responses to climate collapse. 

Duncan Speakman is an artist and composer working with mobile audio and locative media, he creates narrative experiences that engage audiences emotionally and physically in uncontrolled spaces. From intimate in-ear stories to large scale performances, his award winning projects range from sound installations on Guangzhou tram networks and loudspeaker symphonies in Christchurch, to performative audio walks in Saitama and radio works for the BBC. His recent project ‘Only Expansion’ won the award for Best Immersive/XR at London Film Festival and the Special Jury award for immersive non-fiction at International Documentary Festival Amsterdam. He recently completed his PhD on the temporal composition of audio augmented reality. 

Join us online, or in the building on Friday 25th February 2022 at 1pm for the talk and to take part in the discussion afterwards.

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