2017 1 Festival/Conference Theme: Sound-Makers: technologies, practices and cultures ISSTA is the annual conference of the Irish Sound, Science and Technology Association, featuring experimental music performances, AV installations, workshops, sound art, academic presentations and even a cutting edge ‘club’ night! Creative audio and visual practices are increasingly moving from the digital sphere into the ‘real’ world––moving from bits to atoms (Ishii and Ullmer, 1997)––as physical computing technologies continue to become more widely affordable and accessible. Custom–made and repurposed controllers, gestural interfaces and intentionally hackable or reconfigurable instruments now support the creation and control of music and audio-visual media outside the mouse and keyboard paradigm and beyond normative models based on previously–established practices. These technologies are increasingly being championed by grassroots movements which are driven by the designers, makers and creators who build and use them. Maker groups, festivals and social spaces––frequently more diverse and inclusive than established communities within academia and industrial R&D––have emerged to engage new creators and audiences through music, visual and sound art performances. Spanning disciplines such as controllerism, modular synthesis, interface design, circuit bending and live sound art, many practitioners and researchers are increasingly looking beyond code, bringing, integrating sensors and soldering within their classroom, stage and studio practices. This year ISSTA-17’s theme of ‘Sound-Makers: technologies, practices and cultures’ brings together practitioners and researchers in the field to share their experiences, creativity and skills over 2 days in Dundalk Institute of Technology. About ISSTA The Irish Sound, Science and Technology Association is an organisation that brings together practitioners integrating fields of music, art, sound, science and technology. It serves musicians, researchers, scientists, engineers and artists by promoting sound within the arts, science and technology, within Irish and international communities. Since 2010 ISSTA has hosted an annual conference, gathering researchers from around the globe to present papers, installations, concerts and workshops. Founding President: Dr Kerry Hagan Founding Vice–President: Dr Tony Langlois ISSTA Board, 2016/2017: Dr Linda O Keefe, President Dr Brian Bridges, Vice–President Dr Jacqueline Walker, Treasurer Dr Alan Dormer, Secretary Stephen Roddy, Web Manager 2 Festival/Conference Theme: Sound- 14.00 Papers 2 (P1080) ................................ 18 Makers: technologies, practices and Papers 2: Abstracts ...................................... 18 cultures ................................................ 2 Matt Green (Leeds Beckett University) The About ISSTA .......................................... 2 Acoustic Atrium: An Imagined Communal Space for Sound Creativity............................ 18 ISSTA 2017 Keynotes ............................. 5 RoBin Parmar Atoms and Digital Audio: ISSTA 2017 Organising Committee and Epicurus meets Mika Vainio ......................... 18 Conference Team .................................. 5 Neal Spowage (De Montfort University) Now ISSTA 2017 Partners .............................. 5 I’m Digital Where Is My Ritual? Investigating About DkIT’s Department of Creative Post Digital Performance Objects as Totems Arts, Media and Music .......................... 6 for Agency and Ritual ................................... 19 Location, Maps and Orientation ............ 7 16.00 Keynote 2: Dr. Luca Forcucci: Carroll’s Map: Overview of Venues ................ 7 Bodyscapes (Recital Room) .......................... 19 City Map: Dundalk ......................................... 8 Detailed Schedule, Papers and Talks City Map: City Centre Venue, Landmarks ....... 8 Track: Day 2, Fri 8th ............................. 21 Schedule Overview ............................. 10 9.30: Papers 3 (P1080) ................................. 21 Internet Access ................................... 11 9.30: Papers 3a (P1081) ............................... 21 Parking ............................................... 11 Papers 3: Abstracts ...................................... 21 Food and Drink ................................... 11 Papers 3a: Abstracts .................................... 24 Getting Around ................................... 11 11.30 Coffee Break (Winter Garden) ............ 25 Taxis ............................................................ 11 12.00 Keynote 3: Prof. Teresa Dillon (P1080) Spirit Store................................................... 11 Sound of the Breakdown .............................. 26 Buses to DuBlin & DuBlin Airport ................. 11 13.00 Buffet Lunch (Winter Garden, PJ Train ............................................................ 12 Carroll’s Building) ......................................... 27 Belfast Airports ............................................ 12 16.00 ISSTA AGM (Mac Anna Theatre) ......... 27 Detailed Schedule, Music Track: Day 1, ISSTA 2017 Peer Review of Submitted th Works ................................................. 13 Thurs 7 ............................................. 28 17.00 Concert I (Mac Anna Theatre, DkIT) .... 28 Outline Schedule: Day 1, Thurs 7th ....... 14 Concert I: Programme Notes and Bios .......... 28 th Outline Schedule: Day 2, Fri 8 ............ 14 Amble Skuse: Balancing Act ......................... 28 Detailed Schedule, Papers and Talks Paolo Gatti: Senhalte.................................... 28 th Track: Day 1, Thurs 7 ......................... 15 Chris Molloy: Cold Light ............................... 29 09.00: Registration (at Front of PJ Carroll’s Andrea Guterres: Solipsistic Slumber ............ 29 Building) ...................................................... 15 Richard Molloy: Perpetua ............................. 30 09.30: Welcome: Dr. Gerard (BoB) McKiernan, 21.00 ISSTA ‘Late Night’ (Spirit Store): Sunken Head of School (DkIT) and Dr Linda O Keeffe Foal & Joni LIVE + ISSTA DJ’s......................... 30 (President, ISSTA) (P1080) ........................... 15 Detailed Schedule, Music Track: Day 2, 10.00: Papers I (P1080) ................................ 15 Fri 8th .................................................. 31 Papers 1: Abstracts ...................................... 15 14.00 Concert 2 (Mac Anna Theatre) ............ 31 James McDermott (University College DuBlin) Concert 2: Programme Notes and Bios ......... 31 Learning a Representation for Drum Tracks RoBin Parmar: Improvisation on Korg Volca (4 using Variational Autoencoding Neural Mika Vainio) ................................................ 31 Networks ..................................................... 15 ISSTA 2017 Art Track: Introduction ...... 34 Ben Freeth (Culture LaB, Newcastle University) Detailed Information, Sound Art & Psychoheliophysics – Exploring Solar/Telluric Interactions And Affect Through Making Installation Track: ............................... 34 Digital Musical Instruments Called “Sun ISSTA 2017 Artworks: Programme Notes Tongs” ......................................................... 16 and Bios.............................................. 35 Damien McEvoy and Joseph Timoney Frank Rossi: So viele Farben Schwarz ............ 35 (Maynooth University) Digital Guitar Iain McCurdy: Kaleidophone ........................ 35 Percolator on a Pi ........................................ 16 He chairs the Composition and Theory 11.30 Coffee Break (Winter Garden) ............ 17 Department in the University of Denver's 12.00 Keynote 1: Peter Kirn (Editor-in-Chief, Lamont School of Music. In the United Create Digital Music): Makers, Mirror Neurons, States, he also has taught at Brandeis Music (P1080) .............................................. 17 University and the New England 13.00 Lunch (Winter Garden) ...................... 17 Conservatory at Walnut Hill. In the United 3 Kingdom, he has taught at the University 13.30 Workshop 2 (P1077, PJ Carroll’s of Surrey. ............................................ 39 Building)....................................................... 45 Detailed Schedule, Workshops Track, Day David Strang (Plymouth University) Springs 1, Thurs 7th September ........................ 45 and Coils ...................................................... 45 13.30 Workshop 1 (P1077, PJ Carroll’s ISSTA Local Organising Team ............... 47 Building) ...................................................... 45 Acknowledgements and Thanks .......... 48 Andy Wilson (PatchBlocks) DIY Oscillator ..... 45 Detailed Schedule, Workshops Track, Day 2, Fri 8th September ............................. 45 4 ISSTA 2017 Keynotes Professor Teresa Dillon (Artist–Researcher, Professor of City Futures at University of the West of England, Bristol) Peter Kirn (Editor–in–Chief, CDM: Create Digital Music) Dr. Luca Forcucci (Invited Artist, www.lucalyptus.com) ISSTA 2017 Organising Committee and Conference Team Dr Linda O Keeffe (President, ISSTA) Dr Brian Bridges (Vice-President, ISSTA) Dr Niall Coghlan (Chair of ISSTA 2017) Chair of Papers/Posters: Dr Caroline O’Sullivan Chair of Workshops: Dr Kelly McErlean and Rory Walsh Chair of Sound Art/Installations: Kieran Nolan and David Stalling Chair of Music: Dr Neil O’Connor and Claire Fitch Technical Support: Derek Farrell, Alphie O’Maolagain Administration: Montira Satsam, Alice Hoey PR and Social Media: Stephen Roddy, Thomas Redmond Thanks to staff