Deadline: March 10, 2025
27-29 August 2025, University of Warwick
Theme: Interfaces
In 2024, discussions in the SVM working group revolved around resistance, reflection and regrouping, opening new pathways of thought about musicality and vocal expression in such contexts as politics, care and activism. This year, we encourage colleagues to think about sound, voice and music as interfaces, dynamic contexts for interaction, which enable new connections, border crossing, and foster collaboration.
In the age of the...
Deadline: April 10, 2024
Resistance, reflection and regrouping through sound, voice, music
In 2023, the Sound, Voice and Music working group explored encounter as a mode of knowing and engaging with ourselves, each other, and the material/immaterial worlds. In 2024, we extend the encounter and keep looking outwards, acknowledging the enormous upheavals going on across our planet. Humans continue to extract and plunder natural resources, engage in violent conflict, deepen economic inequalities and ideological...