Events

Sounds of Weather: Australia-Japan Art Project

12 November 2011

This project includes artists from the Department of Imaging Arts and Sciences at Musashino Art University (MAU) in Tokyo, the School of Art at Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology (RMIT) University in Melbourne who are undertaking fieldwork in different locations in Japan and Australia to document the effects of weather on the built and natural environment through sound and video recording.

The aim of the project is to interrogate the effects of climate change by concentrating on the propagation of acoustical phenomena over time and space to promote a deeper understanding of how weather events shape specific environments.

This international exchange project is built on a longstanding association between Dr Philip Samartzis (RMIT, Melbourne) and Professor Chirstophe Charles (MAU, Tokyo).  In 2006 Dr Samartzis was awarded an Asialink Arts Management Scholarship to undertake research into sound art in Japan. This has led to a long association between the two academics, who share a common interest in art and environmental sustainability.

The result of this research will be presented in different venues in Tokyo and Melbourne. The first event will happen on 12 November 2011 at Tokyo Superdeluxe.  The concert at Tokyo Superdeluxe will be used to demonstrate different behaviours of weather in Japan, Australia and the Australian Antarctic Territory.

■Philip Samartzis:
Philip Samartzis is a composer, musician, and coordinator of sound in the RMIT School of Art. He researches in the areas of sound art, acoustic ecology and spatial sound practices, with a specific focus on art and emergency medicine, and environmental sustainability. His PhD, Surround Sound in Installation Art, examined the place of sound in contemporary art practice through a range of site determined sound art projects. In 2010 Philip was awarded fellowships by the Australia Council for the Arts, and the Australian Antarctic Division to document the effects of extreme climate and weather events on the human condition at Davis Station in Eastern Antarctica.

      Share

We look forward to hearing your feedback regarding this event.

2011 Events Archive Page