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Podcast Creation Information Session
Join us for a Podcast Creation Info Session, hosted by the Digital Scholarship Centre, the Sound Studies Institute, and University of Alberta Library Aviary service. We’ll provide an introduction to academic podcasting and explore why…
Ecstatic Time Machines
Thursday, November 21, 2024 6:00pm
Ecstatic Time Machines: Pauline Oliveros and the Contemporary Timescape with Michael Century, Professor of New Media and Music Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
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Sound Art Gallery – upcoming exhibitions
UNPOP Redux
October 21 – November 8, 2024
UNPOP Redux Curated multichannel sound installation featuring various artists
About
The Sound Studies Institute (SSI) at the University of Alberta supports research and creative activities that centralize sound in any way. SSI offers researchers opportunities to work collaboratively, discover new areas of convergent enquiry, and benefit from collective administrative support. SSI is home to a variety of research projects and affiliates, with projects that span numerous areas of inquiry, from bioacoustics and linguistics, to audio culture and the sonics arts, to name a few. We provide a locus for sharing, exploring, and celebrating collaboration and innovation across disciplines.
SSI’s offices and studios are located on the North Campus of University of Alberta, in Arts and Convocation Hall (Old Arts), and include meeting and presentation spaces, digitization labs, recording and editing studios, a multichannel sound art gallery and a variety of archival collections.
Meeting Space Arts 347
Our main presentation and meeting space, where we hold lectures, screenings, and research group meetings
Media Lab Arts 347-A1
Our digitization and media lab, serving several active research and digitization projects.
Editing Studio
Arts 347-A2
Editing studio for audio and video editing, mixing, mastering, and critical listening. Equipped with Virtual reality hardware and software.
Sound3 Lab Arts 147
State of the art sound proof recording studio with two recording rooms and a control room.
Multi-channel sound art gallery with flat screen.
Hours
The SSI offices are always open from 10:00 am – 5:00 pm on Wednesdays during Fall and Winter term. On other days of the week, we may be in and out of the office as we work on various research projects.
The Sound Art Gallery is open for extended hours during exhibitions. Check individual exhibition listings for times.
If our door is open, come in and say hi! If you would like to schedule a meeting with us, or have any other inquiries, please contact us at sounds@ualberta.ca
History
SSI’s home is near the south bank of the North Saskatchewan River in the heart of Edmonton, Alberta, which is on Treaty Six territory. Treaty Six is the framework that establishes the terms for sharing this place now, the agreement that locates both traditional and new cultural practices here. We are grateful also to be in the traditional territory of the Papaschase Cree First Nation, where Métis and other First Nations have sojourned and found welcome.
The cultural roots of these communities are deep, growing over thousands of years as successive newcomers to this area shared their cultural traditions. This location has particular resonance for sound studies researchers as they seek to create new forms of sonic expression and explore innovative approaches to historical and contemporary sonic environments.