The project postulates the theme of the transferability of acoustic spaces—as such, it addresses the lively discourse between the professions of composers, sound designers, acoustic ecologists, public space architects, and media strategists. The project builds on previous research projects conducted by researchers from the Department of Composition since at least 2015. The subject of the research is the transferability of the immersive listening experience from a concert hall or public space (public immersion) to a binaural (headphone) space of private listening (private immersion), the preservation of disappearing soundscapes, their storage and transferability to public and virtual sound spaces, score recording of the acoustic quality of the soundscape and its reverse sound reconstruction as a method of "ecological composition" and their mutual relationship to the original acoustic quality of such a landscape. The research includes a quantitative psychoacoustic test examining the cognitive aspects of various formats of spatial music listening. Collaboration with active doctoral students and other students of the Department of Composition is key, and the project is also intended as a contribution to the discussion on the methodology of artistic research in the context of AMU as a community of creative and theoretical professions.
We deal with the topic of the transferability of acoustic spaces – a lively discourse between composers, sound designers, acoustic ecologists, public space architects, and media strategists. We are building on previous research projects dating back to 2015, but this time the focus is on topics related to the transferability of immersive listening experiences. We are interested in such transfer from a concert hall or public space (public immersion) to a binaural (headphone) space of private listening (private immersion), but also the preservation of disappearing soundscapes, their conservation and transferability to public and virtual sound spaces, the notation of the acoustic quality of soundscapes, and their retroactive sound reconstruction as a method of "ecological composition." The research also includes a psychoacoustic test seeking differences in listening to various formats of spatial music listening, emphasizing above all the tension between physical and virtual spaces.
An audiovisual study of sound and space.
April–May 2023
The sound installation builds on a musical score capturing the acoustic quality of the soundscape of the extinct village of Loukov and presents its retrospective sound reconstruction as a method of "ecological composition." The project is part of the theme of the transferability of acoustic spaces and, as such, addresses the lively discourse between the professions of composers, sound designers, acoustic ecologists, public space architects, and media strategists. The sound installation is accompanied by photographs by Petr Neubert, a graduate of the FAMU Department of Photography, and a graphic score by Tobiáš Horváth from the Department of Composition.
Sound installation Immersion: Immersed in Sound through the Lens of Anežka Pithartová and Petr Neubert
12. – 15. 10. 2023
Sound installation & performance at the SIGNAL festival.
Presentation of the installation in the context of Dragan Stojčevski's light object and live performances at the Church of St. Salvator in Prague.
October 21, 2022
Concert of new compositions for solo instruments and electronics in 3D ambisonic sound
ČRo 3 - Vltava - Norbert Schmidt's morning reflection on sound intervention in the landscape
The project is being implemented at the Academy of Performing Arts in Prague as part of the grant "Sound Immersion of Public and Private Sound Space" supported by funds from Institutional Support for the Long-Term Conceptual Development of Research Organizations, provided by the Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports in 2022-2023.
