S͏P͏A͏T͏I͏A͏L͏ - s͏o͏m͏m͏e͏r͏ l͏a͏b͏ & concert

Residence and laboratory

SPATIAL - sommer lab '24 will focus on developing innovative approaches to art and technology, with an emphasis on 3D sound, immersive media, and software development. The project is designed to encourage creative thinking and experimentation with new forms of expression through the medium of sound. In addition to the fixed media format, i.e. closed compositions, the project places a strong emphasis on performativity and live presentation of the sound work.
The collaboration with leading institutions and international partners such as OTTOsonics, Tangible Music Lab, ZiMMT, IEM Graz, spæs - Lab Berlin, FUD and FF UJEP, SVITAVA - transmedia art lab, promises not only quality educational content, but also an exceptional network of experts and artists.

The main project partner, the Austrian OTTOsonics, will support the residency with its do-it-yourself open-source platform for ambisonic sound. In the case of OTTOsonics, those interested in spatial sound can download printouts from the knowledge database available on the association's website and print out any number of loudspeaker echo chambers based on a template developed specifically for the platform. In this way, OTTOsonics helps interested parties to take the first step towards building their Ambisonic sound system. 

The three-week SPATIAL residential and educational program will offer participants and interested parties the opportunity to deepen their knowledge and skills through workshops, lectures, and individual consultations with surround sound experts. In addition to an intensive educational program, the symposium will focus on practical applications, philosophical aspects of working with spatial sound, and presentation of participants' work. The highlight of the project will be the MELUSINES public concert on Saturday 27 July. The evening will give the general public a glimpse and listen into the world of ambisonics and will offer a presentation of the artworks created during the residency.

Lab program

The program for the first week of the symposium will focus on inspiration, the second on practice, and the third week on the realization of artworks. The program is structured to grasp working with 3D sound comprehensively. The primary language of communication due to the international composition of lecturers and residents is English.

• 7.7. Listening to place: Staňkovice / Magdaléna Manderlová
• 8.7. Crafting sound in space / Jakob Gille
• 9.7. Sound in Gardens / Jan Krtička
• 10.7. Out of the box: sound installations in 4 landscapes / Jiří Y. Suchánek
• 11.7. Nothing to hear / Jan Burian
• 12.7. Phenomenological topology of localization within sonic environments / Martin Nitsche
• 17.7. Grapes – 3D audio control. A tool for creative live spatializing / Felix Deufel
• 18.7. Ambisonics impulse response (measurement and auralization) / Manu Mitterhuber
• 18.7. Spatial Audio instruments / Enrique Tomás
• 19.7. Mazetools (app with motion tracking bridge to audio, visual, midi development in Unity) / Jakob Gruhl
• 22.7. Multichannel performance with digital devices / Francesco Corvi & Daniele Fabris
• 23.7. DIY hardware quadraphonic mixing / Jan Hrubeš
• 24.7. Ontology of noise / Vít Pokorný
• 27.7. MELUSINES - Ambisonics concert

The aim of SPATIAL - sommer lab '24 is not only to promote artistic creativity and technological innovation, but also to create a sustainable platform for international cooperation and exchange of experience. The project aims to contribute to strengthening the cultural identity of the Ústí region and its visibility on the international scene in the field of avant-garde music and sound art.

About phonon~ association

phonon~ z.s. is the initiator and main organizer of the SPATIAL sommer lab project. It brings together artists, educators, and technical experts dedicated to innovation in sound and new media. SPATIAL sommer lab '24 is an opportunity for all interested parties to network, share their knowledge, and co-create a vision of 3D sound.