Alsop, Roger

Therefore designs I make at present are attempts to engage the listener more deeply in their world through the emotional states our ubiquitous sonic environment creates.

I also work in the performance arts as a collaborator with other artists. In this work my goal is to create acoustic worlds in which there is a fully integrated artwork comprised of the parts.

Technological Approach

Technology is the least of my concerns while conceptualising, developing, and then presenting the work. The hardware for presentation i s whatever I can afford, be that through a funding body or self-funded. Recording equipment is what eve is handy or I can borrow if I need a specific thing. The software is usually Max/MSP, Pro Tools, Cool Edit, AudioMulch or whatever takes my fancy for the project.An example of a piece is “Someone” performed as an installation at the En-Red-O festival in Barcelona 1999. Here 4 stereo systems played 4 CDs with up to 5 tracks that were selected at random. The eight speakers were placed equidistant from each other on a horizontal plane and the audience moved around in the sonic space creating their own personal mix of the 8 possible audio signals. This piece has been presented in a number of forms, each fitting to the budget and the social/physical environment.

Course

• Victorian College of the Arts - School of Production

Work

• Rice Paddies (2001)

Conference Papers

• Alsop, Roger, 'The Ineluctable Modality of the Audible: Exploring the Sound Worlds of James Joyce’s Ulysses', in Acoustic Ecology: An International Symposium, World Forum for Acoustic Ecology, Melbourne, 19-23 March, 2003. [ Details... ]