Sonic Geometry Taster Workshop & Talk with Professor Julian Henriques
Johannes Keppler: Harmonices Mundi, 1619
Join Professor Julian Henriques in an exploration of Sonic Geometry in this taster workshop to celebrate the life and legacy of Professor Keith Critchlow - who inspired Julian throughout his life and work.
Participants will experience the geometrical relationships of proportion, symmetry and number through sound rather than image, that is, touch rather than sight.
Sonic Geometry is vibrational. It involves feeling rather than only viewing: embodied thinking rather than abstractions.
With some exercises, a demonstration, sounds and images, this talk is an introduction to learning to think through sound - becoming attuned to our multisensory universe and experiencing ‘sonic geometry’ with sound during this taster workshop and session.
About Julian Henriques
Inspired from a very early age by the work and imagination of his cousin Keith Critchlow (Julian is Cousin of Gail Critchlow, Keith’s wife).
Julian Henriques is currently a professor in Department of Media, Communications and Cultural Studies, Goldsmiths, University of London. There he is convenor of the MA Cultural Studies programme, Principal Investigator on the European Research Council project Sonic Street Technologies: Culture, Diaspora and Knowledge project, director of the Topology Research Unit and a co-founder of the Sound System Outernational practice research group.
His credits as a writer and director include the reggae musical feature film Babymother and We the Ragamuffin short.
Julian researches street cultures, music and technologies and is interested in the uses of sound as a critical and creative tool. His sound sculptures include Knots & Donuts at Tate Modern and his books include Changing the Subject, Sonic Bodies and Sonic Media (forthcoming).
Limited places available for this in-person talk and interactive workshop session. This event will now take place in Ruskin Hall, first floor of Ruskin Building at Emerson College Campus, Forest Row, RH18 5AX - 7pm-8pm.
Places are free, please book by emailing Amelia Critchlow at: info@keithcritchlowlegacy.org or simply click & book using the button below
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