Sound Worlds — Electronic Music in Film, Games and Theatre
Film, games, and theatre bring sound, music, and noise together with images, movement, and play. Electronic sounds structure scenes and gameplay, shape perception and mood, and open up imaginary worlds.
In Klangwelten Participants explore these connections through listening and hands-on experimentation. They work with electronic instruments, music-making apps, sound-making devices, and recordings of their own voices; develop their own sonic ideas; and create audiovisual scenes using music and sound.
On the topic of Game Sound we regularly run sound trails where participants can explore the sound worlds and production techniques of 8-bit music and game sound design at a range of interactive stations.
In Sketches & Scratches — Storytelling with Sound, participants develop short scenes using acting, movement, and live-generated sound, drawing on silent film, slapstick, and improvised theatre. Sound design largely takes the place of dialogue: sound and wordless performance tell the story. Using music-making apps, sound boxes, microphones, cassette recorders, and other sound-making tools, they create an audiovisual sound theatre.