100 Ways to Listen officially launches during the 2017 World Science Festival Brisbane with a program of installations, performance and sonic interventions at the Queensland Conservatorium exploring the art and science of sound.
TIME CRYSTALS
4.45 – 5.35pm, Friday 24th March 2017, Queensland Conservatorium Griffith University (QCGU)
Inspired by a 2012 article by Nobel-winning physicist Frank Wilczek about the idea of perpetually moving, multi-dimensional structures, Time Crystals transmutes the principles of hard science into felt structures of sound.
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SONIC ENVIRONMENTS // PERFORMANCE
7:30pm – 8:45pm, Friday 24 March 2017, Queensland Conservatorium Board Room
Explore the ecological, social and cultural contexts of our sonic environments through immersive new music and sound art inspired by science, nature, changing climates and interdisciplinary research.
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SONIC PLAYGROUND
10am-4pm, Saturday 25th March 2017, Queensland Conservatorium Griffith University (QCGU)
Music Technology @ QCGU fill Queensland Conservatorium Griffith University with interactive sound installations and hands-on sonic experiments.
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SONIC ENVIRONMENTS // INSTALLATIONS
10am-6pm, Saturday March 25 – Sunday March 26, Queensland Conservatorium Griffith University
Explore augmented reality installations stretching throughout South Bank, interact with 3D sound environments in UNESCO Biosphere Reserves and travel through the acoustic ecology of global ecosystems in virtual reality.
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84 PIANOS
11.15am – 11.45am, Sunday 26th March 2017, Queensland Conservatorium Griffith University (QCGU)
Can you imagine the sound of 84 pianos, performing simultaneously? Crashing tone clusters, droning arpeggios, fragments of familiar romantic tunes fill the halls, hallways and practice rooms of Queensland Conservatorium in a never-before attempted mass piano performance.
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