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PhD Candidate Steve Cooney Wins Certificate of Merit

SMARTlab PhD candidate Steve Cooney has won a Certificate of Merit, a coveted prize of the Images of Research Competition. His submission, shown at left, Beethoven’s theme ‘Ode to Joy’ in geometric visualisation notation, was the only hand-drawn image (click … Continue reading

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Pacific 231 Concert and Seminar, Beirut Art Center

Because February 29 happens only once every four years, Beirut Art Center is putting on a special programme involving two pioneers of industrial and electronic music.  Pacific 231 is a project by SMARTlab PhD student Pierre Jolivet.  His concert is … Continue reading

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[Show & Tell] Sketching Music: Composition and Representation

WHEN: Friday 19 February 2010; 6:00pm – 8:00 pm
WHERE: SMARTlab Digital Media Institute, KD1.21 Knowledge Dock, UEL
Presentations by: Dr. Jean-Baptiste Thiebaut
Jean-Baptiste Thiebaut graduated in both music composition and computer science before starting a PhD with the Interaction, Media and Communication group at Queen Mary, University of London. He develops his own programs to compose music and to study composers practices. Continue reading

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October PhD week public speaker evenings: artistic explorations of the natural world and space/time warping

Interested in the origins of life on Earth? Ever heard a tree talk? It’s the October ’09 PHD Seminar and yet another intense week and a half of presentations, tutorials, workshops, seminars,  fun and frolicks have begun! We are opening … Continue reading

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EyeLight Music at the LIGHTWAVE ’09 Festival, Science Gallery, Dublin, Feb 2009

EyeLight Music, produced by SMARTlab, was part of the Science galleryLIGHTWAVE ’09 festival that looks at our ability to control light and its ability to control us.

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Music at the blink of an eye

‘I just use technology to express myself,’ says James Brosnan, seen here at his home in Kilbarrack with Colm Ó Snodaigh of Kíla. Photograph: Frank Miller An imaginative use of technology has allowed James Brosnan to use his laptop to … Continue reading

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MAKE SOME NOISE! SMARTlab’s Recycled Orchestra workshops

MAKE SOME NOISE! SMARTlab’s Recycled Orchestra workshops transformed ‘junk’ this Summer at the Stratford ‘Red Hot Summer of Music Festival’ and at the Royal Festival Hall http://www.smartlabphd.com/book/list/data/pastevent/recycled_orchestra03.pdf SMARTlab is leading the ‘digital materialisation’ workshops where technology meets streetsmarts and where … Continue reading

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SMARTlab shouts out to KILA! live in Dublin with U2 and the Dubliners!

SMARTlab shouts out to KILA! live in Dublin with U2 and the Dubliners!With an all-star gathering of the best of Irish music, KILA shares the stage with Bono and U2, The Dubliners, Shane McGowan, Andrea Cor, Sinead O;Connor, Liam OMaonlai, … Continue reading

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