Sonic Art & Sound Design- P14:Sonic art is a new art form, or rather, forms. As we shall see, it can encompass a wide range of activities, perhaps wider than almost any other art form. It is an unusual case, based upon a medium that has traditionally been regarded as inferior and subservient to other creative or expressive forms. | SIMON EMMERSON I M interested in all music I m interested in the PHENOMENON KNOWN AS MUSiC. i LOVE iT. i THiNK THAT MUSiC iS ONE OF THE MOST EXTRAORDiNARY THiNGS THAT HUMANS OO ANO i M FASCiNATED BY HOW iT FEEDS into CONTEMPORARY CULTURE AS WE live it now. THE WORLD OF SOUND TO ME iS TOTAL i M VERY iNTERESTEO iN ENViRONMENTAL SOUND i M VERY iNTERESTED iN SOUNDSCAPE AND i M VERY iNTERESTED iN THE WAY THAT HUMANS ARTiCULATE THROUGH SOUND. i M iNTERESTED iN HOW SOUND signifies AND THAT iS A larger field THAN JUST MUSiC. SO i THiNK THAT MUSiC iS A SUBSET OF SONiC ART AND SONiC ART iS A SUBSET OF SOUNDSCAPE AND SOUNDSCAPE iS REALLY THE WORLD AROUND US virtually COMPLETE. SiMON EMMERSON 64 65 ARTISTS AND THEIR WORK Knut Aufermann Biography http Knut Aufermann born 1972 in Hagen Germany studied chemistry at the Universities of Hamburg and Potsdam. In 1998 he moved to London to study audio engineering and in 2002 gained a Master degree in Sonic Arts from Middlesex University. From 2002-2005 he was the manager of London s unique radio art station for which he has produced dozens of shows. Besides this he plays improvised electronic music in many groups such as Tonic Train The Bosch Experience London Improvisers Orchestra duos with Phil Minton and Lol Coxhill as well as solo and other ad hoc combinations with hundreds of concerts across Europe. In 2004 he curated and played in the UK tour Feedback Order from Noise featuring . Alvin Lucier and Otomo Yoshihide. He is currently active across Europe as a lecturer musician organiser writer curator and consultant. Recent engagements include workshops for the British Council Dutch Art Institute and Profile Intermedia consultancy for Radio Copernicus lectures at the Universities of Brighton Central Saint Martins and curation for the European radio territories project. Together with Sarah Washington he runs the project Mobile Radio http investigating alternative means of radio .
