Welcome
Since 1974 the International Computer Music Conference has been the major international forum for the presentation of the full range of outcomes from technical and musical research, both musical and theoretical, related to the use of computers in music. This annual conference regularly travels the globe, with recent conferences in the Americas, Europe and Asia. This year we welcome the conference to Slovenia for the first time.
The 2012 International Computer Music Conference will be held in Ljubljana, Slovenia. It is organized by IRZU - the Institute for Sonic Arts Research and supported by the Faculty of Computer and Information Science as well as the Faculty of Arts, University of Ljubljana. IRZU is a young non government organization, based on an interdisciplinary concept and is conducting artistic productions in the field of electro-acoustic music / inter-media performances and installations, as well as audio technology research and educational activities. The ICMC 2012 will be held in cllaboration with our annual sonic arts festival EarZoom which is becoming a referential international platform for discussing the latest developments within audio technology research well as critical and conceptual approaches in sonic arts practices.
The
conference welcomes the submission of a wide range of papers and music,
covering all aspects of technical, creative and aesthetic issues around
the use of computers in music. The theme of the 2012 conference is "Non-Cochlear Sound",
which can be understood as an analogy to the Duchampian notion of
non-retinal art. The phrase "Non-Cochlear Sound" was coined by artist
and writer, Seth Kim-Cohen, in his 2009 book In The Blink Of An Ear:
Toward A Non-Cochlear Sonic Art.
The aim is to investigate the potential of sound as a
medium and further, the potentials of music in conjunction with new
technologies to create new possibilities of artistic expression, which
could create a closer relation to language and consequentially, enable
generation of meaning and production of knowledge. Submissions
emphasizing this theme are particularly welcomed and, like in the
recent years, ICMC 2012 will again include a piece plus paper category
in which it will be possible for such links to be made explicit. The
conference will also be programmed to juxtapose paper sessions on
particular topics with concerts in which related ideas inform musical
works.
Important dates:
- 10th June - early registration deadline - Register
- 29th August - late registration deadline - Register
- 9th Sptember - ICMC starts
ICMC2012 Chairs:
Miha Ciglar - conference chair
Matija Marolt - paper chair
Martin Kaltenbrunner - paper co-chair
Mauricio Valdes - music chair
Gregor Pompe - music co-chair
Steven Loy - music co-chair
Brane Zorman - music co-chair
--Music Program Committee:
George Boenn
Daniël Schorno
Alex Mclean
Andreas Weixler
Edgar Barroso
Christopher Haworth
Franziska Shroeder
Maja Cerar
Rodrigo Sigal
Gregorio Jiménez
Volkmar Klien
Rogelio Sosa
Thomas Grill
Se-Lien Chuang
Scott McLaughlin
Somaya Langley
Robert Ratcliffe
--Paper Program Committee:
Markus Noisternig
Fredric Bevilacqua
Daniel Quaranta
Cathy Lane
Arthur Flexer
Thor Magnusson
Ge Wang
Pedro Rebelo
Diemo Schwarz
Luc Dobereiner
Jaime Oliver
Stefania Serafin
Miller Puckette
Juan Pablo Bello
Jean Bresson
Rogger Dannenberg
Hans Timmermans
Gascia Ouzounian
Philippe Pasquier
Alberto DeCampo
Georg Holzmann
William Brent
Chryssie Nanou
