Farah Mulla
This was the first Guest Lecture this year, Farah is a sound artist (As she describes she feels good falling in this category) based in Goa, India. I found her work very immersive, featuring atmospherical sounds and combining digital techniques with installations and scenic arts. I was particularly interested on he installation made with empty water bottles, constructing a “cave”, and when the wind blows from these bottles emanate different sounds and frequencies. Overall, this lecture was very interesting and I enjoyed her way to explain her practice as well.
Amy Cutler
On this lecture we welcomed Amy into the Lecture Theatre at LCC. She has completed a Phd and is currently a teacher at Goldsmiths University. Her sonic work is focused in eerie soundscapes and diy culture, having released recently a cassette album, and it’s available on Bandcamp. Much of her works are inspired on the rain, and she recreates this weather condition with both analog recordings and digital techniques like AI. With a combination of research, creativity and budget equipment, Amy achieves a very interesting way of work, a highly recommendable artist to listen to.
Carrie Giunta
Giunta’s work is highly focused, her dedication for the past decades has been sound effects for cinema and she has worked with several prestigious studios. From her beginning in New York to present time, when she is an associate lecturer for UAL at Central Saint Martins, she has been continuing involved with film productions, leading to achieve a BAFTA price for her work last Casino Royale. Definitely she is a very professional sound designer, and valuable experience for us to understand this kind of career.
Tom Fisher
On this Guest Lecture Series, we had Tom Fisher, a sound specialist capturing nature sounds, underwater and field recordings. His main focus is to capture tinny sound objects as flying bugs or photosynthesis plants breathing. These amazing recordings are often edited to achieve amazing sonic compositions. Recently he has focused his work on recording biological life at local ponds, using hydrophones he is able to record amazing sounds which have been unknown for the wide majority.
Shecene Oretha
This guest lecture was held online as part of the mini series curated by Onyeka Igwe. Shecene is a sound artist based in London who was previously studied Fine Arts and is interested in sculpture. Her interest in working with sound to represent these sculptures has leaded her to exhibit at numerous galleries featuring sound installation, sound sculpture, poetry and visual arts of her own creation. She always carries her sketch book where constantly drawing and taking notes for future exhibitions.
Onyeka Igwe
As a replacement for the guest lecture from Trevor Mathison, who wasn’t able to attend to the online meeting, we had Onyeka, who at the same time missed the first guest lecture this year due to industrial action strikes. Onyeka has showed us two films composed and scored by her. The first one “A so-called archive” is a documentary film featuring an abandoned film-house, featuring amazing filming and sound design. The second one featured some captioning and recorded voices creating an awesome atmosphere. Then she responded to questions on a Q&A session about her work and expertise.