Free entry, on reservation
Awakening Through Sound - Rethinking Sound Mediation in the Digital Age
To mark UNESCO's International World Children's Day, IRCAM is throwing open the doors of creativity to children and their families, as well as to professionals working in the fields of education and childhood.
Today, the use of digital technology by children raises many questions. At the same time, it can be a formidable source of inventiveness, stimulating artistic and cultural awakening and education from an early age. Digital technology is not necessarily limited to screens, as there are many interactive devices that sharpen the sensory-motor skills, imagination, and creativity of young people, while at the same time nurturing their critical thinking skills.
For these two days, IRCAM is offering a series of conferences, discussions, and workshops designed to explore the creative uses of digital technology, and making the tools developed by its research teams, in partnership with other researchers, creators and practitioners, available to all.
Organized by the STMS laboratory's Interaction Sound Music Movement and Sound Analysis and Synthesis teams, and IRCAM's Cultural Action department:
Moderator Marion Voillot
Frédéric Bevilacqua research director and head of the STMS joint laboratory's Sound Music Motion Interaction team at IRCAM
Nicolas Obin lecturer at Sorbonne University's Faculty of Science and Engineering and researcher in the Sound Analysis and Synthesis team at IRCAM's STMS joint laboratory
With the support of Aline Foriel-Destezet
Intended as a series of interactive exchanges, this afternoon is an opportunity for education professionals to discover a series of applied research projects that explore the potential of digital technology to develop children's learning, creativity, and imagination through a multi-sensory approach: listening, touching, and meditating on sound will be at the heart of our discussions.
Program
1:30pm | Welcome and introductory remarks
1:30 - 2:30pm | Round Table #1: Listen to Speak
Muriel Colagrande interaction designer and founder of OVAOM
Laurianne Cabrera researcher in developmental sciences, assigned to the Integrative Neuroscience & Cognition Center (INCC) at Université Paris Cité
Samuel Delalez speech synthesis researcher at Lunii
2.30-2.50pm | Speed Presentations
Jérôme Sackur researcher at the Laboratoire des Sciences Cognitives et Psycholinguistiques: ExoVoice
Pierrick Pedron sound designer: SPEAK
2.50-3.50pm | Round Table #2: Touch or Be Touched by Sound
Frédéric Bevilacqua research director and head of the Interaction son musique mouvement team at IRCAM's STMS joint laboratory: From listening to playing: tangible and sonic interfaces.
Rana Esseily professor of Developmental Psychology, Université Paris Nanterre
Matthieu Savary designer, maker, founder of Smallab Collective
Indiana Wollman neuroscientist, head of research at the Cité de la musique - Philharmonie de Paris and at the Sorbonne Nouvelle University, CERLIS (Centre de Recherche des Liens Sociaux
Break
4.20-4.30pm | Speed Projects
Marion Voillot architect and designer: CoMo•education
4.30-5.30pm | Round Table #3: Mediating Sound
Zoé Aegerter designer, independent researcher and founder of Les Causeuses studio
Clotilde Chevet associate researcher at GRIPIC-Sorbonne University, SCAI project manager, contributor to Les Causeuses
Emmanuel Ethis professor in Information and Communication Sciences, HDR researcher, in charge of thesis management at the Institut National Supérieur de l'Éducation Artistique et Culturelle - Conservatoire National des Arts et Métiers (CNAM) - Laboratoire Dicen-idf (EA7339)
Damien Malinas lecturer in Information and Communication Sciences at the Institut National Supérieur de l'Éducation Artistique et Culturelle - Conservatoire National des Arts et Métiers (CNAM) - Laboratoire Dicen-idf (EA7339)
Nicolas Obin lecturer at Sorbonne University's, and researcher in the Sound Analysis and Synthesis team at IRCAM's STMS joint laboratory
Raphaël Roth lecturer in Information and Communication Sciences at the Conservatoire National des Arts et Métiers (CNAM) - Institut National Supérieur de l'Éducation Artistique et Culturelle - Conservatoire National des Arts et Métiers (CNAM) - Laboratoire Dicen-idf (EA7339)
Eloi Savatier cultural mediator at IRCAM and doctoral student at the Maison de la Musique Contemporaine (MMC) and at the université Sorbonne Nouvelle, CERLIS (Centre de Recherche des Liens Sociaux)
5.40-6pm | Discussion and conclusion
This event is supported in part by the EXOVOICES project (ANR-21-CE23-0040) “Lecture Virtuelle d'Histoires pour Enfants : Aspects Expressifs et Cognitifs de la Voix de Synthèse” funded by the French National Research Agency.
