yeg | scaping is a reflection on the notion of “soundscape”, popularised by scholar
and composer Raymond Murray Schafer, with an emphasis on the visual connotation
of the term. Rather than analysing the sonic particularities of a “place”, the starting
point is the photograph of an actual landscape, turned into sound through processes
of image sonification. Moving beyond the static image, both in its visual and auditive
renderings, the sounds will be re-organised and manipulated live (spectral processing,
granular synthesis, etc.), and then fed back into the displayed image itself, distorting,
changing, re-modelling the landscape into something else. Choosing a photograph
taken in Edmonton, Alberta, where Ghayem and Bocquillon are located at the time of
their collaboration, they hope to deliver a personal and new expression of their
experience of the city.

Nina Ghayem, Ph.D., is a multi-disciplinary composer, sound artist, data artist-
researcher, and educator with a passion for sound and its intersection with technology and big data. Ghayem earned her doctorate degree in Music Composition from Stellenbosch
University, where she focused her research on sound art and contemporary
electroacoustic composition. Her ongoing research within the field of digital humanities explores the sonification of big data, texts, and images, bridging creativity and technology. With a diverse portfolio encompassing acoustic and electronic compositions, sound installations, and interdisciplinary art projects, Nina Ghayem remains dedicated to her artistic journey, continuously exploring new horizons at the intersection of sound, code, and data.

Rémy Bocquillon is a Postdoctoral researcher and Lecturer in Sociology at the Catholic University of Eichstätt-Ingolstadt, Germany. His research interests revolve around epistemic practices bridging the gap between arts, science, and philosophy, which he explores through his own creative work as a sound artist and musician. His latest projects include the publication of his book “Sound Formations. Towards a sociological thinking-with sounds” and the sound installation “Activating Space | Prehending the City”.

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