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On the cover: Detail of The Migration of Data & Other Life Forms (2016), a sound installation by Nicolás Varchausky. See the article in this issue by Nicolás Varchausky.
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In this issue, writers interpret the human body through composition, cover environmental soundscapes, and explore soundmixing in film and collaborative listening.
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 Experimental Sound Mixing for The Well, a Short Film Made for Tablets
By Karen Collins and Ruth Dockwray
This article presents an overview of the use of binaural recording and experimental headphone mixing for a short film. Drawing loosely on theories of proxemics, the article illustrates how sound mixing can be used to create a unique subjective perspective. In particular, the authors sought to experiment with and to use the peculiarities of stereo headphone mixing and binaural sound to reinforce visual elements of a film designed for horizontal viewing on tablets. Find out more
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 Get your Bayesian game on
Stefano Kalonaris’s networked improvisation system works to break musicians out of that same old spontaneity.
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 Amino acid jazz
Tsvetana Ivanova and her team play songs of love: melodies translated from the structure of oxytocin.
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 There’s a definite focus
Parametric speakers let Marco Alunno’s installations beam sonic spotlights straight at your noise receptors.
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 Let F = freshness
Anthony Chmiel and Emery Schubert work on helping you build that perfect playlist that’s not too (un)familiar.
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Photo credits, beginning with the cover:
© Nicolás Varchausky; © Stefano Kalonaris; ©Tsv. Ivanova, L. Litov, R. Marinova, T. Ivanov, M. Iossifov and
A. Deynovitch; © Marco Alunno. Photo: Andrés Yarce Botero; © Anthony Chmiel.
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AUDIO AND MORE ONLINE!
Only half the experience is reading. The other half is hearing. Discover the Audio Companion, Audio Tracklist and additional audio and video files related to this issue of LMJ online. Find out more
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PRE-ORDER LABORATORY LIFESTYLES: THE CONSTRUCTION OF
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 In the upcoming title from the Leonardo Book Series, examine the boom in luxurious, resort-style scientific laboratories and how this affects scientists' work. Edited by Sandra Kaji-O’Grady, Chris L. Smith and Russell Hughes. Find out more
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WELCOME TO NEW AFFILIATE MEMBER:
DEPARTMENT FOR IMAGE SCIENCE AT DANUBE UNIVERSITY KREMS
 Located in the UNESCO world heritage Wachau at the Danube University Krems, the first public university in Europe which specializes in advanced continuing education, the Department for Image Science is an internationally unique institution engaged in innovative research and teaching on all forms of images.
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WELCOME TO NEW AFFILIATE MEMBER:
JOHNNY CARSON CENTER FOR EMERGING MEDIA ARTS
 The new Johnny Carson Center for Emerging Media Arts (opening Fall 2019) is a global destination for students and faculty who reside in the future. Borne out of a groundbreaking, $57 million partnership between the University of Nebraska–Lincoln’s Hixson-Lied College of Fine and Performing Arts, the Johnny Carson Foundation, and numerous industry partners, the Carson Center will be the premier destination for creative, young pioneers who use technology to innovate, to solve human-scale problems, to entertain audiences, and to tell breathtaking stories that stimulate, provoke and inspire. Find out more
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Seeking Emerging Media Arts Professors and Pioneers
The Johnny Carson Center for Emerging Media Arts, a newly established $57M facility and academic degree at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, is re-envisioning the university for the 21st century and how students learn. We are looking for a pioneering faculty team to re-imagine how stories are told across a continuum from live performance to immersive & interactive media, cinema arts, virtual and mixed reality, gaming, extended theatre, sonic arts, physical computing, data + art and spatial and experience design. We invite applications from individuals with expertise and experience in all areas relevant to our mission. These positions come with stipends to support research and creative activity.
To learn more or to apply, visit http://go.unl.edu/carsoncenterfaculty.
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2019 FELLOWSHIPS—UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO’S STAGE LAB
Deadline: 21 January 2019
The STAGE Lab is now accepting applications for its fall 2019 fellowships. STAGE (Scientists, Technologists and Artists Generating Exploration) is a laboratory within the University of Chicago’s Institute for Molecular Engineering, in which we create and develop original multimedia theatre work inspired by science and technology. For these fellowships, we’re ideally looking for people with hybrid interests and skills, especially scientists who have had some theatre experience, as well as theatre artists with an interest in science. Find out more
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SIGGRAPH DISTINGUISHED EDUCATOR AWARD
Deadline for nominations: 31 January 2019
The ACM SIGGRAPH Executive Committee has established a new award—the SIGGRAPH Distinguished Educator Award—to honor educators in computer graphics and interactive techniques who are making a significant impact on any educational level, from grade school through higher education. The Distinguished Educator Award will be given annually, beginning 2019. Find out more
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