ENGLISH - THE SPACE LABORATORY 2014

II INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE
SOUND AND AUDIOVISUAL SPACES:  

SENSORIAL EXPERIMENTATION AND ACTIVE LISTENING.
JIEM 2014 – 20th COMPUTER AND ELECTRONIC MUSIC DAYS

THE SPACE LABORATORY 2014

This is a call for composers and sound artists who want to test and introduce their creations, designed for a multichannel system in Auditorio 400 at Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía, and the possible interaction with stand-alone system sound sources present at those facilities.

SUBMISSION REQUIREMENTS:

1.- Electroacoustic works or sound art works recorded on fixed media will be admitted, to be diffused by a sound system as mentioned in point number 7 in this document. A mixed work can also be admitted on condition of including instruments or other fixed sources or mobile ones, placed at any place in the hall, without using for its diffusion the sound system mentioned in point number 7 in this document. It is possible to introduce works that previously had a public performance.

2.- Every author will be able to send only a single work, of a maximum duration of 15 minutes.

3.- Concerning the authors, any nationality, without a limit of age, will be accepted.

4.- The application for taking part in the Laboratory of Space must be done in an anonymous way, therefore, all the materials sent must be labelled only with the title of the work and a motto. Any application including information about the identity of the author will be rejected. It will be necessary to submit:

- The work, or the fixed part of the work, in stereo version recorded in a CD-audio. In the case of a mixed work, also include in the CD a stereo demo with the complete work.

-  A printed short text with a comment on the work.

- The number of independent mono channels of the concert version and how to map each channel to each loudspeaker. Please, include a sketch over a printout of the blueprint of speakers placement (see point 7 of these requirements).

 - A closed envelope labelled with the title of the work and the same motto; it must contain a photocopy of the document of the identity of the author, or of is/her passport, telephone number, an electronic mail address and a postal address.

5.- The works can be submitted by post up to 15th October 2014 (postage stamp date) or being given in person (schedules: Monday to Friday from 9:30 AM to 13:30 PM) in the following address: “El laboratorio del espacio 2014”, JIEM 2013, Secretaría del Dpto. Interfacultativo de Música, Módulo IV, Facultad de Educación, Campus de Cantoblanco, 28049 Madrid, España.

6.- Every chosen work will be diffused by his author, or for somebody else with the author’s permission, in the concert entitled "The Laboratory of Space 2014" that will take place on 5^th December 2014 at 19.30 in Auditorio 400 at Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía.  In the case of mixed works, the composer will provide the performers and/or the necessary sources for the making of his/her work.  There will be information about the schedule of rehearsals for every work.

7.- The diffusion system consists of a computer, running a sequencer software with a maximum of 18 independent audio outputs, and a Yamaha 02R96 mixer with 30 independent output lines to the following speakers: stage: 2 Meyer UPA-1P, 2 UPJ-1P, 2 USW-1P (subwoofers), 4 UPM-1P, 2 UPJ-1P (hanging), 4 Bose 802 (taking 2 input lines). "Surround": 12 Meyer UPM-1P. At the stalls: 4 Yamaha NS60. The definite format of the recorded part of the work for the concert must be in monophonic .aif or .wav files (up to a maximum of 18), in 16 or 24 bit, 44,1 or 48 kHz.  See the blueprint of speakers placement.

8.- A jury from the scientific committee will choose the works considered to be the best ones concerning the artistic quality and interest for the use of space. Their decision will be a definite one.

9.- The result will be informed to the artists with chosen works and by means of the web of the conference before 1^st November 2014. The non-chosen works will be at their authors' disposal, who will be able to withdraw them in person in the address above mentioned, by means of its identification by its motto, along a period of three months starting from the decision of the jury. After this period, the non-withdrawn materials will be destroyed.