Fellowship focus: Promoting the musical legacy of UK electronic music pioneer Peter Zinovieff by creating definitive recorded versions of six collaborations.
As founder of EMS studios, which manufactured the VCS3 synthesizer (used by Pink Floyd and many other bands), Dr Peter Zinovieff (1933-2021) was one of the most important pioneers of computer music. Celebrated poet Katrina Porteous worked with Zinovieff in the last decade of his life. During her Fellowship at Surrey she will work with Dr Hall to make definitive recorded versions of six compositions she created with the composer. They will also create their own poetry and music collaboration in Zinovieff’s memory. Their work will be showcased at a concert for the public at the University.
Fellowship focus: Visualising what climate migration means to people through participatory art workshops.
Discussion of climate migration in countries such as the UK usually focuses on environmental risk rather than government’s responsibility in causing the impact which renders places inhabitable. At the same time, climate refugees are often presented as victims or threats. This Fellowship seeks to engage diverse public audiences to consider what climate migration means to them, and use visual arts to consider the intersectionality of climate migration. Ms Esapathi and Dr Loukianov will run workshops with climate activists and lay people and create a visual database for education and advocacy.
Fellowship focus: Producing voice-centred experiences at the cutting-edge of spatial audio technology.
Harry Yeff (aka Reeps100) is an award-winning voice performer whose work has amassed a global following with over 100 million online views. Continuing a long-standing collaboration, he will work with Dr De Sena to create striking new live audio compositions in which Harry’s beats and voice are dynamically positioned in 3D space. Using room acoustic models, the composition will create the illusion that the space is changing, while lighting elements will add to the visual experience. This ground-breaking technology will be presented at a concert at the 27th International Conference on Digital Audio Effects in September 2024.
Fellowship focus: Exploring the psychology of ableism by developing a satirical series of ‘unproductive’ participatory and therapeutic art activities.
This residency will use humour, irony and exaggeration to challenge prejudicial attitudes towards disabled and neurodivergent people, and compare exaggerated claims – such as the ‘triumph over adversity’ trope – with Simon’s lived experience of bipolar depression and hypomania. He will work with academics in the School of Psychology to develop a performance-lecture about the use of satire in disability and neurodivergence-related art, and initiate a series of satirical ‘art therapy’ exercises. Collaborating with Professor Tischler he will conduct research on the factors that produce ableism and develop critical analyses on concepts such as ‘ecophobia’ (fear of one’s environment).
Fellowship focus: Developing a creative piece of music representing the unseen consequences of global warming on the UK tick species Ixodes Ricinus.
Understanding tick dynamics and population changes is crucial to developing effective control strategies. The focus of this Fellowship will be looking at tick dynamics in a novel way, using mathematical modelling and field recording to create a musical sentence which represents the ideal lifecycle of the tick. This can then be modified depending on different parameters, generating the first sonic projection of the impact of global warming on ticks, and creating a model that could in the future help us comprehend fluctuations in tick populations on local and global scale.
Fellowship focus: An artistic expression of quantum biology and time reversibility, and how these relate to the personal and cultural experiences of time and memory.
This Fellowship will bring an entirely new perspective to quantum effects in biology, seen in phenomena such as photosynthesis and DNA mutation. As part of Surrey’s ‘Quantum Arrow of Time’ project funded by the John Templeton Foundation, award-winning digital artist Alex May will work closely with Dr Kim and colleagues to consider how quantum biology is related to our experiences of time and memory through technology and art. The outcome will be the creation of a new body of artworks that will increase public awareness of this fascinating field of science.
A video of the artwork is available on YouTube
Fellowship focus: Revisiting 19th century Austro-German music, its implications and continuing relevance – taking Johannes Brahms as a case study – through performances, discussions and workshops.
This Fellowship revisits 19th century Austro-German music – taking Johannes Brahms as a case study – acknowledging its implication in some of history’s darkest chapters, justifying its current relevance, and resisting its annexation by an ascendant far right. During three visits to Surrey, Dr Scott will bring a performative dimension to Surrey’s Institute of Austrian and German Music Research with a series of lectures, performances, discussions and workshops, including a public symposium featuring both performances and presentations.
Fellowship for artists in residence
J R Yancher and colleagues from the Bike City Theatre Company (California, USA) will lead a two-week workshop at Surrey as the culmination of a year-long remote R&D project. Central to the Fellowship will be the creation of a sustainability-themed play with music, developed by experts in sustainability research, creative communications and performance, including students from the Guildford School of Acting. This original piece of science communication will be aimed at raising awareness of the impact of climate change, with Surrey able to use the script and score to put the performance on again in the future.
Fellowship for artists in residence
Anna Dumitriu, an internationally renowned artist who focuses on BioArt and emerging technologies in biomedicine, will visit Surrey’s Schools of Biosciences and Medicine and Veterinary Medicine with the aim of enriching research in infection and immunity – focusing particularly on zoonotic diseases, parasitology and the ethical implications of infectious disease control in animals. Dumitriu will develop a new body of artworks that will increase public awareness of Surrey’s ‘One Health’ research. These will be shown publicly through exhibitions and also used as a teaching resource for students and public engagement activities.