Practical Sonification Workshop (September, 2025)

Date: Saturday 20th September

Times: 12.00-12.30 (Free vegetarian lunch) and 12.30-17.00 (Workshop)

Location: The NewBridge Project, Clarence Walk, Shieldfield Centre 4 - 8, off Stoddart St, Newcastle upon Tyne NE2 1AL https://thenewbridgeproject.com/

Registration: https://forms.office.com/e/bt8aks0ZMx

Workshop Summary

Use sound as a way to explore data through a series of creative listening and sound-making activities.

Event Info

Data sonification is about using sound as a way to explore data. This is used for communicating about data; for making art works; for research; for education and more.

This practical workshop will include interactive and creative tasks, listening and sound making activities, story boarding, exploring datasets, critical reflection, and group discussions.

This workshop is for people who are interested in sound, data or collaboration, who want to find out more about how to combine these in fun and creative ways. No experience with sound or data necessary.

Join us at 12.00 for a free vegetarian lunch. The workshop will start at 12.30 and we will provide snacks and refreshments throughout.

What you need?

• A ticket—please book below!

• If you have a dataset that you are working with that you are interested in exploring through sound, please bring it with you.

• Feel free to bring something that you think makes an interesting sound and that you are happy to for others to use (e.g. a small instrument, toy, or household item).

• Computers are not needed.

About Sonic Intangibles

The Sonic Intangibles project, based at Northumbria and Newcastle University, is exploring how experts from different fields such as music, computer science and physics can work together to make sonifications. The research project is particularly interested in data relating to things which are too big, too small or too distant to understand using our senses or that might be hard to communicate about through traditional methods.

We have recorded four videos so you can find out more about the Sonic Intangibles project, and how sonification might be useful for your work or projects. We recommend watching these before coming to the workshop. They can be found here: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLS9GQGrzun1t8HvGf5gih5K50w67ZWvxo. The videos have a total runtime of ~50 minutes.

Tickets

The workshop is free, but you must register in advance by completing this form: https://forms.office.com/e/bt8aks0ZMx

We will send out detailed workshop information in advance to registered attendees.