Robin Parmar

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About Robin Parmar

Robin Parmar explores the phenomenology of place and the poetics of memory using a cross-disciplinary practice of non-narrative film, sound installations, environmental composition, photography, and text. Research interests include soundscape composition and acoustic ecology, psychoacoustics, field recording, audio synthesis, visual music, and epistemologies of nature. He has released twelve albums, on Silent Records (USA), Gruenrekorder (Germany), and his own Stolen Mirror (Ireland). His film “The Swerve” premiéred at Light Moves: Festival of Screendance 2018. Awards include the Invisible Places residency (The Azores, 2017) and an Arts Council Bursary (2017). He was selected for the national showcase Just Listening – Ireland Calling in 2011 (curated by the National Sculpture Factory) and was an invited artist at EVA International, Ireland’s Biennial of Contemporary Art in 2010 (curated by Elizabeth Hatz). Robin has a doctorate in Sonic Creativity from De Montfort University (Leicester, UK) and is Lecturer in Video, Film, and Visual Communication at the University of Limerick (Ireland) where he currently directs the BSc. in Music, Media and Performance Technology. He is Vice-President of the Irish Science, Sound, and Technology Association (ISSTA) and was guest editor for the last issue of Interference: Journal of Audio Culture. His recent book Listening To Places (Void Gallery, Derry) sold out its first printing. Visit robinparmar.com. Teaching and research experience in these areas:* acoustics and psychoacoustics * soundscape studies and acoustic ecology * algorithmic composition and modular synthesis (Max, Reaktor, etc.)* field recording, studio techniques, sound editing and design * electroacoustic composition practice, theory, and history * live electronics, improvisation * sound art and site-specific installations * radio production and radiophonic art * musicology: post-punk music Experience in:* academic writing, copyright, ethics, pedagogy * poetry, creative writing, copy editing * digital photography, videography, non-linear editing, image editing * music and film criticism, aesthetics, visual design * database design, computer programming (Python especially)* information architecture, web design