leahbarclay

leah barclay
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Leah Barclay is an Australian interdisciplinary artist, creative producer, composer and researcher who specialises in electroacoustic music, sound art and acoustic ecology. Her work has been commissioned, performed and exhibited to wide acclaim across Australia, New Zealand, Canada, USA, Europe, India, South Africa, China and Korea. She has been the recipient of numerous awards and has directed and curated interdisciplinary projects across the Asia-Pacific.

Leah has received critical acclaim for her immersive performances, installations and large-scale community projects that explore volatile environments ranging from the central Amazon Rainforest to the floor of the Australian ocean. Her work is multi-platform in nature and often involves long-term community engagement accompanied by the development of virtual platforms to explore the value of digital technology in environmental crisis. Her diverse creative practice has resulted in a dynamic freelance career where she works as an artist, consultant, educator and researcher with various organisations and institutions. These include designing immersive education programs for UNESCO, directing large-scale interdisciplinary research projects for major universities across Australia and the USA and facilitating partnerships between communities, NGOs and government to explore creative approaches to climate action.

She is currently the president of the Australian Forum for Acoustic Ecology and the founder and artistic director of Biosphere Soundscapes, a large-scale interdisciplinary project exploring the changing soundscapes of UNESCO Biosphere Reserves across the world. In 2015 she is working on a variety of projects between Australia, Mexico and the USA, including the launch of Biosphere Soundscapes in Sian Ka’an Biosphere Reserve in the Mexican state of Quintana Roo.

Leah Barclay is an Australian interdisciplinary artist, creative producer, composer and researcher who specialises in electroacoustic music, sound art and acoustic ecology. She is the president of the Australian Forum for Acoustic Ecology and the founder and artistic director of Biosphere Soundscapes, a large-scale interdisciplinary project exploring the changing soundscapes of UNESCO Biosphere Reserves across the world. She is currently a postdoctoral research fellow at Griffith University where she is leading a portfolio of acoustic ecology research at the Queensland Conservatorium Research Centre. More info: [|http://LeahBarclay.com]

"Sonic Environments"

Leading up to World Listening Day 2016, the Queensland Conservatorium in Brisbane, Australia, hosted Sonic Environments, an interdisciplinary conference exploring the role of sound and technology in understanding rapidly changing environments across the world. The program featured over 100 artists and presenters showcasing new work from Australia, New Zealand, Europe, USA, Mexico, Brazil, Japan, South Korea and Vanuatu. This short presentation will reflect on some of the work presented during the conference and current acoustic ecology projects at the Queensland Conservatorium Research Centre. More info: [|http://SonicEnvironments.org]

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[|WIRA] is an interactive sound installation that reimagines the world beneath the surface of the Noosa River for Floating Land 2015 at the [|Noosa Regional Gallery] in Queensland, Australia. The installation opened on August 27 and runs until October 18, 2015.

WIRA can be experienced by walking along the river with a smart phone and listening to content that is geotagged from Noosa Regional Gallery to the river mouth. As you walk along the river bank, the sounds of the Noosa River system are layered with sonic art, stories and soundscapes from Floating Land over the last ten years.

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