Paris 8 University, the Maison des Sciences Humaines et Sociales Paris Nord, in partnership with the University of Gedaï (Tokyo, Japan), invite the Ensemble Cairn for a concert highlighting Japanese music and the question of sound space. In Japanese, the concept of Ma, whose kanji depicts a sun (日) framed by a gate (門), refers…
Alain presented the G3S project in a keynote entitled “Escaping the Technological Standardization of Musical Creation by Generative AI” (moderated by Anne) during the event “Assises de l’Intelligence Artificielle : Perspectives critiques et pratiques créatives” organized by Université Paris 8 on March 5-6. The event aimed to bring together students, teachers, researchers, university services, and local…
The widespread availability of equipment and processes for creating sound spaces in the digital audio field has been accompanied by a musical and technical convergence towards certain ‘mainstream’ spatialization processes based on the acoustic modeling of point sources in a reverberant environment. But the question arises to understand how far this approach of sound spatialization…
The G3S research team was delighted to travel to Reims for our very first on‑site meeting with a partner, Philippe Giordani at the Césaré Creation Center (Centre National de Création Musicale, CNCM). It was a very exciting and inspiring day. We spent hours brainstorming on the relationship between space, listening devices, and musical composition. Philippe Giordani introduced…
ARNAU GRAN i ROMERO Website Born in Catalonia in 2001, Arnau Gran i Romero is a composer whose practice draws on post-spectral approaches, gesture-driven processes, and a focus on textural fragility. He began his musical studies at the Conservatori de Girona before specializing in composition at the Conservatoire à rayonnement régional de Paris. He holds…
MALENA FOUILLOU Website After completing her higher education studies in acoustics, Malena joined IRCAM in 2022 and graduated a year later with a master’s degree in ATIAM (Acoustics, Signal Processing, Computer Science). Her musical practice now focuses on issues of preservation and conservation of musical works using electronic devices, with a performance practice of mixed…
ANDRÉ VILLA Website Musician, composer, and sound designer, André Villa’s multidisciplinary background combines musicology, philosophy, cognitive sciences, and the performing arts. In 2013, he defended his doctoral thesis on a transdisciplinary approach to music perception and cognition (CICM – University of Paris 8). Back in Brazil, he spent eight years as a teacher-researcher in the…