Ludo2017

Ludo2017, the Sixth Easter Conference on Video Game Music and Sound, will take place April 20th – 22nd at Bath Spa University, UK.

The draft Conference Booklet is now available.

Please share our Call for Papers poster online and around your institutions.

The sixth annual Easter conference is focused on the theme of ‘Performance’, understood in the broadest sense. The conference will feature keynote addresses by:

  • Kenneth McAlpine (Abertay University), author of Bits and Pieces: A History of Chiptunes (OUP, 2017),
  • Roger Moseley (Cornell University), author of the recently published Keys to Play: Music as a Ludic Medium from Apollo to Nintendo (UC Press, 2017), and
  • Rob Hubbard, best known for his groundbreaking compositions for the Commodore 64 (Commando, International Karate, Monty on the Run, Skate or Die).

The programme also includes a concert of new compositions inspired by, and using, game audio technology, curated by Professor James Saunders, organizer of the Open Scores Lab.

Registration

Please register on the Bath Spa website, here.

Register

Accommodation

You can book University accommodation when completing your registration for the conference. Alternatively, you may book accommodation separately. Unfortunately, there isn’t central campus accommodation for the night of the 19th (with apologies), but other options are available below, including the Green Park House accommodation owned by the uni http://www.greenparkhouse.co.uk/our-accommodation/.

We can recommend the following options:

Location & Travel

The conference will take place at Bath Spa’s Newton Park Campus. Bath Spa University have more detailed directions on their website. The nearest international airport is Bristol (40 mins by car), but and Heathrow (1hr 50mins) is not far. Bath Spa Railway Station can be reached by the U5 bus from campus, where you can get regular direct trains to London Paddington (1hr 30mins). The U5 leaves every 10 minutes during daytime on weekdays, every 60 minutes in the evening, and every 30 minutes on weekends. See the bus company website for more details and a detailed map of public transport in and around Bath.

Limited parking is available at the Newton Park campus. More information can be found here.

If you have any queries regarding registration, please contact us at ludomusicology@gmail.com.

Preliminary Programme

This draft programme is subject to change.

Day 1: 20th April 2017

9:00 – 09:30 Registration, Coffee & Welcome
09:30 – 11:35 Session 1 – Algorithms and Voices
11:35 – 12:00 Coffee Break
12:00 – 13:00 Keynote 1 (Kenneth McAlpine)
13:00 – 14:00 Lunch
14:00 – 15:50 Session 2 – Compositions with Game Technology
15:50 – 16:20 Tea & Coffee Break
16:20 – 17:50 Session 3 – Realities and Spaces
 18:00 – 18:30  Drinks Reception
 19:30  Conference Dinner

Day 2, 21st April 2017

9:30 – 11:35 Session 4 – Histories
11:35 – 12:00 Tea & Coffee Break
12:00 – 13:00 Keynote 2 (Rob Hubbard)
13:00 – 14:00 Lunch
14:00 – 15:50 Session 5 – Play Beyond the Game
16:00 – 16:30 Tea & Coffee Break
16:20 – 17:50 Session 6 – Performance
 18:30 Evening Celebration – Concert

Day 3, 22nd April 2017

9:30 – 11:35 Session 7 – In Concert
11:35 – 12:00 Tea & Coffee Break
12:00 – 13:00 Keynote 3 (Roger Moseley)
13:00 – 14:00 Lunch
14:00 – 15:30 Session 8 – Sonic Worlds
15:30 – 16:00 Tea & Coffee Break
16:00 – 17:30 Session 9 – Teaching and Learning

 

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www.ludomusicology.org | #ludo2017
Hosted by Professor James Newman, Bath Spa University.
Organized by Melanie Fritsch, Michiel Kamp, Tim Summers, Mark Sweeney.