The draft programme schedule for the Ludo2023 Twelfth European Conference on Video Game Music and Sound held at the University of Edinburgh from March 23rd to 25th is now available here. Paper abstracts can be viewed on the programme page as well.
Registration has also opened and tickets can be booked via Eventbrite for both online access and in-person attendance.
For more information on the conference, including location and travel information, please see the conference information page.
We look forward to you joining us in person and remotely in March!
The Ludomusicology Research Group is pleased to announce the Ludo2023 Twelfth European Conference on Video Game Music and Sound, to be held at the University of Edinburgh, 23-25 March next year. The organizers of Ludo2023 are now accepting proposals for research presentations.
We welcome proposals on all aspects of sound and music in games.
This year, we are particularly interested in papers that support the conference theme of ‘Sound and Music Beyond the Human’. Papers on this topic may include: ➢ Monstrosity, horror and the gothic ➢ Cyborgs and the machinic ➢ Transhumanism and posthumanism ➢ Non-human speech and voices ➢ Aliens and alterity ➢ Artificial intelligences and non-human agencies ➢ Dehumanising sounds ➢ Fantastic creatures and cosmic horror ➢ Uncanny voices and synthetic sounds ➢ Supernatural sound and music ➢ Creatures, fantastic and otherwise
Presentations should last twenty minutes and will be followed by questions. Please submit your paper proposal (c.250 words) with a short provisional list of literature by email to ludomusicology@gmail.com by January 6th, 2023. We aim to communicate the programme decisions by January 20th, 2023. If you require more information, please email the organizers.
We encourage practitioners and composers to submit proposals for showcasing practice as research. The conference will be held in person, but with remote access options available.
www.ludomusicology.org | #ludo2023 Hosted by James Cook, Reid School of Music, Edinburgh College of Art. Organized by Melanie Fritsch, Andra Ivănescu, Michiel Kamp & Tim Summers.
The Ludomusicology Research Group is pleased to announce the Ludo2022 Eleventh European Conference on Video Game Music and Sound, to be held in person at Royal Holloway, University of London, 21-23 April next year, with remote access options available.
We welcome proposals on all aspects of sound and music in games.
This year, we are particularly interested in papers that support the conference theme of ‘Music, Myth, and Magic in Video Games’. Papers on this topic may include:
Narrative and storytelling in soundtracks
Medievalism, folklorism, and other forms of musical representation
Performativity, performance, and spectacle
Game music and the fantastical
Sound and music and/as magical interaction
Power, control, and ability in games and audio
Negotiating realism with games and sound
Presentations should last twenty minutes and will be followed by questions. Please submit your paper proposal (c.250 words) with a short provisional list of literature by email to ludomusicology@gmail.com by January 14th, 2022. We aim to communicate the programme decisions by January 28th, 2022. If you require more information, please email the organizers.
We encourage practitionersand composers to submit proposals for showcasing practice as research.
We are delighted to announce that a keynote address will be given by Professor Karen M. Cook (Hartford University). Professor Cook specialises in the history and theory of late medieval music and the study of video game music, especially with regard to aural depictions of the historical and fantastical past. Her publications include ‘Medievalism and emotions in video game music’, ‘Beyond (the) Halo: Chant in Video Games’, and ‘Music, History, and Progress in Sid Meier’s Civilization IV’.
Organized by Melanie Fritsch, Andra Ivanescu, Michiel Kamp, Tim Summers, & Mark Sweeney.
We are now accepting proposals for Ludo2020 , the Ninth European Conference on Video Game Music and Sound, taking place at the University of Malta, April 24th-25th next year.
Please share our Call for Papers poster online and around your institutions.
We
welcome proposals on all aspects of sound
and music in games.
This
year, we are particularly interested in papers that support the conference
theme of ‘Participation, Performance,
and the Body’. Papers on this topic may include:
Representations
of the body through sound and music in games
Performance
of gender/sexuality and game sound
Physical
interactivity with music and games
Dance
and drama as lenses for conceptualizing game audio
Voice
and game sound
Game
music and accessibility
Presentations
should last twenty minutes and will be followed by questions. Please submit
your paper proposal (c.250 words) with a short provisional bibliography by
email to ludomusicology@gmail.com by
January 6th 2020. We aim
to communicate the programme decisions by January 20th 2020. If you
require more information, please email the organizers.
We
encourage practitionersand composers to submit proposals for showcasing
practice as research.
The conference will feature as a keynote speaker:
Prof. Hillegonda Rietveld, Professor of Sonic Culture at London South Bank University, musician and electronic music specialist, co-editor of the special issue ‘Hear the Music, Play the Game’ for GAME.
And more to be
announced…
Hosted by Costantino Oliva, Institute of Digital Games, University of Malta.
Organized by Melanie Fritsch, Michiel Kamp, Tim Summers & Mark Sweeney.
