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The November session of Next in Audio will focus on movement-based audio production - using movement to create and manip...
10/11/2024

The November session of Next in Audio will focus on movement-based audio production - using movement to create and manipulate sound. Sound artist and composer Monica Lim will present on her work with gesture-led composition tools.

Book your spots for free at https://bit.ly/NIA_S2
Wed 20 Nov 2024, 7 - 9 PM.

Monica Lim’s creative practice frequently explores combinations of new technology with music. Her work has been presented at Arts House, Science Gallery Melbourne, AsiaTOPA, White Night, Liquid Architecture, Melbourne Fringe, Arts Centre Melbourne, and Seoul Performing Arts Festival, among a host of other Australian and international festivals and symposiums.

She was a 2023 Artist-in residence at the Grainger Museum and Melbourne Electronic Sound Studio, and is co-creator of the Electromagnetic Piano with Mirza Ceyzar and David Shea.

Read more about Monica’s work at https://www.monicalim.online/

[Image description: This is an info graphic announcing the date, time and topic of an upcoming event of Next in Audio. At the right side is an image of Monica Lim, a light skinned, dark haired woman who smiles softly at the camera. She is wearing a dark top and stands against a bright yellow background. There is a black Heck Media logo (funky bold text) at the bottom left of the graphic.]

At the 30th October Next in Audio event, sound designer Darius Kedros and theatre maker Roslyn Oades will present a sess...
22/10/2024

At the 30th October Next in Audio event, sound designer Darius Kedros and theatre maker Roslyn Oades will present a session on recording and building immersive sound worlds. In the first part of the session, Darius and Roslyn will discuss various techniques and dramaturgical approaches to creating sonic worlds across multiple artforms.

In the second half of the session, participants will have the opportunity to experience one of the cinematic VR audio designs Darius has created for Phoria/ Meta, followed by a guided discussion on on the subject of 'the real' versus 'the re-imagined’ in sound design.

Book your spots for free at https://bit.ly/NIA_S2

[Image description: This is an info graphic announcing the upcoming events at Next in Audio. At the right side of the graphic are two images arranged diagonally from each other in oval frames. The image higher up is that of Darius Kedros, a light skinned and light haired person looking to their right and smiling. They are wearing a blue shirt and stand against a white shiplap background. The image below that is of Roslyn Oades, a light skinned person with brown curly framing their face. They are are against an out of focus outdoorsy background. They are wearing a blue scarf and are smiling at the camera.

There is a white Heck Media logo in funky bold text at the bottom right of the graphic.]

Coming up at Next in Audio:Wed 30th Oct 2024 - Acclaimed sound designer Darius Kedros and award-winning theatre maker Ro...
07/10/2024

Coming up at Next in Audio:

Wed 30th Oct 2024 - Acclaimed sound designer Darius Kedros and award-winning theatre maker Roslyn Oades present “The Uncanny Valley of Sound”; a session that explores how artificial sounds impact our perception of reality in audio fiction, podcasts and theatre.

Wed 20th Nov 2024 - Innovative sound artist Monica Lim will present on the new technologies that she uses in music and audio production, including gesture-based composition.

Book your spots for free at https://bit.ly/NIA_S2

[Image description: This is an info graphic announcing the upcoming events at Next in Audio. At the top right of the graphic are two photographs arranged diagonally from each other in oval frames. The photograph higher up is that of Darius Kedros, a light skinned and light haired person looking to their right and smiling. They are wearing a blue shirt and stand against a white shiplap background. The image below that is of Roslyn Oades, a light skinned person with brown curly hair framing their face. They are are against an out of focus outdoorsy background. They are wearing a blue scarf and are smiling at the camera.

At the bottom left of the graphic is an image of a Monica Lim in an oval frame. They are a light skinned person with straight black hair, and they are against a bright yellow background. They are wearing a black top. They are smiling at the camera.

At the bottom right of the graphic, against a background of brightly coloured audio tracks of a Digital Audio Workstation, is a white Heck Media logo. It features the word HECK in chunky letters, with a smaller sized MEDIA inset diagonally within HECK.]

Next in Audio's 18th Sep session with Access Lab & Library is fully booked out! Access Lab & Library (ALL) was created i...
11/09/2024

Next in Audio's 18th Sep session with Access Lab & Library is fully booked out!

Access Lab & Library (ALL) was created in 2023 by Fayen d’Evie, Lloyd Mst and Jon Tjhia to develop and nurture disability-led and artist-led access in creative settings. In this session they will present on sound and spatiality, and creative live captioning for live performances (in-person and digital), exhibitions and publishing.

Our next event is on 30th October and we have another exciting topic lined up. Keep an eye out on Heck Media's socials and the Frequency webpage for details. https://bit.ly/NIA_S2

Access Lab & Library: https://accesslab.world/

Pictured (left to righ): Fayen d’Evie, Lloyd Mst and Jon Tjhia.

[image description: Three photographs are arranged horizontally in a narrow strip. The first is a headshot of Fayen d'Evie, bathed in a shadowy blue light, face tilted away from the camera, eyes closed, as if asleep. Patches of light illuminate her nose, forehead, and cheek. Two sequinned jewels - fixed above her natural eyes - glisten, but subtly. She wears a pleated top that undulates; her tousled hair undulates similarly, in gentle waves. Fayen is mid-frame, the hair of two other anonymous bodies peek into the frame (one hairstyle straight and long, the other, tight curls and short); the trio are resting together, back-to-back. In the second image, Lloyd sits against a dark grey wall, cropped from mid-chest, with a grey brick wall to the left and deeper shadow to the right. He looks directly at the camera, short black hair pushed left, and stubble from a few days past. His closed tangerine-tinted lips and soft brown eyes convey internal warmth, yet a serious exterior. He wears a grey workwear shirt/jacket with a black stripe; the top button open reveals a hint of a violet T-shirt. The third image is the kind of dim, silvery black and white photograph that seems almost yellow, and at the centre of it, Jon is looking out from behind a sash of light grey blur intruding across the camera’s view. His finger is pointed across his chin as if in mock thought, his forearm sprouting from the same point of origin as the unknown diagonal obstruction. Jon’s other arm juts out unseriously; his t-shirt and medium-length hair and moustache and shadow are all black, and even if they weren’t, you wouldn’t find out about it here. The background is filled by spectral, foggy looking trees; it was actually a nice sunny morning.]

Is sound the same as audio? If we can't hear audio, can we still meaningfully participate in a sound experience? If ther...
30/08/2024

Is sound the same as audio? If we can't hear audio, can we still meaningfully participate in a sound experience? If there's only audio, can we still experience visual worlds? Access Lab & Library will present a session on experimental uses of spatialised audio and live captioning to make sound more accessible and exciting in live performance, exhibitions and other media.
18th Sept, 7 - 9 PM. Register here: https://bit.ly/NIA_S2

Access Lab & Library: https://accesslab.world/

[Image description: A gold gradient triangle graphic reaches into the square image from the left, bearing white text which reads “Next in Audio. Access Lab & Library on non-standard spatialise audio and creative live captioning. Wed 18th Sep 2024. 7 PM - 9 PM. Arts Centre Melbourne. Free to register.” Beneath the gold triangle, we see part of two wide TV screens hung from the wall of a performance space, which is in near-total darkness. The screens’ backgrounds are a fresh blue and there's bold yellow text on it, kind of like the colours of the Swedish flag. The text reads: ‘High winds a-blowin’, the mighty storm is a-brewin’…’. Above it, in smaller typewriter font and square brackets, ’throaty tones of / a high-strung ballad shimmer’ span the two screens. On the bottom right of the image, in the darkness of space, is a cream Heck Media logo.]

Background image by Jon Tjhia.

Next in Audio is back at The Arts Centre Melbourne with three more events showcasing new audio technologies in the creat...
29/08/2024

Next in Audio is back at The Arts Centre Melbourne with three more events showcasing new audio technologies in the creative arts! 18th Sep, 30th Oct and 4th Dec. And this season, it's totally free to attend. So, mark your calendars, creative nerds! Registerations and event info here: https://bit.ly/NIA_S2

[Image description: This post announces a new Heck Media event.
Background (towards right): Out of focus image of pastel teal, orange, pink and blue audio tracks with black waveforms, in an digital audio workstation.
Foreground (towards left): Dark peach coloured triangle shape with white text that reads "Next in Audio. Season 2. Sep - Dec 2024. A part of FREQUENCY at Arts Centre Melbourne."
On the top right of the image a white Heck Media logo.]

If you're trying to book Next in Audio tickets and come upon these delivery options, please proceed with *mobile ticket*...
16/05/2024

If you're trying to book Next in Audio tickets and come upon these delivery options, please proceed with *mobile ticket*. You will not be charged a delivery fee at checkout. This is a standard message on the Arts Centre ticketing platform, but it will not apply to Next in Audio. Get your tickets here: https://bit.ly/nextinaudio

Hope to see you there!

The 4th June Next in Audio seminar and workshop will be delivered by Patrick Hutchings, who develops AI tools for the cr...
13/04/2024

The 4th June Next in Audio seminar and workshop will be delivered by Patrick Hutchings, who develops AI tools for the creative arts. Patrick will take us through the challenges and opportunities for using AI in audio production. He will also demonstrate live music improvisation with AI.

In the second part of the workshop, participants can take a closer look at a collaborative music generation AI platform.

This event is accessible for wheelchair users and people with vision and hearing disability.

Get your tickets here: https://bit.ly/nextinaudio

The second Next in Audio seminar and workshop will be delivered on 26 March by Darrin Verhagen, a musician, composer and...
03/03/2024

The second Next in Audio seminar and workshop will be delivered on 26 March by Darrin Verhagen, a musician, composer and academic whose research focuses on using cutting edge technology to translate sound into rich multisensory experiences. Darrin's work can be used to make music more accessible for people with hearing imapirment or cognitive impairment such as dementia.

In this session, Darrin will take us through the fundamentals of sound's relationship to other senses, and how these can be applied to the meaningful translation of sound into multisensory experiences. Then, participants will get to try Music: Not Impossible's Vibrotextile vests that translate sound onto the skin through vibration, for a deaf audience.

This event is accessible for wheelchair users and people with vision and hearing disability. We encourage deaf and disabled artists and creatives to attend this session.

Get your tickets here: https://bit.ly/nextinaudio

The first Next in Audio presenter, game audio designer Maize Wallin, will draw on some of their own innovative projects ...
31/01/2024

The first Next in Audio presenter, game audio designer Maize Wallin, will draw on some of their own innovative projects in their seminar on 6th Feb. Including:
- Noise Drawers, a VR game in which players are surrounded by walls of drawers, each with a unique sound. Players reach out and interact with the drawers, opening and closing them in various expressive ways to create music. https://bit.ly/3HH9JGF
- HOPE, an 8-bit musical game about learning to rely on others and fighting against hopelessness, created as an interactive expression of the song Hope by Australian punk band Cable Ties. https://bit.ly/4blSFn8
- Coral VR, a VR workshop with Maldivian musicians to make interactive compositions using underwater sounds. https://bit.ly/3SjPAvu

Maize's Next in Audio seminar and workshop will include case studies of how to bring about creative collaborations of this sort, and an ideation exercise to map out your own project against audio/ music and game design elements. Book your ticket today at this link: https://bit.ly/nextinaudio

Images by Maize Wallin, Cecile Richards and Ismail Miglal

The first Next in Audio seminar and workshop will be delivered by ace composer, sound designer and audio programmer Maiz...
27/01/2024

The first Next in Audio seminar and workshop will be delivered by ace composer, sound designer and audio programmer Maize Wallin, on Tue 6th Feb 2024. The theme of the session is "possibilities of creatively combining live music, experimental performances and game design." Maize will share some examples of their innovative projects, which will be followed by an ideation workshop in which we'll learn how to explore these creative possibilities.

Maize predominantly works in the video game industry across indie and big budget games. Highlights from their extensive game design folio include God Fall, Receiver 2, Wayward Strand and Cosmic Express, as well as their solo experimental audio game works.

Their work has been exhibited in prominent galleries and museums around the world.

This workshop is for creatives from all disciplines, including music, podcasting, installation art, theatre, game design and more!

Ticket link in bio.

The first Next in Audio seminar and workshop will be delivered by ace composer, sound designer and audio programmer Maiz...
27/01/2024

The first Next in Audio seminar and workshop will be delivered by ace composer, sound designer and audio programmer Maize Wallin, on Tue 6th Feb 2024. The theme of the session is "possibilities of creatively combining live music, experimental performances and game design." Maize will share some examples of their innovative VR and web projects, which will be followed by an ideation workshop in which we'll learn how to explore these creative possibilities.

Maize predominantly works in the video game industry across indie and big budget games. Highlights from their extensive game design folio include God Fall, Receiver 2, Wayward Strand and Cosmic Express, as well as their solo experimental audio game works.

Their work has been exhibited in prominent galleries and museums around the world.

This workshop is for creatives from all disciplines, including music, podcasting, installation art, theatre, game design and more!

Get your tickets and more info at this link: https://www.artscentremelbourne.com.au/whats-on/2024/festivals-and-series/play/next-in-audio

Come discover cool new ways to use audio technology in your creative projects.Next in Audio is a series of seminars and ...
21/01/2024

Come discover cool new ways to use audio technology in your creative projects.

Next in Audio is a series of seminars and workshops for creatives of all disciplines.

The program features creators from different industries talking about projects with innovative audio elements. Presentations will be followed by a workshop in which you can gain practical or ideation skills to apply to your own work.

Our first presenter is game audio designer Maize Wallin, who'll take us through combining audio, performance and game design elements, on 6th Feb.

Whether you're an audio producer, podcaster, theatre maker, installation artist, musician, game designer, filmmaker or any kind of storyteller, you'll find inspiration at Next in Audio.

This program is presented by Heck Media and Arts Centre Melbourne at the education hub, The Channel.

Click here for tickets and info: https://www.artscentremelbourne.com.au/whats-on/2024/festivals-and-series/play/next-in-audio

01/07/2022

Check out Heck Media's new website at heckmedia.com.au. While you're there, sign up for our newsletter to be the first to hear when our show Asian Bi***es Down Under launches their winter giveaway, when we release a new podcast called Repronormativity, and when our show Heckin' Concerned comes back for Season 3!

Happy Harmony Day! Today marks the beginning of Harmony Week in Australia - a week to mark our unity in diversity. Harmo...
21/03/2022

Happy Harmony Day! Today marks the beginning of Harmony Week in Australia - a week to mark our unity in diversity. Harmony is not a comfortable or easy outcome. It requires practise, change, and challenge. To achieve true racial and cultural harmony, we have to be anti-racist. Let's continuously challenge our selves, our communities, and our media to identify and overcome biases. This is Heck Media's mission. This is also the aim of Stories of Multicultural Australia, a project by Settlement Council of Australia. This project offers media skills training to 30 migrants and refugees to enable their participation in mainstream media and shape public conversations on vital issues. Please donate to Stories of Multicultural Australia and help them achieve this step towards harmony! Donate here: https://scoa.org.au/stories-of-multicultural-australia/

Who is Justine Reid? The co-creator of She is Legend, a proud Gangulu woman, an intersectional feminist, and an activist...
12/03/2022

Who is Justine Reid? The co-creator of She is Legend, a proud Gangulu woman, an intersectional feminist, and an activist for the rights of First Nations Australians. Listen to the story of this legend in her own words, as told to her friend and co-host of SIL, Chole Gage. https://bit.ly/Heck_SILpod

Do non-white people in Australia who speak English seem smarter and more valuable to society than those who don't? How c...
11/03/2022

Do non-white people in Australia who speak English seem smarter and more valuable to society than those who don't? How can such a negative bias be changed?
Listen to the latest episode of Asian Bi***es Down Under, in which Helen and Jessie discuss the value placed on English proficiency, and how acceptable it is to misuse names for foreign foods in English. Listen at https://bit.ly/Heck_ABDUpod

Did you listen to this firecracker IWD episode of She is Legend? Justine and Chole talk about the 2022 IWD hashtag , an...
10/03/2022

Did you listen to this firecracker IWD episode of She is Legend? Justine and Chole talk about the 2022 IWD hashtag , and respond to The Guardian's recent article about white women being the acceptable faces of the fight against gender bias and violence against women. The hosts discuss how the activism of white women and male allies can help to hold open the doors for diverse women to be more visible in their activism, when done mindfully. Listen at https://bit.ly/Heck_SILpod.

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