Michael Fowler, PhD, from Technische Universität Berlin, will be a guest at the USil Faculty of Humanities from 29 June to 10 July 2023.
Numerous lectures, workshops and consultations have been planned within the research and educational project ‘The use of sound in urban space design, education, multimedia and actions to respond to intercultural and social challenges.’ The event is addressed to all interested educational and research employees, students and PhD students of the University of Silesia and the Faculty of Architecture of the Silesian University of Technology in Gliwice.
Michael Fowler, PhD, visits the University of Silesia on the invitation of Małgorzata Kądziela, PhD from the USil Institute of Culture Studies.
Guest profile
Michael Fowler is an independent researcher whose work is interdisciplinary; his projects combine science and art in search of innovative contributions to both disciplines. He is experienced in terms of strategies for the development of arts&science projects, science communication, and social programmes implemented in the context of German universities. Originally, he studied music in Australia and the USA and pursued an international concert career as a pianist and electronic musician working with some of the most notable composers of the late 20th century, including Karlheinz Stockhausen, Steve Reich and Milton Babbitt. He has won acclaim from critics, including those writing for The New York Times, Atlanta Constitution-Journal, Birmingham News, and Sydney Morning Herald. He has published on topics including the semiotics of Japanese garden design, concepts of sound and listening in architecture and landscape architecture. He is primarily interested in the examination, analysis, composition and design of exemplary sound-space. He utilised techniques from mathematics and AI to represent indeterminate musical spaces in the scores by John Cage. His artistic practice has also included the presentation and design of site-specific immersive sound installations that have been staged in Australia, China and Japan. He contributed greatly to the establishment and development of the Science Gallery Berlin at Technische Universität Berlin. He is a graduate of the Australian Research Council and an alumnus of the Alexander von Humboldt Stiftung research fellowship programme.
Meetings schedule
Between 29 June and 10 July 2023, Michael Fowler, PhD, will be taking part in research, close consultations and seminars for employees and PhD students of the USil Institute of Culture Studies and the Faculty of Architecture of the Silesian University of Technology. He will also take part in closed consultations, workshops and seminars for students of cultural studies, media culture and architecture.
On Friday, 30 June 2023, at 3.15 p.m., M. Fowler, PhD, will deliver an open lecture dedicated to strategies of soundscape design. Another open lecture is scheduled on 4 July at 12 p.m. devoted to the relations between 20th-century Western music and Japanese aesthetics. The lectures take place in A. Pawlikowski Lecture Hall at the USil Faculty of Humanities.
In order to join the meeting, you have to fill out the registration form. Registration for both meetings starts on 20 June at 1 p.m. and will close on 29 June at 1 p.m
The project ‘The use of sound in urban space design, education, multimedia and actions to respond to intercultural and social challenges.’ The project realised in cooperation with Michael Fowler, PhD (Technische Universität in Berlin)’ was co-financed by the Metropolis GZM under the Metropolitan Science Support Fund Programme in the years 2022-2024.