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Creative Research in Sound Arts Practice (CRiSAP)

A sound installation featuring 2 white walls with hanging microphones and upright planks of wood against them. In front there are 2 loudspeakers on the floor.  The wall features lines of text such as, “If you look closely they have tiny little leavesâ€, “And it tastes like hairâ€, “This smells like forests in the snowy places.†Some of the text is obscured by the planks.
A sound installation featuring 2 white walls with hanging microphones and upright planks of wood against them. In front there are 2 loudspeakers on the floor.  The wall features lines of text such as, “If you look closely they have tiny little leavesâ€, “And it tastes like hairâ€, “This smells like forests in the snowy places.†Some of the text is obscured by the planks.
Sound installation with speakers, wood and text, by Salomé Voegelin and Lisa Hall, London College of Communication, UAL

World-leading interdisciplinary research centre in the field of sound arts practice.

About us

Creative Research in Sound Arts Practice (CRiSAP) is a research centre at the 91ÊÓÆµ.

We draw on sonic expertise across disciplines to produce new insights and address major societal challenges through our current research themes.

CRiSAP is proud to have a vibrant and diverse community composed of members, visiting fellows, PhD research students and alumni. We promote an inclusive culture that upholds the highest standards of research.

Find out more about CRiSAP.

See our AHRC funded project establishing a sonic pedagogy to address the underrepresentation of sound within education.

  • A 3 by 3 grid of Resonant dialogues online symposium presenters
    Resonant Dialogues online symposium presenters. From left to right: Syma Tariq, Ximena Alarcón-Díaz, Luz María Sánchez, Nour Sokhon, Sasha Kastoun, Thomas Gardner, Alma Žero, Angus Carlyle and Cathy Lane

    Resonant Dialogues Symposium

    Explore sonic perspectives on war and peace through a diverse set of practice-based inquiries.

  • Circular rings of a tree trunk's cross-section, with some of the outer rings creating lines of music notation. There are small drawings of 5 trees in the composition.
    Trunk of a tree looking like a vinyl record with music notations. Image credit: Pixir

    In the Field 2

    Read about a 3-day international conference exploring new perspectives in field recording practice and research.

  • Our work

    • A graphic image of abstract heads, coloured in pink, orange and black, receding in a regular pattern into the background.
      SGFA Tokyo logo of a mouth and faces 'Women speak out' | Image: Franziska Barczyk

      Research

      See our research that opens up emerging areas within sound arts practice.

    • A detail shot of people standing around a piece of paper on the floor with coloured post-it notes attached to it. The photograph only shows the people from the waist down.
      Points of Listening workshop, Centre for Creative Research in Sound Arts Practice, London College of Communication, UAL

      Study and teaching

      Join our PhD research and see how we support undergraduate and postgraduate teaching.

    • A row of people sat on a long bench against a wood-panelled wall. They are talking and laughing.
      Still from Pauline Boudry/Renate Lorenz, To Valerie Solanas and Marilyn Monroe in Recognition of their Desperation, 2013. Performers: Rachel Aggs, Peaches, Catriona Shaw, Verity Susman, Ginger Brooks Takahashi, William Wheeler.

      Collaboration and exchange

      Partnerships and knowledge exchange between researchers, students and non-academic collaborators.

    • A group of people sat in a circular room with white walls.  Some are sat on a circular seat in the centre and others are sat on the floor.
      CRiSAP Sound Portal, Centre for Creative Research in Sound Arts Practice, London College of Communication, UAL

      Events

      Find out about our latest sound arts events.

    • LP Sleeve and vinyl record of Angus Carlyle and Mark Peter Wright's Decoys album.
      Decoys album, Angus Carlyle and Mark Peter Wright, UAL

      Sound and Publications

      See highlights of our sound research.

    Our people

    CRiSAP is composed of members, visiting fellows, PhD research students and alumni.

    CRiSAP stories

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