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The Voice Symposium on Resonance FM
As a preview for The Voice Symposium, held at The London Science Museum Dana Centre on 16 Nov 2012, symposium organiser James Wilkes presented an hour-long feature on Resonance 104.4FM, broadcast 14 Nov 2012, discussing the subject of the human voice from scientific and artistic perspectives. The programme features an interview about the "Rorschach Audio" book - discussing Spiritualism, audio illusions and Electronic Voice Phenomena, Professor Sophie Scott (from UCL #39;s Institute of Cognitive Neuroscience) gives an introduction to the physiology of speech and to the place of laughter in communication, scientists Pradheep Shanmugalingam (of UCL) and Carolyn McGettigan (of Royal Holloway) discuss their research into sine-wave speech and vocal identity, and the programme features recordings by poets Emma Bennett and Holly Pester and recordings of a beluga whale saying "hello" to humans! 00:00 Introduction by James Wilkes 01:16 Professor Sophie Scott 15:21 Emma Bennett / Robin 17:05 Joe Banks / Rorschach Audio 35:12 Professor Sophie Scott 36:42 Pradheep Shanmugalingam 43:24 Carolyn McGettigan 56:31 Holly Pester / News Piece strangeattractor.co.uk http://www.thevoxlab.org Other Voice Symposium contributors included Adam Crockatt, Alice Carey, Antonia Barnett-McIntosh, Carol Watts, Hannah Silva, Jonnie Robinson, Lawrence Abu Hamdan, Matthew Wraith, Mikhail Karikis and Will Montgomery. The Voice Symposium was supported by The Wellcome Trust, Resonance 104.4FM and The London Consortium.From:C4eyeViews:64 3ratingsTime:59:01More inFilm Animation

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