Immersive Audio Podcast Episode 34 Halsey Burgund & Francesca Panetta (audioar.org)

In this episode of the Immersive Audio Podcast, Oliver Kadel is joined by Halsey Burgund and Francesca Panetta via Skype from the studio at MIT campus, Cambridge, Massachusetts. Halsey Burgund is a musician and sound artist living outside Boston. Both his installations and musical performances make extensive use of spoken human voice recordings as musical elements, alongside traditional and electronic instruments. Francesca Panetta is Creative Director at MIT’s Center of Advanced Virtuality. Previous to this she was a Nieman fellow at Harvard, and Executive Editor at the Guardian where she worked on immersive and innovations projects for 13 years, notably running the in-house virtual reality studio. In this episode, they discuss the evolution of their multifaceted careers, mutual collaborative projects such as audioar.org and “In Event of Moon Disaster”, and the importance of synergy between academia and professional practice. This episode was produced by Oliver Kadel and Michelle Chan with the help of Emma Rees and included music by Knobs Bergamo. For extended show notes and more information on this episode go to https://1618digital.com/immersive-audio-podcast-episode-34-halsey-burgund-francesca-panetta-audioar-org/ We want to hear from you! We value our community and would appreciate it if you would take our very quick survey and help us make the Immersive Audio Podcast even better: surveymonkey.co.uk/r/3Y9B2MJ Thank you! You can follow the podcast on Twitter @IAudioPodcast for regular updates and content. You can also follow us on Facebook and Instagram @1618digital. If you have any comments or questions, get in touch via [email protected]