What is OIST Sonic Lab?

OIST Sonic Lab will explore and unravel new connections and potentials of sound and well-being through a series of soundscape studies, designs and installations with scientists and researchers, acousticians and musicians.

The project is co-ordinated by Izumi Fukunaga, with Nick Luscombe as Artistic Director. Shun Kasahara from Sony CSL is working in algorithm development and data collection and we also have Paul Bavister from the Bartlett School of Architecture / UCL as an advisor.

Podcast

The OIST Sonic Lab podcast explores themes and topics related to our ongoing research into sound and well-being, featuring people who share our ambitions and interests.

We will speak with scientists, artists, philosophers, and experts around the world who think or research about sounds and our relationships with them. We will also detail the ideas behind our OIST Sonic Lab projects and share our findings.

Through this regular series, we will highlight the variety of approaches to auditory exploration, which we hope will help us develop new networks and ways of thinking.