Lawrence Harvey

Lawrence Harvey is a composer, sound designer, and director of SIAL Sound Studios, School of Design, RMIT University. Since 2002, he has led ARC Discovery and Linkage Grants, industry funded projects, and has 16 PhD or Masters completions with the majority on scholarships. His research and teaching integrates urban soundscape research, acoustic design, and spatial music composition and performance. He has also collaborated in interdisciplinary teaching and research with musicians and artists, interior, digital and industrial designers, and architects. In addition to electroacoustic compositions, he has produced gallery and urban sound installations, spatial sound designs for VR and theatre, and performed around Australia and in Seoul, Huddersfield, The Hague, and Vienna. Harvey has been curator or performer on 25 public concerts for SIAL Sound Studios using the spatial sound diffusion system, a speaker orchestra developed in the Studios. In addition to creative practice outputs, he has 34 peer reviewed and other publications.

https://lawrenceharveysound.com

Submissions

Nearly Finished : Gloss

The mics across his body amplify every breath, rustle, or shift in position. The audience can barely see him, but his body extends to their ears. It's intensely intimate with no space between us – just a shared sound-filled presence.