Workshop:
Urban Sound Stations
Salt Galata
July 27, 2024 10.00 – 17.00
Tünel, 2016
Photo: Vural G.
Photo: Vural G.
Workshop IV
Salt is hosting a workshop titled “Urban Sound Stations” organized by Manifold. Facilitated by Furkan Keçeli, the program will focus on urban sounds one hears daily but does not pay attention to, or sounds one sometimes classifies as noise. The workshop will comprise studies on listening, remembering, expressing, and synthesizing sound.
This free-admission program will be held in Turkish. Participation is limited to 10 people. Priority will be given to participants with basic Ableton Live knowledge. Participants are expected to bring a laptop with Ableton Live installed and a headset they can use during the workshop. Click here to apply.
PROGRAM
10.00-10.30 Urban Walk
The program will start with a walk from Karaköy Pier to Galata Tower. During the walk, designed to last approximately 20 minutes, participants will be asked to carefully follow the route and the sounds, take reminder notes, and/or make drawings. Simultaneously, the entire walk will be recorded, and the sounds perceived throughout the walk will be documented.
11.00-13.00 Mapping
The second part of the workshop will begin with a recollection of the sounds through the notes taken during the walk. All identifiable “sound stations” will be marked on a map depicting the route, which will be turned into a sound map through collective effort. The recordings and the sound map will be compared, followed by a group discussion around the idea of noise, the connection between sound and memory, and the memorability of sound.
13.00-14.00 Break
14.00-17.00 Synthesizing
The walking route will be divided into sections based on the “sound stations” and the distance/time between them. The facilitator will introduce a sound synthesis method related to the workshop’s conceptual framework, and each participant will synthesize and transform their share of the sound material with the support of the facilitator.
This workshop is carried out with the support of SAHA.
Furkan Keçeli studied at the Istanbul Bilgi University Department of Music and completed his master’s degree with honors in Composition at the Royal Conservatory of Ghent in Belgium. His works have been performed by various ensembles across Turkey and Europe, including SPECTRA, Ensemble Musikfabrik, Camerata RCO, Oerknal, ADAM Quartet, and Awkas. He participated in a Belgian tour as part of the Pasklaar Project and served as a composer assistant in Bushra El-Turk’s opera Woman at Point Zero. His articles have been published by Manifold, Arter, Istanbul Culture and Arts Foundation, and Mousse Publishing. He made the sound design for Gülsün Karamustafa’s Hollow and Broken: A State of the World, exhibited in the Turkey Pavilion at the 60th Venice Biennale, and contributed to the accompanying publication. He has been part of Manifold’s editorial team since 2021 and continues his doctoral studies in the field of composition at the Istanbul Technical University Centre for Advanced Studies in Music (ITU MIAM).
Salt is hosting a workshop titled “Urban Sound Stations” organized by Manifold. Facilitated by Furkan Keçeli, the program will focus on urban sounds one hears daily but does not pay attention to, or sounds one sometimes classifies as noise. The workshop will comprise studies on listening, remembering, expressing, and synthesizing sound.
This free-admission program will be held in Turkish. Participation is limited to 10 people. Priority will be given to participants with basic Ableton Live knowledge. Participants are expected to bring a laptop with Ableton Live installed and a headset they can use during the workshop. Click here to apply.
PROGRAM
10.00-10.30 Urban Walk
The program will start with a walk from Karaköy Pier to Galata Tower. During the walk, designed to last approximately 20 minutes, participants will be asked to carefully follow the route and the sounds, take reminder notes, and/or make drawings. Simultaneously, the entire walk will be recorded, and the sounds perceived throughout the walk will be documented.
11.00-13.00 Mapping
The second part of the workshop will begin with a recollection of the sounds through the notes taken during the walk. All identifiable “sound stations” will be marked on a map depicting the route, which will be turned into a sound map through collective effort. The recordings and the sound map will be compared, followed by a group discussion around the idea of noise, the connection between sound and memory, and the memorability of sound.
13.00-14.00 Break
14.00-17.00 Synthesizing
The walking route will be divided into sections based on the “sound stations” and the distance/time between them. The facilitator will introduce a sound synthesis method related to the workshop’s conceptual framework, and each participant will synthesize and transform their share of the sound material with the support of the facilitator.
This workshop is carried out with the support of SAHA.
Furkan Keçeli studied at the Istanbul Bilgi University Department of Music and completed his master’s degree with honors in Composition at the Royal Conservatory of Ghent in Belgium. His works have been performed by various ensembles across Turkey and Europe, including SPECTRA, Ensemble Musikfabrik, Camerata RCO, Oerknal, ADAM Quartet, and Awkas. He participated in a Belgian tour as part of the Pasklaar Project and served as a composer assistant in Bushra El-Turk’s opera Woman at Point Zero. His articles have been published by Manifold, Arter, Istanbul Culture and Arts Foundation, and Mousse Publishing. He made the sound design for Gülsün Karamustafa’s Hollow and Broken: A State of the World, exhibited in the Turkey Pavilion at the 60th Venice Biennale, and contributed to the accompanying publication. He has been part of Manifold’s editorial team since 2021 and continues his doctoral studies in the field of composition at the Istanbul Technical University Centre for Advanced Studies in Music (ITU MIAM).
