1993 …2023

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Research Interests

soundscape studies
sound art
electroacoustic music
epistemologies of nature
post-punk music

Teaching Interests

visual music and direct film
algorithmic visuals
digital video production
digital audio production
psychoacoustics

Biography

Robin Parmar is a media artist and researcher who explores the phenomenology of place-making and our relationships with nature. His cross-disciplinary practice includes electroacoustic composition, sound and video installations, experimental film, and improvised performance. Research interests include soundscape composition, psychoacoustics, and sonic arts theory. He has released thirteen albums, the most recent being Citalá, River of Stars (Silent Records, USA). Awards include the Invisible Places residency (2017) and an Arts Council Bursary (2017). He was selected for the national showcase Just Listening – Ireland Calling in 2011 (curated by the National Sculpture Factory) and was an invited artist at EVA International, Ireland’s Biennial of Contemporary Art in 2010 (curated by Elizabeth Hatz).

Robin has a doctorate in Sonic Creativity from De Montfort University (Leicester, UK) and lectures in Video, Film, and Visual Communication at the University of Limerick (Ireland) where he directs the BSc. in Music, Media and Performance Technology. He is Vice-President of the Irish Science, Sound, and Technology Association (ISSTA) and regularly reviews for the journal Organised Sound. His handbook Listening To Places (Void Gallery, Derry, 2022) sold out its first printing.

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Education/Academic qualification

PhD, Sonic Creativity, De Montfort University

Award Date: 1 Jul 2019

External positions

Vice-President, Irish Science, Sound, and Technology Association (ISSTA)

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