Brown Arts

Residual Noise

April 3-5, 2025
CONCERTS | CONFERENCE | SOUND INSTALLATIONS
A three-day festival highlighting a wide range of contemporary sonic practices by prominent artists and scholars from Brown, RISD, and beyond.

An IGNITE Series Campus Project

Curated by Professor Ed Osborn and Shawn Greenlee & Alex Chechile at the Studio for Research in Sound and Technology (SRST) at RISD. Produced by Brown Arts Institute and SRST. In partnership with the Brown Department of Visual Art, the Brown Department of Music, the John Nicholas Brown Center for Advanced Study, and the Marshall Woods Lectureship Foundation of Fine Arts Fund. Sponsored in part by the Lawton Wehle Fitt '74 Artist in Residence Endowment.

Through spatial audio concerts, installations, and a conference, this three-day festival highlights a wide range of work that takes place in sound: noise, voice, audio narrative, field recording, and related sonic practices. Spotlighting the ambisonic cube formation (a unique venue designed for spatial audio presentations) in Brown’s new Lindemann Performing Arts Center’s Main Hall, the events will feature works by Brown and RISD faculty and students, along with a number of prominent guest artists in the field. Residual Noise is a collaboration between Brown and the Studio for Research in Sound and Technology (SRST) at RISD with events occurring on both campuses. 

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Brown Arts’ IGNITE Series uplifts the spirit of artistic collaboration across Brown, Providence, the Rhode Island region, and beyond. Ignite your creative curiosity through this multi-year series of programs, activations, interventions, and investigations.