For over 20 years Creative Research in Sound Arts Practice (CRiSAP) has been at the forefront of sound arts practice and research. Our work embodies a unique and wide-reaching approach that crosses disciplines. We are committed to practice-based and theoretical contributions to knowledge.

We disseminate and exchange knowledge via international symposia, publications, collaboration and partnership initiatives. CRiSAP mobilises expertise, inside and outside of London College of Communication (LCC). Our vibrant and diverse research feeds into the teaching and curriculum of the Sound and Music department at LCC.

Explore our themes

Sound and environment

Examining the relationship between sound and the environment. Highlights include:

• Resonant Dialogues: explores sonic perspectives on conflict and trauma, through international exhibitions and events.
• : online conference presenting research and artistic responses to the work of composer and sound artist Annea Lockwood.
• : publication examining field recording’s political and ecological connections.

in UAL's repository and .

Sonic activism

Exploring sound as a medium, method and practice for activism, advocacy and justice. Highlights include:

• : cross-disciplinary project examining in hospital in relation to sleep, treatment and recovery.
• : research event investigating gender and activism through sonic practice and discourse.
• : event series exploring feminist discourse in sound and music via the archive.

in UAL's repository and .

Sonic knowledge and pedagogies

Investigating the potential of sound in education and knowledge-making. Highlights include:

• Sounding Knowledge Network: AHRC-funded project establishing sonic pedagogy within education through sensory and embodied experiences.
• : a unique collection of 40 multi-disciplinary perspectives that draw on listening as a critical mode for research and practice.
• : event series exploring sound and listening as an investigative lens and artistic focus for collective, communal and participatory practices.

in UAL's repository and .

Voice, composition and text

Composing voice, sound and text. Highlights include:

• : works that operate in the intersections of the spoken word and electroacoustic media.
• : book anthology exploring the spoken word in artistic practice
• : a sound art opera for 3 singers, 5 multi-instrumentalists and digital sound composition.

in UAL's repository and .

Performance, art and technology

Critical experiments in sound, aesthetics and media cultures. Highlights include:

• : conference exploring the media ecologies of air from the microscale to the macroscale.
• : an audiovisual installation and real-time net-art project which problematizes the commodification of emotions via new media.
• : body, telematics, memory, migration: developing a novel “embodied system” for relational listening.

in UAL's repository and .

Sound, history and memory

Uncovering sonic narratives, archives and histories. Highlights include:

• : sonic research of the Outer Hebrides that traces past lives and events onto the present.
• : symposium considering the place of audio testimony in sound art practice and discourse.
• : exhibition of sound artworks and research exploring the possibilities of refocusing place and memory.

in UAL's repository and .