The Studio for Interrelated Media at the Massachusetts College of Art and Design announces a collaboration with the Sound Travels, a multi-disciplinary collaboration to advance understanding of out-of-school learning. The Sound Travels team is exploring the role of sound in attention, attraction, and learning in out-of-school spaces and invited MassArt students to investigate and create sound-based artistic explorations.

April 24, 2025

Reception 7:00  - 9:00 pm
 

April 25, 2025

Individual sonic experience sessions 10:00 am  - 5:00 pm 

3rd floor of the Design and Media Center, Room D310

Sounds capture attention. Sounds of all sorts (from bird song to bus noise) can change how we learn and interact. Sounds have a range of emotional and physical impacts--alarming or calming, annoying and alluring.

"How I interact with sound is based in my mental state. Some sounds won’t register, but if I’m overwhelmed, then sounds seem larger. There are entire genres of music that I couldn’t enjoy for a time because of my stress levels."  SoniCxhibit Experiment Participant

We invite you to experience and reflect on how sound affects your ability to focus and learn and share your thoughts with us. 

SoniCxhibit Research and Artist participants:

SIM students: Rosa Doherty, Teagan Far, Isabella Febbroriello, and Amanda McCluskey

Sound Travels Advisors: Martha Merson,  Nickolay Hristov, Elise Levin-Güracar

Documentary Filmmakers: Nathan Knox and Alexis Brunnert of Notable Human Films

Tech support: Owen Greenfield, Eric Freeman

Faculty advisor: Nita Sturiale

TERC is a non-profit made up of teams of math and science education and research experts. The Center for Research and Evaluation at COSI, and musicologist Daniel Shanahan at Northwestern University as well as midwest-based cultural institutions partner on the project.