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UK Immigration from Syria during War The above example is an orchestral music piece of sonic journalism. The deep rising string sound underneath is generated by the death toll due to the Syrian War between 2012 and 2016. The higher up-and-down violins are generated using the total number of Syrian refugees in millions over the… Continue reading Sonic Journalism Examples

One of the reviews from a Swiss film festival: “Both terrifyingly and playfully experimental in its execution, Alexis Kirke’s A Boat presents a frenetically touching portrait of memory’s persistence in the face of life-altering illness. We follow a man named Jamie through his symptoms of on-set dementia, specifically in the form of night terrors, which… Continue reading “A Boat” Festival Review and International Film Screenings

Alexis’ TEDx talk “Composing across parallel universes” is now available:

Algoshorts 2018 Festival Director – Alexis Kirke This is the second edition of Algoshorts, the first being in 2013. Both editions have been part of the PACMF festival. Algoshorts is the world’s first public festival of short fiction films on the topic of algorithms. Having had 400 submissions to consider, we will be presenting a… Continue reading Algoshorts 2018 Programme

Alexis’ film about psychosis has been screened recently at film festivals in Utah (USA), Lille (France), New York (USA), Portugal, and Cornwall (UK). It was also a finalist or semi-finalist in the awards for a number of these and other festivals. Find out more in the Projects section.

Alexis’ composition that sonifies the emotions of the lyrics in Lennon and McCartney through a duet for a mezzo soprano and tenor, has been receiving lots of radio media attention. Click below to listen / read about it: BBC Radio 3 – The Verb BBC Radio 4 – Inside Science BBC Radio 3 – Music… Continue reading “Come Together” gets national radio attention

Link to musical excerpts: https://soundcloud.com/alexiskirke/sets/sonification-of-mccartney-lennon-come-together From the Creators Project: “Lennon and McCartney: One of the most famous songwriting partnerships in pop music history, and this year on July 6th, it will be 60 years since the two first met at a church fete in Liverpool, England, back in 1957. John Lennon was 16 Paul McCartney,… Continue reading Celebrating 60 years since McCartney met Lennon – Sonification “Come Together”

Soprano and supercomputer to combine for world first performance                 What happens when you combine the pure tones of an internationally renowned mezzo soprano and the complex technology of a $15million quantum supercomputer? The answer will be exclusively revealed to audiences at the Port Eliot Festival when Superposition,… Continue reading Quantum Computer Singing Performance

Along with performers such as Noel Fielding and Sonic Youth’s Kim Gordon, Alexis will be doing two performances at Port Eliot Festival 2016: The world’s first live quantum performance: http://porteliotfestival.com/act2016/superposition-symphony/ The Sonification of David Bowie’s Career: http://porteliotfestival.com/act2016/david-bowie-the-sonification/