Reflections on Process
A Concert for Artificial and Human Voices
toured in 2012 – 2013 to four venues in the north of England. The concert for human and artificial voices was the final event of the CreST Network.
CreST Performances in Scarborough: http://crestnetwork.org.uk/ page/scarborough-concert
There were four objectives for the network: • Support for the emergence of common languages and understandings that facilitate better communication between speech scientists and speech practitioners in the arts. Encouraging the emergence of an interdisciplinary ontology for computer speech production • To encourage the development of partnerships and networks between speech scientists and speech practitioners in the arts that will lead to creative collaborations and further research proposals • To provide a platform for the development of modestly scaled prototypes and artefacts by network members. • To provide heightened public engagement with computer speech research through a touring show demonstrating works developed within the network, special activities for the public throughout the life of the network and an interactive website.1
CreST on sound cloud (produced by Hannah Rolfe): https://soundcloud.com/ crestnetwork
Introduction The Creative Speech Technology (CreST) Network was established in 2011 with funding from the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC). Its objective was to bring together a wide range of participants with interests in the technology. It was an explicit aim that they should not only be engineers and scientists, but also artists, singers, writers, speech therapists and users of the technology. The success in attaining a mix of participants was confirmed by additional funding from the Arts Council England (ACE) for the Articulate Roadshow which
These objectives were met in a lively, practice-based environment in which the emphasis was on making something, even if the 1 Edwards A, Newell C. The CreST Network. 2013; Available at: http://crestnetwork.org.uk/. Accessed 3/9/2014, 2012
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