Dr Gordon Delap

    Music

    Associate Professor

    Logic House
    128
    (01) 708 3794

    Biography

    Gordon Delap comes from Donegal in Ireland. He is an audiovisual artist and electroacoustic composer. He has undertaken residencies at Nadine Arts Centre in Brussels, Edinburgh University, the Technische Universitaet in Berlin, and SCRIME at the University of Bordeaux. He has worked alongside technical teams in the investigation of creative applications of physical modelling and spatial technologies. His work has won and been selected for several international competitions, and has been played throughout the world.

    Peer Reviewed Journal

    Year Publication
    2020 Bilbao S.; Perry J.; Graham P.; Gray A.; Kavoussanakis K.; Delap G.; Mudd T.; Sassoon G.; Wishart T.; Young S. (2020) 'Large-scale physical modeling synthesis, parallel computing, and musical experimentation: The ness project in practice'. Computer Music Journal, 43 (2-3):31-47. [DOI]

    Conference Publication

    Year Publication
    2014 Bilbao S.; Torin A.; Graham P.; Perry J.; Delap G. (2014) Proceedings - 40th International Computer Music Conference, ICMC 2014 and 11th Sound and Music Computing Conference, SMC 2014 - Music Technology Meets Philosophy: From Digital Echos to Virtual Ethos Modular physical modeling synthesis environments on GPU
    2012 McGlynn, P., Lazzarini, V., Delap, G (2012) Proceedings of the New Instruments for Musical Expression Conference 2012, Univ. of Michigan, Ann Arbor Recontextualizing the Multi-touch Surface
    2012 McGlynn, P., Lazzarini, V., Delap, G., and Chen, X. (2012) Recontexualizing the Multi-touch Surface Recontexualizing the Multi-touch Surface

    Conference Contribution

    Year Publication
    2024 Gordon Delap (2024) REF Resilience Festival Ora Obscura Foggia, Italy, 06/12/2024-15/12/2024.
    2024 Gordon Delap (2024) Sonic Arts Forum Nature, Art, and Boundaries University of Leeds, United Kingdom, 09/11/2024-09/11/2024.
    2024 Gordon Delap (2024) Paysages | Composés 2024 Ora Obscura Grenoble, France, 12/09/2024-29/09/2024.
    2024 Gordon Delap (2024) Sound of Anthropocene I dreamt that I died and came back as a moth trapped in a practice room piano The New Museum of Networked Art, Alphabet Arts Centre, Cologne, Germany, 11/08/2024-08/09/2024.
    2024 Gordon Delap (2024) Cervantes Electroacústica Festival Internacional Ora Obscura Teatro Nacional Cervantes, Buenos Aires, Argentina, 02/08/2024-02/08/2024.
    2024 Gordon Delap (2024) MA/IN Festival Ora Obscura Goethe Institute, Rome, Italy, 04/07/2024-16/07/2024.
    2024 Gordon Delap (2024) Morelia International Video Art Festival Pupila Ora Obscura Morelia, Mexico, 24/05/2024-24/05/2024.
    2023 Gordon Delap (2023) MusLab An Insect that Shuns the Light Guayaquil, Ecuador, 03/10/2023-03/10/2023.
    2023 Gordon Delap (2023) Encounters Proteus Aberdeen, 29/10/2023-29/10/2023.
    2023 Gordon Delap (2023) VU Symposium An Insect that Shuns the Light Park City and Salt Lake City, Utah, USA, 05/07/2023-05/07/2023.
    2022 Gordon Delap (2022) Music and the University Mandatory Attendance in a Music Department City University, 08/07/2022-08/07/2022.
    2022 Gordon Delap (2022) New York City Electroacoustic Music Festival Stave New York, 21/06/2022-21/06/2022.
    2022 Gordon Delap (2022) Convergences Proteus University of de Montfort, 22/09/2022-22/09/2022.
    2022 Gordon Delap (2022) Immersive Audio Proteus University of Gloucestershire, 16/06/2022-16/09/2022.
    2022 Gordon Delap (2022) Sound and Music Computing Conference Battle with Shattered Instruments in the Valley of the Shattered Idols St Etienne, France, 07/06/2022-07/06/2022.
    2021 Dr Gordon Delap (2021) Too Much Fun Festival Futura 2021 Crest, France, 19/08/2021-21/11/2021.
    2021 Gordon Delap (2021) Low and Dangerous Sympathetic Magic Aberdeen, UK, 20/10/2021-20/10/2021.
    2019 Gordon Delap (2019) T-Son, Studio Panaroma I dreamt that I died and came back as a moth trapped in a practise room piano Teatro Maria de Lourdes Sekeff, Instituto de Artes da Unesp, Brazil, 23/10/2019-23/11/2019.
    2019 Gordon Delap, Stefan Bilbao (2019) Science Gallery Sound Check: Stockholm NESS Project, Ashes to Ashes Scenkonstmuseet, Stockholm, 01/04/2019-31/05/2019.
    2019 Gordon Delap (2019) Dialogues Festival, Edinburgh Black Dog Edinburgh University, 19/02/2019-22/02/2019.
    2018 Gordon Delap (2018) Contemporanea 2018 (Finalist) “I dreamt that I died and came back as a moth trapped in a practise room piano” Udine, Italy, 20/10/2018-.
    2018 Gordon Delap (2018) SMC 2018 “I dreamt that I died and came back as a moth trapped in a practise room piano” Cyprus, .
    2018 Gordon Delap (2018) Sound Forms Ashes to Ashes Hong Kong, 06/04/2018-12/05/2018.
    2018 Gordon Delap (2018) Metamorphoses Competition (Finalist) “I dreamt that I died and came back as a moth trapped in a practise room piano” Brussels, Belgium, 24/10/2018-25/10/2018.
    2016 Gordon Delap (2016) Toronto Electroacoustic Symposium Splintered Elements Toronto, Canada, .
    2016 Gordon Delap (2016) Symposium on Immersion and Experience Black Dog Montreal, .
    2015 Gordon Delap (2015) Contemporanea Festival Ashes to Ashes Udine, Italy, .
    2015 Gordon Delap (2015) San Francisco Tape Music Festival Perpetual Jiggling San Francisco, .
    2015 Gordon Delap (2015) SMC Ashes to Ashes Maynooth, .
    2014 Gordon Delap (2014) International Computer Music Conference Ashes to Ashes Athens, Greece, .
    2013 Gordon Delap (2013) Composers' Forum, Manchester Ashes to Ashes: An exploration of forbidden materials University of Manchester, .
    2013 Gordon Delap (2013) Kilkenny Arts Festival Sympathetic Magic Kilkenny, .
    2013 Gordon Delap (2013) Noisefloor Sympathetic Magic University of Staffordshire, .
    2013 Gordon Delap (2013) Sound Design Conference Ashes to Ashes University of Edinburgh, .
    2013 Gordon Delap (2013) Symposium for Acoustic Ecology La Naissance d'une flute University of Kent, .
    2012 Gordon Delap (2012) Undae Sympathetic Magic Spain, .
    2012 Gordon Delap (2012) Toronto Electroacoustic Symposium Sympathetic Magic Toronto, Canada, .
    2007 (2007) Ultraschall TU, Berlin, .
    2007 (2007) SpaceNet conference University of York, .
    2007 (2007) MANTIS University of Manchester, .
    2006 (2006) Physical models in Action SARC Queen’s University Belfast, .
    2006 (2006) Physical Modeling Sound Synthesis in Practice Soundings Festival Edinburgh, .

    Thesis

    Year Publication
    2004 Delap, G. (2004) Queen's University Belfast: [Thesis]

    Exhibition

    Year Publication
    2017 Gordon Delap (2017) Ashes to Ashes. Science Gallery, Dublin: [Exhibition]

    Book Chapter

    Year Publication
    2013 McGlynn, P. Lazzarini, V. Delap, G (2013) 'Análise de Dados Multitoque para Expressividade em Performance Musical' In: Keller, D., Quaranta, D. Sigal, R(Eds.). Special Volume Sonic Ideas: Musical Creativity (Volume Especial Sonic Ideas: Criatividade Musical), Vol. 10. Morelia, Michoacán : Centro Mexicano para la Música y las Artes Sonoras.
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