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Daniel's sounds at the railway station. Karen Hay manipulated sound by Patrick Lauke,
who miked the train station and his own computer, and Kris Popat provided sounds from
Leeds, U.K. Cliff Caruthers and Kristin Miltner broadcast sounds from San Francisco Bay
into the train station. Finally Purdue University sent a team that included Ron Shoemaker
(onsite processing), Rob James (communications, ﬁle exchanges), and Rick Thomas
(program playback and sequencing) onsite, and three remote studios that included David
Swenson (San Francisco, U.S.), Mark Kammerbauer, Harald Kammerbauer, Harald Muller
and Fabian Winkler (Lake Constance, Germany), Andrea Cohen, Sylvie Combal, Yasmine
Akman, Nicolas Perrin, Philippe Mion, Christophe Hauser, and Wiska Radkiewicz (Paris,
France). Providing a visual counterpoint to Purdue's project was improv Dancer Christy
Jacobs. Although the Internet connection proved to be rather intermittent, the performers
didn't let that stop them from generating a host of interesting sounds for the crowd that
gathered around.
Monday also featured a full-day workshop provided by Scenofest sponsor Yamaha
Corporation at the Little Alfred Theatre. In two hours, the Yamaha crew took folks with no
previous digital console experience through setting up the basics on a digital console (the
Yamhah M7CL) and mixing simple conﬁgurations.

Dutch sound designer Cees Wagenaar
discussed his approach to sound design
at the Netherlands exhibition on its day
devoted to sound design.

Day 6: Tuesday, 19 June 2007
A Day with Cees Wagenaar
The Netherlands tried something completely different with their National Exhibit in 2007. Instead of displaying the design work of scenographers from their country, they brought the scenographers themselves. A different scenographer was featured each day, and a format that included an
interview with the artist, a lecture by the artist, and a roundtable discussion with guests in similar
disciplines from different countries. On 19 June, the Netherlands featured sound designer Cees Wagenaar, who presented his perspective on the art of sound reinforcement. He was joined in the interview by U.K. sound designer Steven Brown, and U.S. designer Rick Thomas.

...THE SOUND DESIGNER FINDS UNIQUE WAYS
TO BLUR THE DISTINCTION BETWEEN THE
THEATRE SPACE AND THE DREAMSPACE.

Basil Hogios lectured on Theatre Sound and
Architectural Dreamspace.

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Day 7: Wednesday, 20 June 2007
Theatre Sound and Architectural
Dreamspace: Basil Hogios
Wednesday was another busy day at Scenofest.
It opened with Australian sound designer Basil Hogios providing his unique perspective on the art of
designing sound. Hogios worked for many years as
an architect while simultaneously studying music
and composition. The combination of disciplines
had a decided effect on his career as a sound designer, and he presented thoughts on how three
different spaces impact a sound designer's choices:
the theatre space designed by the architect and acoustician, the body space (how bodies move and
occupy the space), and dream space, the world of
non-literal sound, thoughts, dreams, nightmares,
and emotions. Hogios is especially interesed in ways
the sound designer can blur the distinction between
the theatre space and the dreamspace.
An Afternoon with John Leonard
Later in the day, legendary British sound designer, John Leonard shared the fabled story of his
career as a sound designer in theatre. Spanning
thirty-seven years, Leonard's career has taken him
from discovering the art of sound design listening to

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