Abstract
Hidden Music is an exhibition of works by Milton Mermikides in the field of data sonification: the translation of data into musical compositions. Listen to the inherent musical patterns in sleep cycles, blood cell populations, microbacterial DNA, tree-ring cycles, the shape of the human skull, MRI scans, tidal waves, planetary orbits and many other biological and physical phenomena. These works (dating from 2004-2014) have been exhibited internationally (including the Science Museum and Royal College of Surgeons), featured in the Times Higher Education Supplement and are the result of collaborations in a wide range of disciplines. The introductory talk will include an update on the Sound Asleep project, an ongoing collaboratio (supported by the X-faculty award) with eminent sleep scientists Prof Debra Skene(Surrey), Dr Renata Rhia (Edinburgh) and Dr. Vlad Vyazovskiy (Oxford) exploring the artistic and practical applications of the conversion of sleep patterns into sound, which will also be presented as a keynote in the upcoming British Sleep Society conference at the Sage, Gateshead in October 215 Surrey Collaborators include Professor Debra Skene (FHMS) Dr Simon Park (Department of Microbial and Cellular Sciences) Yurubi Rosales Suarez & Professor Paul Krause (Department of Computing) Vince Emery (Immunology) Rob Scott (Astrophysics)