BELOW GROUND is a collaborative interdisciplinary project led by Nina Whiteman that brings people together to explore ideas of the subterranean. Dr Nina Whiteman explores her research as part of RNCM's Research Forum with a live performance of 'Earthed' for piano, live electronics and multimedia (2024)
Dr Nina Whiteman
BELOW GROUND is a collaborative interdisciplinary project led by Nina Whiteman that brings people together to explore ideas of the subterranean. Artists across disciplines meet geographers, ecologists and horticulturalists and create multimedia, multisensory performances and ‘sonic gardening’ workshops in the community.
As part of the Royal Northern College of Music (RNCM) Research Forum on 6 March 2024, Nina will evaluate the collaborative models, multimedia approaches, and use of technology in the project to date, sharing examples from a series of BELOW GROUND performances. There will also be discussion of how the project engages with environmental concerns, tying in with the RNCM’s The Future is Green theme.
The presentation will conclude with a performance of Earthed (piano, electronics, multimedia; 11 minutes) featuring Adam Swayne (piano) and Nina Whiteman (live electronics).
About Nina Whiteman
Nina Whiteman is a composer, multimedia artist and vocalist based in Manchester, UK. In 2022-24, projects have focussed on technology’s interaction with the natural environment and ecological concerns, leading to a cycle of multimedia works exploring AI and machine learning titled The Cybird Trilogy (supported by the Cyborg Soloists project at Royal Holloway and by PRiSM at the RNCM). During 2023, Nina has designed and led the interdisciplinary collaborative project BELOW GROUND, developing multimedia multisensory responses to notions of the subterranean (funded by Arts Council England). Nina lectures at the RNCM and is Reader in Composition and Composition Lead at Royal Holloway (University of London). She is also co-Artistic Director of the new music ensemble Trio Atem and of Manchester Contemporary Youth Opera, an organisation she co-founded to enable young and emerging artists to create new opera.
Join in
You can view this research forum and live performance at the RNCM from the comfort of your own home on 6 March 2024 at 4.15pm. Please visit this website https://www.rncm.ac.uk/performance/rncm-research-forum-nina-whiteman/, where you can click on the 'Watch Live' button and tune in remotely.
