Newsletter
February 2026
February 2026
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In this newsletter, you’ll find:
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Soundscape Composition as Context-Based Creation (Online Course): Spots still available for Jesse Budel’s 11-week Asia-Pacific offering of Barry Truax’s renowned course (Feb–Apr 2026).
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INTER-NOISE 2026 (Adelaide, 9–12 Aug): Registrations open and Call for Abstracts extended for the 55th INTER-NOISE Congress.
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International Ecoacoustics Congress 2026 (Cairns / Gimuy, 17–21 Aug): Calls now open for symposia and workshop proposals for WEC 2026.
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Exhibitions & Installations:
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A Love Letter — Kim V. Goldsmith (Moruya, NSW)
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Building and Construction Terrains — Alan Cook (Port Noarlunga, SA)
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A Nest in the Hills — Women, birds, and contemporary Australian art (Mudgee, NSW)
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Wrangling in the Antipodes – Blog Update: Tristan Louth-Robins on false-colour spectrogram analysis using scikit-maad.
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Open Ecoacoustics Webinar Series: Recorded talks and discussions now available on YouTube.
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TreeCreate: Weaving Water – Program Update: Yarun residency reflections and EOIs now open for 2026 programs in Vanuatu and on Bribie Island.
Online Course: Soundscape Composition
as Context-Based Creation
Spots still available!
Join Jesse Budel for a Asia-Pacific time-zone offering of Barry Truax’s renowned course on soundscape composition!
Dates: 1 February – 12 April 2026
Time: 10am – 12pm ACST
Location: Online (Zoom)
Fee: $220 AUD
This 11-week course explores the history, theory, and practices of soundscape composition, with a strong focus on multi-channel sound reproduction techniques. Discover how real-world contexts shape sound design and composition, from site-specific installations to abstracted soundscapes in virtual or imagined spaces.
Highlights:
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Weekly webinars blending theory with practical applications
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Listening sessions with in-depth discussion of environmental sound processing and emerging practices
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Exploration of multi-channel systems, from binaural to octophonic and ambisonic setups
Immerse yourself in the dynamic interplay of sound, place, and technology.
Inter.noise 2026
Call for Abstracts EXTENDED
Submissions close 17 February
9-12 August 2026
Adelaide, South Australia
The 55th INTER-NOISE Congress will be held at the Adelaide Convention Centre from 9–12 August 2026.
The theme for the Congress, “From the outback to the ocean,” reflects the breadth of topics to be covered — from core issues in noise and vibration control to applications and challenges that are characteristic of remote areas. The program will feature oral and poster presentations, keynote and plenary addresses by leading researchers, and provide ample opportunity for thoughtful discussion with peers, catching up with friends and meeting new people.
Registrations and a Call for Abstracts is now open, with submissions extended until 17 February.
For more information, visit the Inter.noise 2026 website
World Ecoacoustics Congress 2026
Call for Submissions Now Open
17-21 August 2026
Cairns (Gimuy), Queensland, Australia
The International Society for Ecoacoustics and the local organising committee are delighted to invite the global ecoacoustics, bioacoustics, soundscape, and ecological research community to contribute to the 6th World Ecoacoustics Congress (WEC 2026). This major international congress will showcase cutting-edge research, interdisciplinary discussion, creative practice, and innovative methods in listening to and understanding ecological soundscapes.
🔔 Calls for Contributions (now open):
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Symposia proposals — Expert-led sessions to explore themes in depth. Submissions close on 15 February 2026.
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Workshop proposals — Interactive, skills-based or methods-oriented sessions. Submissions close on 1 March 2026.
🔗 Find full details on themes, submission guidelines, and how to contribute on the 2026 Congress website.
Kim V. Goldsmith – A Love Letter
Call for Submissions Now Open
14 Feb – 14 March 2026
Moruya, NSW
Opening on 14 February at the Basil Sellers Exhibition Centre in Moruya, South Coast NSW, A Love Letter is a personal story 30 years in the making, told through the sounds and imagery of the waters, forests and soils of the Eurobodalla region of the South Coast. Kim V. Goldsmith holds space for the voices of more-than-human species in the telling of her experiences and relationship with the region, and places she’s visited with her family since the 1990s. The collection of field recorded sounds, moving images, and installation works capture the signature sounds of the Eurobodalla—from the mountains to the sea, from a human and more-than human perspective. Until 14 March.
For more information, visit the exhibition website.
Building and Construction Terrains | Alan Cook
13 Feb – 21 March 2026
Sauerbier House, Port Noarlunga, SA
as part of Adelaide Fringe 2026
Cook explores the links between homelessness, sound, and the built environment. Sculptures shaped from local homelessness data resonate with acoustic and electronic abstractions of recordings from a nearby construction site. Through bone conduction, subtle vibrations travel through metal, air and brick, echoing the rhythms of labour, progress, and human displacement. This installation invites visitors to listen through touch, experience data as vibration and structure as sound. The work reflects on how the structures we build leave social and emotional traces of the lives impacted that endure beyond the material form.
Wrangling in the Antipodes Blog Update:
False Colour Spectrograms
Wrangling in the Antipodes has kicked off 2026 with a new technical deep-dive, with Tristan Louth-Robins publishing a detailed post exploring the use of scikit-maad for False Colour Spectrum (FCS) analysis in soundscape research. The article walks through how FCS can be used to reveal different layers of activity within a recording (separating, for example, biophony and low-frequency anthropogenic noise into distinct colour channels) and reflects on its potential for analysing longer-duration ecological recordings.
Read more over on the blog site.
Open Ecoacoustics Webinar Series
The Open Ecoacoustics Webinar Series featured 3 one-hour sessions designed to engage and connect the Australian ecoacoustic community. This series offers a platform for exploring compelling and thought-provoking topics related to ecoacoustics while fostering ongoing collaboration among community members. Each webinar includes structured segments such as expert panels and lightning talks, followed by an open discussion to encourage audience interaction and questions.
Who should watch
People using or interested in using acoustic monitoring, and curious to hear more about current projects, including:
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Researchers with large datasets needing storage and analysis tools for ecoacoustic research
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Ecologists working with acoustics
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Government agencies with conservation goals
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Research Software Engineers
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Researchers who coach and mentor peers and colleagues
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Higher Degree Research Supervisors
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HDR students
Explore the Youtube playlist on the link below:
TreeCreate: Weaving Water Update (QLD)
from Tracey Benson:
Weaving Water @ Yarun
At the recent residency with the theme of Resilience we had artists from the USA, UAE, Germany and Aotearoa New Zealand as well as some amazing artists from interstate working across arts/science and ecology. There is a blog post about the program and there will be more shared from the 11 day intensive on Bribie Island. Here is the link: https://treecreate.org/2026/01/03/weaving-water-yarun-2025-resilience/
Weaving Water 2026 programs
EOIs are open now for our Weaving Water 2026 offerings on Vanuatu and Bribie Island. We have a week residency in December and will also be facilitating a small program in the lead up to the Bribie Island Nature Festival on the theme of Weaving Water: Looming. This promises to be a wonderful opportunity to connect with our local community, co-create and explore ideas.
A Nest in the Hills: The Symbiosis of Women and Birds in Contemporary Australian Art (NSW)
12 December 2025 – 15 March 2026
Mudgee Arts Precinct, Mudgee NSW
A Nest in the Hills: The Symbiosis of Women and Birds in Contemporary Art is an exhibition that delves into the complex and multifaceted relationship between women and birds. This exhibition brings together contemporary artists whose works explore themes of freedom, transformation, identity and the natural world through the motif of birds.
It will primarily include works by established female artists from across Australia, including First Nations artists and artists from the Mid-Western Region. Exhibiting artists include: Petrina Hicks, Anna-Wili Highfield, Deborah Kelly, Lucy Culliton, Leila Jeffreys, Lorraine Connelly-Northey, Michelle Cawthorne, Diane Fogwell, Kim V. Goldsmith, Denise Faulkner, Fleur McDonald, Aleshia Lonsdale, Kim Harding, Michelle Steven and Pamela Welsh.
