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Creative Research in Sound Arts Practice (CRiSAP)

A sound installation featuring 2 white walls with hanging microphones and upright planks of wood against them. In front there are 2 loudspeakers on the floor. The wall features lines of text such as, “If you look closely they have tiny little leaves”, “And it tastes like hair”, “This smells like forests in the snowy places.” Some of the text is obscured by the planks.
A sound installation featuring 2 white walls with hanging microphones and upright planks of wood against them. In front there are 2 loudspeakers on the floor. The wall features lines of text such as, “If you look closely they have tiny little leaves”, “And it tastes like hair”, “This smells like forests in the snowy places.” Some of the text is obscured by the planks.
Sound installation with speakers, wood and text, by Salomé Voegelin and Lisa Hall, London College of Communication, UAL

World-leading interdisciplinary research centre in the field of sound arts practice.

About us

Creative Research in Sound Arts Practice (CRiSAP) is a research centre at the University of the Arts London.

We draw on sonic expertise across disciplines to produce new insights and address major societal challenges through our current research themes.

CRiSAP is proud to have a vibrant and diverse community composed of members, visiting fellows, PhD research students and alumni. We promote an inclusive culture that upholds the highest standards of research.

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Highlights

  • Pink poster with black dots and curved text that reads: celebrating 20 years of Creative Research in Sound Arts Practice, University of the Arts London.
    Celebrating 20 years of Creative Research in Sound Arts Practice | Image credit: Emily Macaulay, Stanley James Press

    CRiSAP 20th anniversary

    Throughout September and October we celebrated 20 years of our work. Listen back to the radio broadcasts and download a copy of our celebratory CRiSAP Timeline booklet.

  • A blurred colour photograph of a person standing and wearing a headpiece.
    A person walks through a night landscape blindfolded, wearing a self-made listening device, CRiSAP, UAL. Image credit: Timothy Smith.

    Sounding Knowledge Network

    See our AHRC funded project establishing a sonic pedagogy to address the underrepresentation of sound within education.

  • Circular rings of a tree trunk's cross-section, with some of the outer rings creating lines of music notation. There are small drawings of 5 trees in the composition.
    Trunk of a tree looking like a vinyl record with music notations. Image credit: Pixir

    In the Field 2

    Read about a 3-day international conference exploring new perspectives in field recording practice and research.

Our work

  • A graphic image of abstract heads, coloured in pink, orange and black, receding in a regular pattern into the background.
    SGFA Tokyo logo of a mouth and faces 'Women speak out' | Image: Franziska Barczyk

    Research

    See our research that opens up emerging areas within sound arts practice.

  • A detail shot of people standing around a piece of paper on the floor with coloured post-it notes attached to it. The photograph only shows the people from the waist down.
    Points of Listening workshop, Centre for Creative Research in Sound Arts Practice, London College of Communication, UAL

    Study and teaching

    Join our PhD research and see how we support undergraduate and postgraduate teaching.

  • A row of people sat on a long bench against a wood-panelled wall. They are talking and laughing.
    Still from Pauline Boudry/Renate Lorenz, To Valerie Solanas and Marilyn Monroe in Recognition of their Desperation, 2013. Performers: Rachel Aggs, Peaches, Catriona Shaw, Verity Susman, Ginger Brooks Takahashi, William Wheeler.

    Collaboration and exchange

    Partnerships and knowledge exchange between researchers, students and non-academic collaborators.

  • A group of people sat in a circular room with white walls. Some are sat on a circular seat in the centre and others are sat on the floor.
    CRiSAP Sound Portal, Centre for Creative Research in Sound Arts Practice, London College of Communication, UAL

    Events

    Find out about our latest sound arts events.

  • LP Sleeve and vinyl record of Angus Carlyle and Mark Peter Wright's Decoys album.
    Decoys album, Angus Carlyle and Mark Peter Wright, UAL

    Sound and publications

    See highlights of our sound research.

Our people

CRiSAP is composed of members, visiting fellows, PhD research students and alumni.

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CRiSAP stories

  • a group of people sitting in a circle, smiling to the camera
    CRiSAP Workshop, Casa San Miguel, 2025. Photographer: Ivy A. Claudio

    Tambayan: Archiving Community Memories of Sound

    CRiSAP (Creative Research in Sound Arts Practice) has recently embarked on a long-term global collaboration with Professor Dayang Yraola, a curator based at the College of Fine Arts, University of the Philippines.

  • Dylan Robinson by projected slides at lectern reading from paper. Backs of audience heads.
    Dylan Robinson, 2025, UAL

    Dylan Robinson Public Talk and Seminar with CRiSAP

    Renowned xwélmexw (Stó:lō/Skwah) artist, curator, and writer, Dylan Robinson visited CRiSAP and the Doctoral School to give a special public talk and seminar on the ethics of listening. Robinson is a Professor at the University of British Columbia and author of 'Hungry Listening: Resonant Theory for Indigenous Sound Studies'.

  • Lia Mazzari and Samuel Hertz performance sat at laptops with projected image of snowy landscape in background
    Lia Mazzari and Samuel Hertz in live performance exploring expansive listening technologies | Photograph: Jess Gell

    Listening Together symposium: creating social shifts

    Community-centred listening practices for social change were the focus of this year's CRiSAP-hosted Listening Together symposium, where featured artists and sonic researchers explored these ideas through discussions and performances.

  • Image credit: Short Wave Collective
    Image credit: Short Wave Collective

    CRiSAP turns 20: A Sonic Revolution at UAL

    With UAL's Creative Research in Sound Arts Practice turning 20, we spoke with Dr Mark Peter Wright, artist, researcher and Director of CRiSAP, to reflect on its past, present and future,

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Telephone

+44 (0)20 7514 6617

Email

crisap@arts.ac.uk

Address

London College of Communication, UAL
Elephant and Castle
London
SE1 6SB