About the Conference

The fourth conference of the Center for Electroacoustic Music, titled "Archiving the Present 2.0", continues a research project dedicated to the history of electroacoustics and art&science projects, inventions of musical instruments, art objects, and devices. The conference program will be focused on an exhibition of rare items from archival collections, including musical instruments, documents, video and audio recordings. All events will take place at the Artemiev Art Space of the Moscow Conservatory.

Participants may attend the conference both online and in person. Participation is free, there is no registration fee. A personal invitation to the conference is available by request. The official languages ​​of the conference are Russian and English. Participants are responsible for their own travel and accommodation.
Presentation duration: 30 minutes.
Application deadline: October 24, 2025

approximate topics

The research of archival collections of musical and sound art
The history of centers, laboratories, studios and festivals dealing with electroacoustics
An analysis of any electroacoustic and multimedia works
The research and reconstruction of musical instruments and art objects
The history of communities, their creators and participants
An analysis of Soviet research in acoustics, electronics, synthetic and related arts
The evolution of technological processes for creating music
The history of sound recording and sound engineering
An adaptation of historical works to modern equipment and new concert and stage conditions
The reviews of books and research papers
Software development

Applications are now closed

venue

The ‘Artemiev’ art space
13 Bolshaya Nikitskaya st., Moscow

Entrance to the art space from Bolshaya Nikitskaya street, brown doors between the Small and Rachmaninov halls, ground floor