Leah Barclay
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Other Affiliation(s):
- University of the Sunshine Coast
ISEA Bio(s) Available:
ISEA2024
Leah Barclay is a sound artist, designer, and researcher who works at the intersection of art, science, and technology. Leah’s research investigates new methods in ecoacoustics, exploring the soundscapes of terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems to inform conservation, scientific research, and public engagement. Leah leads several research projects including Biosphere Soundscapes and River Listening. The design of these interdisciplinary projects is responsive to collaborating communities and involves the development of new technologies, including remote sensing devices for the rainforest canopy and hydrophone recording arrays in aquatic ecosystems. Leah is the Discipline Lead of Design at the University of the Sunshine Coast, where she is also co-leading the Creative Ecologies Research Cluster.
ISEA2015
Leah Barclay, is an Australian composer, sound artist and creative producer working at the intersection of art, science and technology. Her work has been commissioned, performed and exhibited to wide acclaim internationally and she has directed and curated interdisciplinary projects across the Asia-Pacific. Barclay’s PhD involved site-specific projects across the globe and a feature length documentary exploring the value of creativity in environmental crisis. Her research has been published internationally and her creative work has been selected for major international festivals and conferences. She is currently an artist in residence at the Australian Rivers Institute investigating the creative possibilities
of aquatic bioacoustics, the president of the Australian Forum for Acoustic Ecology and the founder and artistic director of Biosphere Soundscapes, a large-scale interdisciplinary art project connecting the soundscapes of UNESCO Biosphere Reserves across the world. Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Griffith University, Australia
ISEA2014
Dr Leah Barclay is an Australian sound artist, composer and researcher working at the intersection of art, science and technology. She specialises in electroacoustic music, acoustic ecology and emerging fields of biology exploring environmental patterns and changes through sound.
ISEA2013
Leah Barclay, Griffith University, Australia
ISEA2012
Leah Barclay, Queensland Conservatorium of Music, Griffith University, Australia
