Sounding Out Aeolus Podcast 3: John Rooney
John Rooney is a lecturer at the University of Salford, lecturing to undergraduate and postgraduate students in the school of Art and Design. Before this he ran a graphic design consultancy in Manchester with clients from across the national and international creative arts sector including several major commissions from Tate Gallery Liverpool. He is currently undertaking a PhD, the content of the project will posit a question of how to visualise the creative gesture of a place. In 2010 John set up a new national typographic research initiative in conjunction with Birmingham City University, and is also coordinating the Salford University presentation of a forthcoming typographic exhibition to be presented early 2012 in Media City.
In this podcast, John describes his latest project, in which he collaborates with Acoustics researchers on exploring the typography and the creative gesture through sound. Please see John’s website for more on his work http://www.johnrooney.co.uk
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