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The Sound Project is an additional piece of the CreativeChange Youth Arts Project which also intends to draw attention to development issues. It presents 'sounds of life' in minutes. Visitors of the traveling arts exhibition are not only able to see the artworks created by youth worldwide but also hear. The sounds aim to help the visitor visualize situations and circumstances, become curious, think, feel...

The young sound artists participated in this project were briefed on the Millennium Development Goals and information on development challenges were provided to inspire the artists expose the content and objectives of the project in their production. The compositions highlight issues such as education, HIV/AIDs and malaria, poverty, women empowerment, infant mortality, and more.

SOUND ARTISTS / COMPOSERS:

- Zeynep Bulut, Age 27, Turkey, Title of her sound production: "Natural Life"

- Sinan Yener, Age 29, Turkey, Titles of his sound production: (1) - "Fiddling" focuses on education and (2) - "Last Breath" focuses on HIV/AIDs and malaria

- Kerem Aksoy, Age 28, Turkey, Titles and Content of his sound production: (1) - Woman (2) - War

- Murat Yakin, Age 28, Turkey, (1) - Baby (2) - Rumble

PROJECT CONCEPT AND MANAGEMENT: Nil Sismanyazici Navaie, Arts For Global Development, Inc.

PROJECT COORDINATORS: Soner Seker and Can Karadogan, ITU / MIAM

PROJECT SUPPORT: As Arts For Global Development, Inc. we greatly appreciate the support of Dr. Pieter Snapper, Director of MIAM, Soner Seker, Can Karadogan, Firat Ertem, and above all the composers for their efforts and contributions. We would like to thank Istanbul Technical University Centre for Advanced Studies in Music for helping this project realize.

Istanbul Technical University Centre for Advanced Studies in Music (ITÜ/ MIAM), was founded in Istanbul/Turkey in 1999 by composer Kamran Ince and violinist Cihat Askin. It offers graduate programs in a wide range of musical fields like composition, sound engineering/design (SED), ethnomusicology, historical musicology, music business and management, music theory, and performance. In conjunction with its acoustically leading studio, MIAM is able to give special emphasis in the fields of sound art and Tonmeister studies.

The sound project is created and conducted on volunteer basis.