reSOUND Immersive Exhibition - DStrict
Seoul
21 June - 25 August 2024
For the 20th anniversary of it's founding, the DStrict group held The Immersive Installation 'reSOUND' in Seoul Station in South Korea involving 8 multisensory artworks;
For exhibiting MONOM Studios work 'Imagined Worlds', Shehryar travelled to South Korea and set up the entire 57 channel sound system, and was a part of spatial mixing the work 'Imagined Worlds' that was shown for 2 months at the historic venue
TRIBECA Film Festival - CO_SONIC
6 June - 29 July 2024
For the Tribeca Film Festival 2024, Shehryar worked on CO_SONIC, a spatial sound piece built around the story of coexistence of species and lifeforms through an observation of a river as one entity. Working as the spatial sound engineer for the composers William Russell and Robertina Šebjanič, the work was shown at Mercer Labs Museum of Technology and Art in New York; where a permanent 4DSOUND system resides.
https://tribecafilm.com/films/co_sonic-38-144-km-spatialized-in-4dsound-with-monom-2024
Ocean of Sound - STUK Leuven, Belgium
7 - 17 December 2023
Shehryar was the lead sound engineer for the entire production of Ocean of Sound Festival in Leuven, Belgium. He set up a 48.9 4DSOUND system, presented and mixed 10 works, including 6 live shows from artists including Suzanne Ciani, Soundwalk Collective, Soulwax, and Aisha Devi.
https://www.stuk.be/en/program/ocean-of-sound-eerste-4dsound-festival-in-belgi%C3%AB
New Now Festival - Essen
June 1 - 6 August 2023
For the 2nd edition of the New Now Festival held at the UNESCO World Heritage Site Zollverein in Essen, Germany, Shehryar set up a 48.9 4DSOUND system and ran shows for 5 days including installations, listening sessions and panel talks and discussions.
7 May 2023
February - August 2023
Shehryar's spatial sound piece and album 'A Study of Place' was shown in Sonic Cinema in a 22 channel spatial sound system at Dover Street Market in Paris, France. He was also the sound engineer for the 6 month duration of the Sonic Cinema series, running listening sessions, live shows and immersive exhibitions.
https://shotgun.live/en/events/sonic-cinema-week-10-sunday-may-7
25 - 27 November 2022
MONOM Studios very own Festival solely for Spatial Sound, Music, Art and Technology was held in Funkhaus Berlin.
As well as being the Assistant Director for the entire festival, Shehryar was solely responsible for spatial mixing the works of over 60 artists for all 3 days of the festival, including several live acts. Working with a large number of popular artists, he was able to diversify his spatial portfolio and was a huge reason the festival was able to garner the success it did. Along with collaborator and AI trailblazer Portrait XO, Shehryar performed a hybrid performance bringing together Live Neural Vocal Synthesis, Physical Spatial Pojection Mapping and Volumetric 3D Displays with the help of the LEDPULSE DRAGON.
A huge collaborative effort, organising and playing a significant part in Spatial Festival is a highlight of Shehryar's work.
11 - 16 October 2022
For the first iteration of this exciting sound art and multimedia festival from label Fluxus Temporis, Shehryar was the engineer for a first in Paris 28 channel 4DSOUND performance stage, spatialising the works of 8 live artists performances held at 3537. Beyond the exhibition, the festival also was responsible for reflection and knowledge sharing during discussions and workshops around sound and new technologies in collaboration with institutions and key players in the field such as INA , the GRM , Alcome and MONOM.
For the release of Ambient Artist Oren Ambarchis studio album 'Shebang', Shehryar was a huge part of spatially mixing the album for playback in MONOM Studio's 4DSOUND environment. Being a huge musical influence on his own style, Shehryar contributed greatly to the event and the release of the binaural mix of the album.
https://www.monomsound.com/events/shebangalbumreleasebyorenambarchi
AUGUST 2022
As part of the MONOM Studios team to take part in this exciting Mixed Reality experiment, Shehryar was responsible for setting up a complete 57 channel 4DSOUND system in the amazing KET Halle in Weimar as part of the breathtaking program of Kunstfest Weimar 2022. This huge project combined aspects of virtual reality, live acting and spatial sound for a mammoth production that ran for the course of 2 weeks.
https://nachtkritik.de/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=21334&layout=*&Itemid=100190
19 - 21 JULY 2022
Shehryar was the sole engineer responsible for a 28 channel MONOM Studios 4DSOUND stage, spatialising and working with over 12 artists over several disciplines of media for this exciting exhibition and festival held in Munich.
MONOM Presents: Summer of Music Vol I, II, III
11th, 25th June
9th July 2022
A trilogy of 4DSOUND Live classical music performances held at MONOM Studios in the summer of 2022. Shehryar personally worked with and spatially mixed all the shows for artists Rakhi Singh, Yu Lin, Andy Aquarius, The Echo Collective, and Argenis Brito. Involving several different layers of classical instrumentation including Violin, Cello, Viola and Harp. Each performance also included a short spatial mix of the Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin (RSB) conducted by its chief conductor Vladimir Jurowski.
https://www.monomsound.com/events/summerofmusicvol1
https://www.monomsound.com/events/summerofmusicvol2
https://www.monomsound.com/events/summerofmusicvol3
28th March 2022
As part of CTM Festival 2022, Shehryar spatially mixed and ran the official event at MONOM 4DSOUND Studio; Doing the spatial design and engineering for the live performance of Berlin based artist Grand River.
https://www.monomsound.com/events/ctm-festival-todaysart-monom-studios-present
22nd January 2022
In collaboration with CTM Festival 2022, Vorspiel, and Transmediale, Shehryar helped run the official event at MONOM 4DSOUND Studio; Doing the spatial design and engineering for all of Francisca Rocha Goncalves' underwater field recording piece '1282kHz', aimed at oceanic marine wildlife preservation and recovery. He also mixed a binaural recording of the piece, to be released soon.
https://www.monomsound.com/events/monomctmtransmidialedrippingpoint
Colours of Now
12th November 2021
An immersive neo classical concert in 4DSOUND. Directed by Romain Azzaro, the immersive live show of the amazing album recorded during the first quarantine in Berlin. Shehryar personally ran the spatial development and rehearsal sessions, and was responsible for living mixing the quintet (Piano, Trumpet, Cello, Metal Plates, Guitar) inside the 4DSOUND system at MONOM Berlin.
Dripping Point
22nd January 2022
In collaboration with CTM Festival 2022, Vorspiel, and Transmediale, Shehryar helped run the official event at MONOM 4DSOUND Studio; Doing the spatial design and engineering for all of Francisca Rocha Goncalves' underwater field recording piece '1282kHz', aimed at oceanic marine wildlife preservation and recovery. He also mixed a binaural recording of the piece, to be released soon.
https://www.monomsound.com/events/monomctmtransmidialedrippingpoint
Eufonia Festival 2020
Shehryar's work 'Urban Fear and Dread' was part of the public exhibition Sound Circuits as a part of Eufonia Festival in Berlin and Lisbon 2020. Binaural audio was adapted, and listeners invited to find the public QR Code and listen to the artwork specifically designed for the relevant physical location.
A Study of Place
Shehryar's thesis project related to the application of field recordings and spatial sound design in virtual immersive environments. As part of his M.A program, he held a private event and showcase of his thesis work at MONOM 4DSOUND studio in Berlin. (July 6th 2020)
https://catalyst-berlin.com/stories/shehryar-ahmad-creative-music-production-ma-project
Sonic Cinema - MONOM
27, 28th June 2020
The following of Shehryar's compositions were displayed at the Sonic Cinema events held at MONOM 4DSOUND studio: 'Urban Fear & Decay', 'A Walk', 'Desolation'
