This workshop will explore creative and expanded approaches to sound in virtual contexts, from real-time simulations to video game environments. Taking conceptual and technical inspiration from canonical approaches found in experimental electronic music, participants will learn the fundamentals of working with real-time audio and spatial sound in the Unreal 5 game engine, and create their own interactive and generative virtual environments.
📅 Date: Saturday, May 30, 2026
🕓 Time: 1:00–3:00 PM
📍 Location: Governors Island, Nolan Park, Harvestworks Building 10a
📩 RSVP required: studio@harvestworks.org
Pending group interest, further approaches for integrating game engine simulation with traditional audio sequencing and synthesis tools via OSC and MIDI protocols can be covered. No prior experience with Unreal engine or game simulation required. Participants are encouraged to bring laptops with the Unreal 5 engine pre-installed ahead of time, but accommodation for all will be made if not possible.
ABOUT MATTHEW GANTT:
Matthew D. Gantt is an artist, composer, and educator based in New York. His practice focuses on sound in virtual spaces, generative systems facilitated by idiosyncratic technology, and digital production presets as sonic readymades. He worked as a studio assistant to electronics pioneer Morton Subotnick from 2016- 2018, and has been an active participant in the international creative community, presenting or performing at spaces such as Pioneer Works, SAT Montreal, Issue Project Room, Ars Electronica, MUTEK Mexico, Feral File, IRCAM, ICST Zurich, and countless DIY venues and grassroots organizations.