The Spatial Sound Consortium, directed by Victoria Keddie in collaboration with Harvestworks (NYC), aims to connect sound labs, studios, and organizations working internationally with multichannel and spatial sound. This project arises from a need to create a framework for dialogue among the many models of sound laboratories today—academic, independent, and institutional alike.

Our work unfolds at the intersection of sound, architecture, and lived experience. Spatial sound is always more than technical—it is situational, environmental, and embodied. It shows us how space listens back. What connects us is less a single method or system than a shared sense that the lab functions as a living environment—one shaped by the people, histories, materials, and forms of attention that move through it.

Gatherings offer a shared space for dialogue without the expectation of presenting or summarizing one’s full practice. Together, we will consider the conditions that shape our work, the systems we maintain, and the forms of knowledge that accumulate within our environments.