Title: Void: A Sonic Pilgrimage
"Void" is an immersive spatial audio soundscape designed specifically for binaural presentation, inviting personal, philosophical, and spiritual inquiry through sound. Presented as a 12-minute headphone-based journey, the work unfolds as a sonic pilgrimage across shifting auditory landscapes — territories where chaos dissolves into harmony, and fragmentation leans toward unity. Listeners drift through peaks of acoustic intensity, fragmented structures, and evolving resonances, encountering moments of disorientation that gradually resolve into clarity and balance. Blending avant-garde sound design with open-ended thematic exploration, Void offers an evolving sonic architecture where perception wavers, meaning remains provisional, and transformation is left to each individual's experience.
Location: Northampton, UK
Creative Experience
Michael W. Bell is an emerging spatial audio artist and researcher who explores the boundaries of immersive sound and experiential design. He has released 12 original works, much of his music created specifically for film and visual media contexts, and is one-half of the experimental sound art project ProtoVoid.
Driven by a lifelong passion for multidimensional art forms and immersive technologies, Michael’s current practice focuses on crafting experiential soundscapes that invite active audience engagement. His artistic approach often blurs the line between music, sound design, and spatial narrative, resulting in deeply emotive and sensory-driven works.
Biography and links
Michael W. Bell is a researcher, artist, and lecturer specialising in music production and spatial and immersive audio. He is currently completing a practice-based PhD titled "Experiential Soundtracks: A Creative, Programmatic Approach Utilising Contemporary Spatial and Multichannel Audio Technologies (CS-MAT)", which investigates how emerging audio technologies can articulate theories of the sound object through creative practice.
His work spans contributions to film scores, documentary soundtracks, trailers, animations, commercials, and television productions, with his music being heard on TV networks and media platforms worldwide. His practice reflects a deep commitment to sound as an experiential medium, using spatial and object-based approaches to push creative boundaries
- 2024 - Title: Rebel-Misfits
- The Hive, Worcestershire, UK (Improvised Soundscape by Stace Constantinou, with Live Spatial Mix by Michael W. Bell. Private view: Live performance)