Previous Events 2012
1pm, 14 December 2012: Lunchtime talk and presentation of ‘Vocal Migrations’ project at the Pervasive Media Studio, Bristol
19-22 December 2012: New site specific seasonal work created for Winter Wonderland ‘Alternative Christmas Lights’ around the M-Shed, Bristol.
24 November 2012: Soundtrack for Elixir by Sadhana Dance, at the ICIA, Bath
16 – 25 November 2012: Dancing Cranes installation with Maja Ratkje at Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival
8pm, 8 December 2012: Work in Progress performance of ‘Vocal Migrations’ in Bedford with Bedford Creative Arts. Event includes live performance, and panel discussion about the project chaired by Quentin Cooper, presenter of BBC radio 4’s Material World.
13 Sept – 11 Nov 2012: Music Box Migration at ‘Sight of Sound‘ exhibition, View Gallery, Bristol.
18 October – 18 November 2012: Piano Migrations at the Scottish Music Centre for Sonic-a Festival, Glasgow
6:00pm, 8 November 2012: Palimpsest with Daniel Skoglund at The Bristol Jam Bristol Old Vic.
7:30pm and 9:00pm, 10 November 2012: Palimpsest with Daniel Skoglund at Sonic-a Festival, Glasgow
7:30pm, 15 November 2012: Visuals for Powerplant at Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama, Cardiff, at Soundtrack International Film and Music Festival.
10:00pm, 16 November 2012: Palimpsest with Daniel Skoglund at Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival
10:00 – 13:00, 20 October 2012: Free drop-in Music Box Migrations workshop at the Scottish Music Centre for Sonic-a Festival, Glasgow
26 and 27 October 2012: Piano Migrations Performance with Matthew Olden at Lab30 Festival, Augsburg Germany.
12 October 2012: Mats Lindström performs live music with my film ‘Vultures’ (made specially for him) at Ad Libitum Festival, Ujazdowski Castle, Warsaw.
15-16 Sept 2012: Urban Fair at The College Project, workshops, exhibtiion, gigs, performances, market, – many activities for all ages. I will be showing Piano Migrations, adding to the bird-cloud of 1000 birds with free origami workshops.
5th Sept 2012: CAGE 100 at Artspace College, A celebration of the life and works of John Cage with performances and installations by Bristol musicians and artists Richard Barnard, Tom Bugs, Seth Cooke, Matt Davies, Kathy Hinde, Andy Keep, Dominic Lash, Sarah Moody, Phil Owen, Shirley Pegna, Liz Purnell and James Saunders.
28th August – 1st September 2012: Piano Migrations at Homo Alibi Festival, Riga, Latvia.
31st August 2012: Stage design based on 1000 birds installation for Gala opening of Aarhus Festival, Denmark.
3rd – 4th August 2012, 8pm- 12am: Missing People silent video projection at Redfest, Bristol, in the The Electric Parlour window, (former Cyril Dark Carpet Shop), 191 Church Rd.
22nd July 2012: Visuals for Aldeburgh Young Musicians performance, plus collaborating on a series of site specific installations at Snape Maltings, Suffolk as part of Aldeburgh Music’s Exchanging Worlds Orchestra, cultural olympiad event.
26-29 July 2012: Sculptural visuals for performance with Sabine Vogel as ORNIS at Norberg Festival, Sweden.
31st July 2012: Sculptural visuals for performance with Sabine Vogel as ORNIS at in an an empty swimming pool, North Bristol Baths, made possible by Artspace Lifespace.
1st – 16th June 2012: One Thousand Birds Installation with Soundscape by Matthew Fairclough at Artspace College, Bristol as part of the Bristol Biennal.
Open Thu-Fri: 11:30 – 17:30, Sat: 12:00 – 16:30. Opening night on Friday June 1st at 6pm At The College Project, Timsbury Rd, Off Marksbury Rd, Bristol, BS3 5JJ.
26th June 2012: Presentation at TEDGlobal Edinburgh
29th June – 1st July: Twitchr Soundscape at Up To Nature a weekender of performance, talks, walks, dancing and bonfires in a forest by Inbetween Time Productions.
26th May 2012: Visuals for Eyebrow at Site festival, The Goods Shed, Stroud, with Stroud Valley Arts.
27th May 2012: Public drop in workshop to make birds for the One Thousand Birds installation at the Artspace College Project, Timsbury Rd, Off Marksbury Rd, Bristol, BS3 5JJ.
31st May 2012: Piano Migrations installation showing at Mother of Invention, Mother London as part of Digital Shoreditch.
21st May 2012: Visuals for Eyebrow at Depth of Field 4, along with Electric water at The College, Bristol.
UK spring tour of Elixir – Dance performance focussing on our relationship with water by Sadhana Dance. Myself and Matthew Olden have created music and projections for Elixir. The performance is accompanied by an exhibition of exquisite sculptures by Josh Baum. Myself and Matthew created a 10 channel generative soundscape to accompany Josh’s work. Every performance is followed by a Café Scientifique hosted by Radio 4’s Quentin Cooper.
Tour Dates:
9th February, 7:30pm, The Point, Eastleigh
25th February, 7:45pm, The Gulbenkian at University of Kent, Canterbury (sculptures not exhibited here)
3rd March, 8pm, The Place, London
13th March, 7:30pm, The Haymarket, Basingstoke (sculptures not showing here)
27-28 April, Springhead Trust, Dorset.
5th May, 7:30pm, RichMix, London (sculptures showing on 4th May also)
11th May, 7:30pm, Bridport Arts Centre, Bridport
19th & 20th May, 7:30pm, Espinosa Centre, Berkhamsted
9 May 2012: Powerplant performance at Sounds New Festival, Canterbury. Visuals for percussionist Joby Burgess with sound by Matthew Fairclough, featuring compositions by Graham Fitkin, Matthew Fairclough, Conlon Nancarrow, Max de Wardener, Javier Alvarez and Gabriel Prokofiev
13-15 May 2012: Piano Migrations installation and performance at the Caravan showcase, Brighton Festival.
18 May 2012: Powerplant performance at the Wiltshire Music Centre, Bradford on Avon. Visuals for percussionist Joby Burgess with sound by Matthew Fairclough featuring compositions by Graham Fitkin, Matthew Fairclough, Conlon Nancarrow, Steve Reich, Max de Wardener, Javier Alvarez and Gabriel Prokofiev
14-15 and 28-29 April 2012: Workshops at Bedford Creative Arts exploring musical ideas inspired by the patterns of Lace, a tradition of Bedford Town.
14 April 2012: Maker’s Guild 4 : Making Sounds and the V&A – short presentation
21st April 2012: Palimpsest with Daniel Skoglund , Stockholm with EMS at Kulturnatt Stockholm 2012.
15th March 2012: On Panel at the The Wire Salon: Sounding out the territory: the sensorial world of the sound map, Cafe Oto 8pm.
5 March 2012: Performance with Jez riley French, Matt Davies and Matthew Olden at Artspace College, Bristol.
20th-24th Feb 2012, Taking part in the Playable City Sprint at Bristol’s Pervasive Media Studio.