I am delighted to announce that I have just received an Artists International Development Fund award from Arts Council England and the British Council to travel to China later in the year to research my planned project with ceramist Kay Aplin ‘Interbeing’  –  a cultural dialogue in ceramics and sound. I have been invited to…

Well, it’s been a year! Leaving out the politics  and concentrating on the art (which is hard to do), 2017 has been my most prolific year as an artist since completing my MA in 2005. Here are the highlights: The Missing Paintings: I had been talking to the Towner Art Gallery for a while about…

Sound + Environment 2017 is a four day conference bringing together artists and scientists to explore the ways that sound can deepen our understanding of environments at the University of Hull. My concert piece Urbs Culturae explores the sounds of cultural spaces in Hull and “remixes” them using my custom-made performance controller the Sonic Baton,…

In my role as an a-n AIR Councillor, I was privileged to be offered a travel bursary to go to either the Venice Biennale or Documenta this year. I chose Documenta, but then decided that, as I had never been to either, this was a perfect opportunity to go to both! So I paid for…

As part of my Made in Korea project with ceramic artist Kay Aplin, we recently visited Stoke-on-Trent with our resident ceramic artists from Korea, to research the Potteries tradition and to take a good look at potential spaces for our collaborative installation for British Ceramics Biennial (BCB). I will be producing a new 4 channel sound installation…

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We are happy to announce the opening of our new show Made in Korea on May 4th at In Camera Gallery @ The Ceramic House… Made in Korea is a cultural exchange between the UK and Korea evolving throughout 2017 in Brighton, London, Stoke-on-Trent and Seoul. Involving…

Work finally started on recording the script(s) for the Audio Guides at Lewes Castle with local actors, Peter Faulkner, Belinda Chapman and Phil Rose (l to r). They are accompanied by my new partner-in-sound John The Dummy Head or “Kunst Kopf”. This new acquisition from Soundman replicates the human head and holds my binaural microphones…

To coincide with the opening of a new exhibition at Phoenix Brighton by sound artist Stephen Cornford – ‘Constant Linear Velocity’, I am opening my studio to the public between 6.15 and 7pm, this Friday Nov 11th. You can reserve a free place here – booking is essential.

“I’d never previously given any thought to the potential for collaboration between sound and ceramics, although artist / curator Joseph Young has spent much of the past few years exploring the innumerable ways they may intersect and interact. Many of these explorations have been alongside curator and ceramicist Kay Aplin, and together they recently launched In…

The Middle Classes Are Revolting! (again) in Berlin on August 26th at Strange Umbrellas #14. If you’re in Berlin, treat yourself to a fantastic couple of nights of performances and films, if you’re not then watch this – filmed in 2013 as part of ‘The Ballad of Skinny Lattes and Vintage Clothing’. The Middle Classes…

In partnership with Aural Detritus Concert Series and as part of our Landscape : Islands project, I am happy to announce a series of sound art events and experimental music concerts at The Ceramic House, beginning in May. Please note numbers are limited due to space, so early booking advised… May 13th features Brambling (Paul Khimasia…