Exquisite Corpse @ Soundfjord

I’m going to Soundfjord tonight for the opening of Exquisite Corpse, as one of the exhibiting artists. It’s a group sound show inspired by the Surrealist practice of Exquisite Corpse, using common rules and starting points (similar to the parlour game of Consequences). In this case an artist makes a piece of work and then passes it onto the…

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Artist’s Story @ Fabrica 14th April 6.30pm

As part of the Artist Resource events around Janet Cardiff’s Forty Part Motet, I have been invited to give an Artist Talk at Fabrica in Brighton on 14th April at 6.30pm. I  will be discussing my work and methodologies and, in particular, my latest collaboration with Public Art Ceramicist J Kay Aplin for HOUSE, part…

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Shouting at Clocks!

Background “Walter Benjamin quotes reports that during the Paris Commune, in all corners of the city of Paris there were people shooting at the clocks on the towers of the churches, palaces and so on, thereby consciously or half-consciously expressing the need that somehow time has to be arrested; that at least the prevailing, the…

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Ladies & Gentlemen…The Red Shoes

I was commissioned as Associate Performance Director and lead performer for this large-scale site specific work by Secret Cinema in February 2011. Staged in an empty warehouse in Wapping, London the project was based on Powell and Pressburger’s famous and tragic film about a dancer who is bewitched by a pair of ballet shoes –…

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Ssh… Tell No One

I’m working on a fantastic project for the next few weeks with Secret Cinema. I am the Associate Performance Director as well as a performer, and have responsibility for a large number of actors and dancers, in creating a site-specific, film-inspired experience in a huge industrial space, somewhere in East London. Their Facebook page has some…

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The End of Listening (2011)

The End of Listening (ReAwakening of a City #5) a&e gallery, Cheltenham Place, BRIGHTON. Jan 7th – 23rd (weekends only) In this latest solo work, I have created an immersive sound installation for iPods at a&e gallery in Cheltenham Place, Brighton. You are invited to download the work at home and then bring along your iPod/iPhone/mp3 player…

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Visiting Lecturer #2

Sue Gollifer invited me back for a second year to work with her MA Digital Media students at Brighton University. Thanks Sue! A great bunch of people to work with – very focussed and motivated; that’s the beauty of working with postgrads…

Visiting Lecturer #1

A lovely autumn day at Edge Hill University, just outside Liverpool, working with a small group of BA Performing Arts students… They created some interesting work and were extremely receptive. Thanks to the talented Karen Lauke for hosting the day.

Music and Freedom

I’m premiering a live work tonight at a benefit concert for Amnesty here in Brighton at Concorde 2. Given the nature of the evening, I’ve kept it short, but essentially I will be attempting to read a live feed from the US stock markets as I mix a series of field recordings captured on Wall…

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Active Crossover II, Furthernoise (2010)

“Active Crossover II, Various Artists” (review) Founded by Bristol (UK) based sound artist Simon Whetham, Active Crossover started in 2008 from a residency in Tallinn, Estonia, as guests of the Non Grata Collective. Presenting workshops in field recording and composition, it culminated in Whetham working with John Grzinich, providing a live sound track to a performance by renowned Estonian artist…

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Start! (2010)

A commission for the inaugural World Listening Day in an underground car park in Hoxton, London –  commissioned by Fruit for the Apocalypse (FFTA). The work Start – a neo-futurist opera in 5 movements was made in partnership with dancer/singer/choreographer Christine Lockhart. Manifesto Pomodoro is a sung adaptation of the Manifesto of Neo-Futurism, created and performed…

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Blast Theory residency (Private View Day)

So, Stage Three (see earlier post) and, predictably, there isn’t enough time… Not sure about the weather and if it will be possible to do the listening session and talk on the terrace. Eventually around 5, it brightens up and we decide to go outside for a shortened session; but even that’s a bit chilly…

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20 Wellington Road – Day Four

If yesterday was a day of wading through treacle, then today was the day when I had the breakthrough I was looking for… All thanks to the generous and talented help of my friend and colleague Ms. CiCi Blumstein!!! (Give it up please Ladies and Gentlemen…) I knew what it was that I wanted to…

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20 Wellington Road – Day Three

It doesn’t matter how long you have to develop a piece (whether it’s a week or several months) it always goes through the following stages… 1) Initial excitement and enthusiasm – a bursting dam of ideas 2) The middle bit – wading through treacle 3) Final dash to the finish line – not enough time…

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20 Wellington Road – Day Two

Day Two and so much to do… Had my first mentoring session with Ju Row Farr over lunch and went over the history of the project and where I wanted to take it. Ju said a few really pertinent things that I then mulled over for the rest of the day – the big one…

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20 Wellington Road – Day One

So… Day One of the residency, and everyone here has been very welcoming. I’ve been shown around the building, given a set of keys, and now I’m set up in my studio with all my kit around me… I unpacked everything to find that Luigi “The Dummy Head” had lost his silicone ears in transit….

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Invite to Artists Talk

When: Friday 30th April Where: BLAST THEORY Unit 5, 20 Wellington Rd, Portslade, Brighton, BN41 1DN Time: 6.30pm – 8.30pm Admission: Free (light refreshments will be served) RSVP: dan@blasttheory.co.uk by Thursday 29th April ReAwakening of a City – a micro-performance Residency: In this latest piece of research, I will work solo, using field recordings from…

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