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Sound design

Photo credit: Mia Niedojadlo

I compose soundwalks as a means of deepening engagement with my environment and for over 20 years have been using the medium as a tactical and critical tool in a collective re-imagining of the sonic and human landscape. My interest is in close observation of our surroundings, with the aim of exposing the irresistible processes of change at individual, societal and global levels. I apply augmented reality in the form of soundwalks, combining field recordings with archival material and time-shifting sounds absent from our contemporary soundscape (with a nod to R. Murray Schafer).

Soundwalks are relevant to local authorities, museums, heritage organisations, galleries, colleges, and community groups. I can either operate as a solo artist to produce bespoke soundwalks, or involve others in the creative process. My walks have been commissioned by organisations including:
* Nottingham Contemporary
* UK Young Artists
* Mobile Audio Fest (Aix-en-Provence)
* Bergen Academy of Art and Design
* The South Wingfield and Pentrich Revolution Group

As a founder member of Left Hand Right Hand I have performed across Europe and the USA, with a particular interest in free improvisation and expanded cinema, composing live soundtracks as accompaniment to silent films, as well as contemporary dance.

Teaching

Photo credit: Allan Siegel

I have taught students in Japan, Hungary, Norway, Germany, Sweden and France, as well as having a long and fruitful association with Nottingham Trent University where I led the Masters in Fine Art (MFA).

In recent years I have been working with organisations that support refugees and asylum seekers, running workshops that use the media of sound and clay to draw out and enable the sharing of individual stories.

For further information on workshops and teaching get in touch

Research

My PhD explored the potential of soundwalking as a means of engaging with contested spaces. My wider artistic research engages with several areas of enquiry, around thematics such as failed modernist utopias and resonant ruination.

I have presented papers and soundwalks at  international conferences, participated in artistic research residencies, and contributed to journals and publications, including Dance Theatre Journal. I co-authored Trial: A Study of the Devising Process in Reckless Sleepers' ‘Schrödinger's Box.

A list of my publications can be found here als well as a bibliography containing texts that have informed my recent research.