It was as unexpected as it was exciting to read Bandcamps’s Best Field Recordings of 2024 and spot my “Powerlines” LP included on the list. “Powerlines,” which relates to the collaborative Arctic Auditories research project, is not an easy work so I’m particularly grateful to Andrew Weathers and Cody Yantis of Rural Situationism for having…… Continue reading Bandcamp Field Recordings 2024
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SOAS Talk
It was great to be invited by Luigi Monteanni to present a Music Research Seminar about my work to the PhD students at SOAS.
Arctic Anti-Radio
The essay “Arctic Anti-Radio” was published in Urbanomic’s Sonic Faction: Audio Essay as Medium and Method, edited by Justin Barton, Steve Goodman and Maya B. Kronik. There are some fantastic contributors to this collection, people I’ve long-admired and who I’m excited to be published alongside. My own essay explores the processes and contexts involved in…… Continue reading Arctic Anti-Radio
A Cormorant
The Autumn issue of Robin Boothroyd’s Aswirl magazine published my “A Cormorant” poem. Aswirl is “a quarterly poetry zine celebrating brevity. It was founded in autumn 2022 as a home for short, minimal and concrete poetry. Small, humble and with a tactile nature, the publication emphasises the intimate and champions the miniature. Because small things…… Continue reading A Cormorant
In The Field 2
On July 4, 5, 6th of 2024, I was part of the organising team of In the Field 2, an international conference “exploring new perspectives in field recording practice and research. Over eighty international presenters [contributed] a diverse range of insights across peer reviewed presentations, workshops, sound and video works. Topics including acoustic witnessing, technology…… Continue reading In The Field 2
“Powerlines”
Powerlines (Loavgavvári) is a 55 minute composition in which a series of sound devices were deployed on the slopes below Loavgavvári / Fløya near the city of Romssa / Tromsø some 350 kilometres north of the Arctic Circle to generate field recordings that are left largely unprocessed (apart occasional EQ and layering one recording over…… Continue reading “Powerlines”
“Waves Finding the Shore (Tokashiku)”
Very pleased to have a new work in the Listening for Traces exhibition at Rizq Art Initiative (RAi) in Abu Dhabi. The show was curated by Cathy Lane and I’m in the company of some extraordinary artists showing works resonating with sound, conflict, memory: Abdullah Al Othman (KSA), Asma Ghanem (Palestine), Alexia Webster (South Africa), Christopher Marianetti…… Continue reading “Waves Finding the Shore (Tokashiku)”
“How To Put on Weight”
I was very pleased to have been commissioned by Galerie Silvestre in Madrid to write a essay for Rebecca Glover’s The Foley Studio. Glover’s show ran from February 2nd to March 27th, 2024 and, as its title suggests, the beautifully composed installation of objects, sounds and diagrams explores the practice of foley within wider contexts. My essay…… Continue reading “How To Put on Weight”
“Fire Spell Against Hate”
In 2024, “The Smell of Apples” was republished alongside “Fire Spell Against Hate” (another text sampled from many different English Ovid translations) in (C)ovid’s Metamorphoses, a project directed by Bernd Herzogenrath and Lasse-Marc Riek and released in a sumptuous edition with a quite extraordinary list of contributors. A small selection of the artists involved in the text and sound sections…… Continue reading “Fire Spell Against Hate”
Q&A at Atelier Nord
An enjoyable time at Oslo’s Atelier Nord for an in-conversation with Alexander Rishaug on December 4.