My practice exists at the intersection of sculpture and music,
using sound and noise
to investigate the physical qualities of the world around me. I
use the strategy of the
bricoleur to combine found objects, musical instruments and audio
technologies, shifting
our assumptions of the familiar by amplifying the previously inaudible.
The subjective
presence of the audience within these installations, their simultaneous
exploration of
sound and space is crucial to the work, provoking a subjective
and durational encounter.
The work inhabits both gallery and gig, taking the forms of kinetic
installation and
process-based performance by turns, always searching for situations
in which the
material; whether solid, spatial or sonic; controls the outcome
as much as myself.
I am currently a Research Fellow at the Sound Art Research
Unit of Oxford Brookes
University. I studied sculpture at the Slade School of Fine Art
before completing a
Masters in Time-Based Arts Practices at Dartington College of
Arts. In the last three
years I have exhibited and performed extensively across the UK
and Europe. Recent
exhibitions include solo shows at Elevator Gallery (London) and
Permanent Gallery
(Brighton) and performances at ArtEx Sonora (MACUF, La Coruña),
and All Around
You (Arnolfini, Bristol). I also work as an improvising musician
and have established
ongoing collaborations with Samuel Rodgers, Ben Gwilliam and
Patrick Farmer & Sarah
Hughes.
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