curatorial work and talks
Resonance [2019]
I. the quality in a sound of being deep, full, and reverberating.
II. the power to evoke enduring images, memories, and emotions.
III. the reinforcement or prolongation of sound by reflection from a surface or by the synchronous vibration of a neighbouring object
Resonance is an all sound-art exhibition that explores the ways sound influences that which surrounds it as well as its ability to evoke mental and emotional reaction. With new work from Sunn O))), Holly Herndon, TJ Hertz (AKA Objekt), and Phurpa accumulating in a cyclical exhibition displaying one sound piece at a time.
https://www.catalystarts.org.uk/resonance
Synthesis [2018]
We understand the world around us by combining fragments of information, gathered and stored over a lifetime. Synthesis is the process of combining new information with previous understandings. In the gallery space, a space made for observation, we synthesise a unique experience through engagement with materials. With a focus on our sensory perceptions, this raises two questions:
How do spatial elements and physical context affect how we experience light and sound?
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How do light and sound affect how we experience spatial elements and physical context?
The combining of these stimulants together results in the creation of something new. This exhibition combines Sound Art, Visual Installation, and Reactive Sculpture that each affect and are affected by the space they reside in. These stimulants provide the audience members with new information and each individual synthesises there own interpretation.
CATALYST AUDIO TRACKS 001
Catalyst Audio Tracks is a Catalyst Members series that focuses on the world of sound art. We reached out to our members to submit work in Drone, Noise, Ambient, Electroacoustic, Field Recording, Synthesis Exploration, or All/None-of-the-above and this compilation is the result.
This event is the presentation of that compilation and it takes place in the Sonic Arts Research Centre's very own Sonic Laboratory. A specialist acoustic space designed with 48 loudspeakers, strategically located, will project and move sounds throughout the space, including underneath the audience.
Featuring work from: Barry Cullen, Hadi Bastani, Chris Steenson Dan Shipsides, Jordan Hutchings, Dara Flanagan, Noel Hensey, Sarah Lundy, Vasiliki Stasinaki, Gross Net, Camilla Fanning, Ben Fletcher, Seamus Harahan, Joey O'Gorman, Petra Dominova, Stephen Todd, Lauren Bickerdike
CATALYST AUDIO TRACKS 002
In the 2nd iteration of Catalyst Audio Tracks, with the first taking place in in the Sonic Arts Research Centre’s ‘Sonic Lab’, this Catalyst Audio Tracks was presented through the 'Resonance’ (Pictured below) sound installation which was used to show work from Sunn O))), Holly Herndon, Objekt, Phurpa. Those familiar with the Catalyst space will know how reverberant it is and how a great sound work can take advantage of such a space.
This iteration of Catalyst Audio Tracks features work from: Christopher Steenson, Dan Shipsides, Vasiliki Stasinaki, Aidan Deery, Gerard Carson, Susan Hughes, Tia Vellani, Colin Woods, John Thorp, John D'Arcy, Juliette Liautaud, Karl McEvoy, Johanna Nulty, Stephen Todd, Jennifer Moore, Fiona Jiandani, Hadi Bastani