Urbex Audio - Artist Roundtable:
Join us for an exclusive look behind Urbex Audio, an interdisciplinary exploration across three abandoned buildings around the theme of "Exhaustion".
John Cormack, Video Editor:
John is a musician & filmmaker, fascinated by the notion of worlds within worlds, the beauty of the mundane and the pursuit of the unobtainable. He explores innovative and resonant expressions through stop motion, AI animation, & choral process music
Ana Godinho de Matos, Cinematographer.
Ana is a filmmaker and visual anthropologist whose work began in London's improv dance/theatre scene. She collaborates with international artists to create immersive audio-visual experiences, capturing the essence of live performance.
Muir Vidler, Photographer.
Vidler's work has been exhibited at the National Portrait Gallery, @V_and_A , Rove Gallery, Royal Academy of Arts, Colette, Mindy Solomon Gallery, the Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art.
Rob Mullender-Ross, Theorist.
An artist, educator and researcher, and a director of @the_birley and project space. He makes work in a variety of media and disciplines, but with sound usually involved. Rob is a visiting lecturer at the London Film School and @SPIRITSTUDIOS .
Conny Prantera, Mask Designer.
Prantera is a London based multimedia artist whose work ranges from video art to performance and sound. She is a regular contributor to fashion label Aries Arise, for which she creates illustrations, props and animations.
Matt Barnard, Acoustician.
Matt Barnard is a composer and researcher engaged with music and spatial audio technology. He is currently focused on binaural and ambisonic techniques that harness natural reverberation and artificial sound-image authoring approaches.
Denzil Watson, Urbex Adivsor.
Since first exploring the dereliction of Sheffield’s East End in the late 80s, Watson has developed a passion for secret spaces that once had a purpose – from Victorian factories to a post-war hotel, chapels & churches, railway yards and reservoirs.
Her work blends dance, theater, and visual arts, and she has created pieces for prestigious institutions around the world. Commissioned works also include the @tate, Tate Liverpool, ICA, Science Museum, Royal Shakespeare Company, Royal Festival Hall & CandoCo Dance Company.
Athina Vahla, Movement Advisor.
Vahla is an independent multidisciplinary artist and choreographer who creates large-scale performances that explore themes of humanity and society.
Sanli Wang, Lighting Designer.
An interdisciplinary artist, theatre maker, and technology enthusiast. Mainly focusing on how we understand the world and interpreting them in an artistic means from a sociological, and philosophical point of view. Based in London.
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Simon Cole, Psychogeographer.
Simon is an alternative tour guide and walking artist. He delves into the conventional, social and hidden histories of places in an attempt to make sense of their significance - and how they generate a response from us.
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@ModusArts@WajidLondon He holds an MA in Arts and Design with a focus on Sonic Arts, and his work has been featured at the ICA Gallery, Arnolfini, Queen Elizabeth Hall, Whitechapel Gallery, Laban, and the Freud Museum.
Wajid Yaseen, Director.
Yaseen is a Manchester-born, London-based artist. His interdisciplinary work includes installations, live performances, acousmatic music, graphic scores, and sound sculptures.
@ModusArts@WajidLondon Wajid is the director of the sound art research cooperative @modusarts, the co-founder of the destructivist Scrapclub project, and director of the Ear Cinema project.
Urbex Audio - Artist Roundtable:
Join us for an exclusive look behind Urbex Audio, an interdisciplinary exploration across three abandoned buildings around the theme of "Exhaustion".
Red In Tooth And Claw.
Performed at RAF Nocton Hall Hospital, Lincolnshire. Exploring the parallel between the decay of the body and buildings, both subject to the mercy of time, with the emphasis that decay is not a final state but a state of flux.
Changed To Same.
Performed at Tony’s Empress Ballroom, Blackburn. A performance exploring the body as a topographic tool using shadow casts on the walls as a form of tracing.
Losing What Was Never Lost.
Performed at RAF Nocton Hall Hospital, Lincolnshire.
Mapping the building on a single line from end to end using the body as a topographic device.