My journey in sound and wine leads me to Italy this week, where I’m taking up a “Suoni dal confine” residency in Campania. Over the period of the residency I’ll be working on a multi-sensory piece which will be performed in Tufo on 7th July. The work – which I have provisionally titled Oenosthesia – will be created from the field recordings I’ll be making in the vineyards and wineries of the region with the frequencies of the final piece designed to interact with selected local wines tasted by the audience at specific times during its performance.

It’s an exciting project given my strong personal and professional interests in both areas and could well be the first time a piece of gustatory/sound art has been created that employs both the sounds of wine as well as the wines themselves.

“Body Waves” with Malcolm Riddoch at the Sound Spectrum Festival, Perth, Australia [2012]
Collaborative quadraphonic infrasonic work using Stanier Black-Five’s recordings of the Christchurch earthquakes

Sabbatical Festival, KIPL, Melbourne, Australia[2012]
Quadraphonic travelogue piece

Noisemachin, Perth Artifactory, Perth, Australia [2012]
Live noise and collaborative segues: http://theartifactory.bandcamp.com/track/toraberogu

Goo Fest, Glue Gallery, Dunedin, NZ [2012]
Performance and sound recording workshop

“Wine & Sound”, Golden Dawn, Auckland, NZ [2012]
An exploration of how sound alters the perception of a wine’s taste

NZ South Island tour with Malcolm Riddoch [2011]
Collaborative and solo works

“Chimera”, Festival of the Body, Christchurch, NZ [2011]
Contributed music for an experimental dance performance by Sascha Perfect

Ill FM, The Others, London, UK [2011]
Performance and live to air

Analogue to Digital, Scitech, Perth, Australia [2011]
International guest artist at an event series where sound art intersects with science

Lines of Flight Festival, Dunedin, NZ [2011]
Earthquake performance at New Zealand’s main festival of experimental music

“Oenomatopoeia”, Taupo Erupt Festival, Taupo, NZ [2010]
Quadraphonic installation created from recordings of wine

Ill FM, The Others, London, UK [2010]
Performance and live to air

Selected earlier work:

Altmusic Festival with Chris Watson & Sea of Holes, High Street Project, Christchurch [2009]

Two Trains of Thought tour, NZ [2009]
A series of performances across New Zealand, based on recordings of ports, with sounds added at each performances from recordings from the host city’s local harbour: http://www.adamartgallery.org.nz/past-exhibitions/deep-listening/

Lines of Flight Festival [2009]
Performance at New Zealand’s main festival of experimental music

Borderline Ballroom with Daniel Menche, The Media Club, Christchurch, NZ [2008]

Word of Mouth event with Can’t, Neptune, Deepkiss 720, Eastbourne UK [2007]

“Train Music”, London Musicians Collective 10th Annual Festival of Experimental Music, Queen Elizabeth Hall, London, UK [2001]

Book Depository action with Stillupsteypa & Retro AKA, The Hague, Netherlands [2000]

“Atavistic Rachets”, Lewisham Art House, London [1999]
Multi turntable installation/performance piece: http://www.noisegate.org.uk/ratchetstatement.html

“Prosumption”, Bar Sate, London [1996]
Multi-sensory live performance using live processed sounds from the preparation of a meal, which was then fed to the audience.