17/10/2008:

Seems to be FLUTTER week! Not only was a piece from the CD played on Brussels web-radio 'Sounds and Emotions', but practically the whole CD was broadcast on Concertzender. You can listen to the broadcast by going to www.concertzender.nl, clicking on 'programmas gemist & podcasts' and then in the Nieuwe Muziek theme section choose Nieuwe Muziek Actua and go to Monday the 13th October.

08/10/2008:

Last month I had some sound pieces played during the radio festival RadiaLx in Lisbon. I created a shorter version of 'Random Unions' for the event, the two CDs being split into 13 shorter tracks to be shuffled this time. This was played several times during the festival.

My new CD 'FLUTTER' will be played during the International Amsterdam Film Festival which takes place from the 16th to the 19th October. I assume this will take place during the intervals between films.

03/09/2008:

I've uploaded some recent work to the site.

In the sound and video section there are three more works:
'LAND', 'Bright Noise' videos and 'Flutter', a new selection of audio works.

In the series section you can see my 'Skin' series - a project I am still working on and am developing into a video. Also fairly recent is my 'Whilst Waiting' series where I am making use of a friend's wonderful Hasselblad and finally 'Residual Memories'.

31/01/2008:

My 'Yellow Brick Road Works' video installation was shown as part of the Expolab series at Meneer de Wit in Amsterdam. I was very happy with the setup and had some very positive responses.

14/09/2007:

Some work of mine will be hanging in the next exhibition at Aeroplastics Gallery
in Brussels. The opening is on the 27th of September and the show runs through until November 3rd. The show is called 'Rare Essence'. 'Yellow Brick Road Works' will also be shown.

22/06/2007:

Two weeks ago I was invited to take part in DNK's close of the season concert at Mediamatic in Amsterdam. I chose samples from a wonderful recording I have of myself stripping the wallpaper off my studio's walls - a delicious sound! Hence the title:'Stripper'. These samples I then treated live using LiSa and Logic software. It was a short performance of seven minutes as were all the performances that night and I feel it went pretty well.

I will be performing again on July 14th at 301 Overtoom in Amsterdam. I have been asked to do a shorter, live version of 'Yellow Brick Road Works'. Instead of re-cutting the video I have simply speeded it up so that the original 98 minutes is compressed into 30. I will be treating samples from the film live using LiSa and Logic again, creating a 'sound-track' for this rather frenetic version. The performance will be called 'Dorothy Squeezed'.

29/04/2007:

Last week I set up a sound installation in the 'Tower' exhibition space in Cologne. Curated by Rafael von Uslar and Andy Lim of Darling Publications, the show took place in what is literally a tower during the Cologne art-fair 21st-23rd April. On each of the four floors one of my sound pieces was played, reflecting different aspects of my work - those based on field recordings, those extracted from vinyl, sound tracks for video and where the sound was part of an installation. I was very happy with the result and it was interesting how well the sound gelled with the greatly differing work of the other artists. I called the installation 'Cross-section' and it worked not only as a cross-section of my work but also as a cohesive element and axis for the exhibition as a whole.

29/03/2007:

28/01/2007:

Apart from the programme tomorrow on 'De Concertzender' there will be a live broadcast next week, Saturday 03 February, 16:00 - 18:00, from the Stedelijk Museum here in Amsterdam. This will be the realisation of a long cherished project of mine to play some, albeit a fraction, of a collection of l.p.s that I've been putting together with Simon Ferdinando over the last few years. All the l.p.s are the same - Nana Mouskouri's 'Mouskouri International' and we now have over 100 of them! The guys from RRSMCS radio who are organizing various radio events at the Stedelijk have provided us with 10 turntables on which to layer up Nana into a lovely canonic lather!

Directly after my set which will occupy the first of the two hours, Ivo Bol will be playing ten different versions of Holst's 'Planets' simultaneously which should also sound interesting!

I have made some other pieces for th RRSMCS radio project but at the moment I don't know when they will be broadcast....so stay tuned!

You can listen at:
http://www.rrsmcs.nl

06/12/2006:

There will be a two hour special of my sound pieces on The Concert Zender, national Dutch Radio, on the 29th January 20:00 - 22:00. You can listen by clicking on the following link: www.concertzender.nl
Choose the concertzender classic option and then click on 'luister live'.
The programme will include the full 74 minute stereo version of 'Yellow Brick Road Works'. Hopefully they will be broadcasting the full 5.1 surround sound version later in the year. Also an extract from 'Journey to Fuga' and three new pieces will be part of the selection.

A short piece of mine will be broadcast on national Dutch radio on 26th December during NPS Folio 00:00 - 01:00.
www.nps-folio.info
I understand that you should be able to access the programme for a while on the web-site.

Unfortunately my shows at the Mineral Museum have been cancelled for now since the whole of the Ruhrland Museum is moving location and they have no time or budget for other events at the moment. They still seem enthusiastic though so hopefully another time.

A couple of proposals of mine have been accepted for the 'Radio Tinnitus' event to take place in the Stedelijk Museum here in Amsterdam in the next three months. I will post more details when I know them.

12/05/2006:

I've just opened a FlickR account, where I've posted photos that I like very much but that will probably never end up in a show. Take a look at http://www.flickr.com/photos/59665577@N00/

08/05/2006 :

Some more samples from 'Yellow Brick Road Works' can be heard at www.radiointerference.nl for a while.

25/02/2006 :

Well, I guess getting the web-site up and running is news!

Thanks to everyone who has sent me their reactions to the site. It will now be a process of fine-tuning the details. A few people have a problem with the light blue text colour. This will depend on your browser, monitor and of course your eyes! I am looking into other colour combinations but for now I will let it rest a little.

As for up-and-coming events there should be a couple of exhibitions
in Germany this year but I will post the details when they are more definite. Likewise there may be a couple of radio broadcasts soon. So watch this space!

I will also be updating the site fairly regularly with new work. So please do come back to check from time to time.