simon whetham

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Active Crossover 2011	'Active Crossover' will be running in four gallery spaces in the year 2011. South Hill Park in Bracknell, The Lost Soul and Stranger Service Station in Liverpool, Millspace in Armley, Leeds, and Soundfjord in London.
Active Crossover II	Simon hosts the second showing of the sound exhibition at the Grey Area Gallery, 31 Queens Road, Brighton, which features work by John Grzinich, Jez riley French, Maksim Shentelev, Iris Garrelfs, Douglas Benford, Simon Whetham and more. Opening and closing night events include performances from Dylan Nyoukis, Jez riley French, Ian Murphy, Rowan Forestier-Walker, Paul Khimasia Morgan, Joseph Young aka Field, Daniel Jones, Mike Blow and Simon Whetham.
Active Crossover	Throughout May 2009 Simon was Artist-in-residence at the Art Container, Tallinn, Estonia, where he created new work, collaborated with other artists based in Estonia and Latvia, and ran listening, field recording and composition workshops. The results of the residency were be exhibited in the Dark Studio at Arnolfini in Bristol from 1st-18th October, as part of a season devoted to sound in the arts, alongside performances from Francisco Lopez and Jacob Kirkegaard. Special guests for the exhibition opening event included Douglas Benford, Iris Garrelfs, John Grzinich, Jez riley French and Maxsim Shentelev.
Tree Hugger Project	In conjunction with sound recordings from sound artist and phonographer Simon Whetham, composer Michal Szostalo and sound artist Maile Colbert have collaborated with the artists Wiktor Szostalo and Agnieszka Gradzik to produce a multi-media, interactive performance with the Tree Hugger Project for the 2009 UN Climate Conference. Sculptures are fitted with sensors that will react to the proximity of the audience, serving to remind us of the effect of our even most delicate treading upon the earth. The sounds emitted from the “tree huggers” when the sensor is activated will also effect at random the composition being performed by the sound artists, serving to remind us of our interconnectivity with all around us.
Urban Sound Stories Vol. 01-05 for Kunstradio, Austria	Sounds and photographs as soundscapes of European cities, curated by Gruenrekorder, Germany. Eight London locations were recorded along the Central Line of the London Underground and photographs were taken of the location left and right of the recording position. The recordings are composed into a 19 minute piece, then the images were converted into midi files and the recordings fed through them, creating new sound work using both audio and visual data from the location. Other participating artists: Eric Cordier (Paris), Tobias Bolt (Vienna), Roland Etzin (Dublin) and Lasse-Marc Riek (Rotterdam).
Resistance	Resistance is a dual-screen moving image installation that will tour galleries and museums from autumn 2009. Its starting point is the Nazi programme of mass-murder targeting disabled people and, crucially, disabled people's resistance to it. Simon has been commissioned to design a 6-channel sound mix to accompany the installation.
Co-LAB'08	From October 5th-14th 2008 Simon was a guest of the Non Grata collective in Estonia. One of eight artists invited to Tallinn, he provided a sonic backdrop to various performance events, as well as a one-off collaboration witn the current Rektor of the group, US artist Ernest Truely.
Mamori Sound Project	Simon was one of 12 international field recording artists to be chosen to participate in the Mamori Sound Project, a two week residential workshop based in the Amazon Rainforest region of Brazil in November 2007. The residency is run by Francisco Lopez. Simon's participation was funded by the Arts Council England. Work composed during the residency can currently be heard on Simon's Myspace page, and a collection of photographs from the trip can be viewed on Flickr.
The Bridge Project	Following attending the Atmospheres field recording workshop headed by Chris Watson, Simon and fellow Bristol-based artist Matt Davies were invited to perform at the Atmospheres 2 series of events held at the Museum of Garden History in May 2008.
60x60	60x60 is an elctroacoustic project containing 60 electronic works by 60 International artists, each 60 seconds in length.
Lightyears	Simon continues to work closely with artist Kathryn Thomas, as designer and composer. He was recently commissioned to compose pieces for Kathryn's website and forthcoming exhibition 'Kathryn Thomas Lightyears'
A Dark Light	In February 2007 Simon was one of three artists invited to exhibit work as part of the Winter Lights Festival. The group exhibited work inspired by a previous research trip in 2005 in the Lake Hall of Reykjavik City Hall.
Night-Flight	Simon assisted Scanner in recording and executing the soundtrack to the multi-disciplinary performance piece 'Night-Flight', which took place under cover of night on the Clwydian Hills of North Wales.

Exhibitions

2010	'disPLACE' - Installations in the Enchanted Garden Field at the Big Chill Festival	05-08.08.10	Big Chill Festival, Eastnor Park, Herefordshire
	'Sounds From My Neighbourhood' - Pieces from 'Urban Sound Stories' included as part of sound exhibition event	05.05.10	MusikTriennale Cologne, Cologne Philharmonic Hall, Cologne, Germany
	'Parisonic' - 'Lightyears' included as part of sound exhibition and events	01-02.05.10	Le Jardin d'Alice, 40 Rue De La Chapelle, 75018 Paris, France
	'Active Crossover' - Installation featuring work resulting from residency at Polymer Factory, Tallinn, Estonia and exhibition at Arnolfini, Bristol	05-28.02.10	Grey Area Gallery, 31 Queens Road, Brighton, BN1 3XA
2009	'Active Crossover' - Installation featuring work resulting from residency at Polymer Factory, Tallinn, Estonia	01-18.10.09	Arnolfini Dark Studio, 16 Narrow Quay, Bristol
	'Lightyears' - Multichannel sound installation accompanying paintings by Kathryn Thomas	04-14.06.09	Lightyears, Paintworks, Bath Road, Bristol
	'Amazonas 7.1' - Surround sound installation comprising recordings from Mamori Sound Project commissioned by SpACE-Net/Creative Labs	06-08.05.09	Sound Sight Space Play 2009, De Montford University, Leicester
	'Amazonas 7.1' - Surround sound installation comprising recordings from Mamori Sound Project commissioned by SpACE-Net/Creative Labs	13.02.09	AES 35th International Conference on Audio for Games, Royal Academy of Engineering, London
2008	'DEconstruction/REconstruction' - Installation of resultant sound pieces from collaborative performances from 6th-9th October 2008	15.10.08-15.11.08	Art Container, Tallinn, Estonia
	‘Amazonas' - Installation and performance of composition resulting from Mamori Sound Project	15.03.08-16.03.08	Sightsonic, York
	‘Amazonas' - Installation of composition resulting from Mamori Sound Project	14.03.08-16.03.08	Pierian Centre, Bristol
	‘Amazonas' - Installation of composition resulting from Mamori Sound Project	23.02.08-28.02.08	Hat Factory, Luton
	‘Sound Café' - 'Landlocked' included as part of sound event	09.02.08	Jedburgh Community & Arts Centre, Jedburgh, Scotland
2007	‘60x60' - Inclusion of 'wateronmetal' recording from Mongolia 2006	01.10.07	Online music project
	‘Soundlab 5 – soundSTORY' - Inclusion of 'frozenstream' from 'Dark Light Audio Tracks'	01.11.07	Online festival
	‘The Ocean Project' - Headphonic installation of recordings of the sea from Iceland 2005	30.06.07-01.07.07	Barbican Theatre Gallery, Plymouth
	‘Spike Open' - 'A trip to the mountains' - collaboration with video artist Phil Toy	04.05.07-07.05.07	Spike Island Studios, Bristol
	‘In The Water' - Headphonic installation of 'Landlocked', composition of water-related recordings from Mongolia 2006	01.02.07-18.03.07	Artists Harbour Gallery, Portsmouth
	‘Mantis' - Foyer installation of 'Dark Light Audio Tracks'	02.11.07-04.11.07	University of Manchester, Manchester
	‘A Dark Light' - exhibited in City Hall, Reykjavik as part of Winter Lights Festival	22.02.07-01.03.07	City Hall, Reykjavik
2006	‘The sky I missed' - Iceland field recordings accompany work by Kathryn Thomas - click on day 19	01.12.06-24.12.06	Online Exhibition by Watershed Media Centre, Bristol
	‘Our Environment - Planet Earth' - Headphonic installation of 'Dark Light Audio Tracks'	14.10.06-15.10.06	Pierian Centre, Bristol
	‘TwoNotTen Digital Arts Festival' - Headphonic installation of 'Dark Light Audio Tracks'	20.10.06-16.12.06	Bargate Gallery, Southampton
	‘Soundlab v.04 - Memoryscapes' - Inclusion of 'jokulsarlon_introduction' and 'reykjavik_gangplank2'	01.10.06	Online festival
2003	‘New Light' - Commissioned soundtrack to accompany work by Kathryn Thomas and Tamany Baker		Hotwell Gallery, Bristol
	‘New Light' - Commissioned soundtrack to accompany work by Kathryn Thomas and Tamany Baker		Modern Artists Gallery, Pangbourne
2001	‘Now Wash Your Hands' - Collaboration with Scott Martin on interactive work		Spike Island Studios, Bristol
2000-2004	Open Studios accompanying work by Kathryn Thomas - Commissioned soundtracks to accompany work by Kathryn Thomas		Spike Island Studios, Bristol

Events

Forthcoming
Slow Listening @ Dialogues Festival	28.08.10	Solo performance	Inspace, Edinburgh
Sound:Site	02.10.10	Solo performance	South Hill Park, Bracknell, Berks
Madeiradig	03-06.12.10	Collaboration with Hugo Olim	Madeira Island
Wet Sounds	06.03.11	Solo Performance	London
EI	09.03.11	Solo Performance	New York, USA
Past
Bomba Club	27.03.10	Solo performance	Bomba Club, Krakow, Poland
Audio Art Festival 2010	27.03.10	Solo performance	Bunker Sztuki, Krakow, Poland
Active Crossover	28.02.10	Performance alongside Joseph Young aka Field, Daniel Jones, Mike Blow	Grey Area Gallery, 31 Queens Road, Brighton, BN1 3XA
Active Crossover	05.02.10	Performance alongside Dylan Nyoukis, Jez riley French, Ian Murphy, Rowan Forestier-Walker, Paul Khimasia Morgan	Cella Venue, 51-55 Brunswick Street East, Hove, BN3 1AU
Colour Out Of Space 2009	31.10.09	Solo performance	Sallis Benney Theatre, Brighton
Seeds and Bridges	03.10.09	Performance alongside John Grzinich and Maksim Shentelev	RED Gallery, Osbourne Street, Hull
Active Crossover	01.10.09	Performance alongside John Grzinich, Jez riley French and Maksim Shentelev	Arnolfini Dark Studio, 16 Narrow Quay, Bristol
Love in the Woods	30.09.09	Performance alongside countless strumming singer/songwriters	A field, Devon, UK
Staalplaat	21.09.09	Performance alongside Cheapmachines and Sudden Infant	Staalplaat, Berlin, Germany
Global Container	27.05.09	Performance alongside Peeter Allik, John Grzinich and Liivi Tantaal	Art Container, Tallinn, Estonia
Skanainavas	22.05.09	Performance as guest of Maksim Shentelev	Goija Tea Rooms, Riga, Latvia
Y-Gallery	19.05.09	Performance as guest of John Grzinich and Moks	Y-Gallery, Tartu, Estonia
Future of Sound	25.04.09	Performance as guest of Martyn Ware and Blackout Arts	Arnolfini, 16 Narrow Quay, Bristol
Undercurrents	20.03.09	Performance with guests Daniel Jones, Joseph Young aka Field and Mike Blow	Grey Area Gallery, 31 Queens Rd, Brighton
Audible Fields	15.02.09	Performance alongside Jez riley French and Patrick Farmer	Cube Cinema, Bristol
Night of the Owl	15.11.08	Performance alongside Owl Project, Philip Jeck & Tim Lambert. Films by Cartwright & Jordan. Visuals by Gregory Byatt	A Foundation, 67 Greenland Street, Liverpool
DEconstruction/REconstruction	6-9.10.08	Collaborative performances as guests of Non Grata	Art Container, Tallinn, Estonia
Collision	12.09.08	Performance of work resulting from the Mamori Sound Project	Area 10 Project Space, Peckham, London
Forbidden Planet	25.08.08	Field recording based performance	Sixty Million Postcards, Bournemouth
Mach Nausea Festival 2008	17.08.08	Field recording based performance	Bristo Hall, Edinburgh
Das Kleine Field Recording Festival 2008	09.08.08	Field recording based performance	Alberto Ukebana, Berlin, Germany
Solo performance	07.08.08	Field recording based performance	Valentin Stuberl, Berlin, Germany
Faster Than Sound	28.06.08	Performance of work resulting from the Mamori Sound Project	Hush House, Bentwater Airbase, Suffolk
Venn	06.06.08	Performance of work resulting from the Mamori Sound Project	Arnolfini, Bristol
Atmospheres 2	09.05.08	Performance of collaborative project using swing bridge recordings with Matt Davies, supporting Fennesz and Charles Matthews	Museum of Garden History, London
Contact	04.05.08	Performance of collaborative project using swing bridge recordings with Matt Davies	Spike Island Studios, Bristol
Futuresonic Binary Jam	03.05.08	Performance of collaborative project using swing bridge recordings with Matt Davies	Futuresonic Autonomous Village, Contact Theatre, Manchester
Sightsonic Artists Platform	15.03.08	Installation and performance of work resulting from the Mamori Sound Project	Sightsonic, YSJU, York
Unmeasured	17.01.08	Performance of work resulting from the Mamori Sound Project	Spike Island Studios, Bristol
Sprawl	16.12.07	Performance of work resulting from the Mamori Sound Project	Sprawl, The Fleapit, London
Collision	07.09.07	Performance using recordings from Peckham Library	Area 10 Project Space, Peckham, London

AES 35th International Conference on Audio for Games, Royal Academy of Engineering, London