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June 2025 update
After a quiet start to the year I was in Georgia and Armenia in April touring with Dolphin Hospital. And I also managed to focus on making a piece for radio, a new Channelling work commissioned by Katharina Schmidt for Deutschlandfunk Kultur and Cashmere Radio. Check out the project page for "Channelling Airwaves".
Now I am currently in Japan developing "Made to Malfunction in Chiba" for Chiba City Art Triennale, collecting various pieces of obsolete and unwanted technology from the local community to make a kinetic sound installation in a disused space in the city.
Later in the year I'll be travelling to China, France, Portugal and Austria for various projects.
Updates will come when I have more details...
A roundup of last years activities, in reverse order:
December - Developed "Chiaroscuro" installation performance with the support of Kimonos Art Center, Paphos, Cyprus.
November - Residency.ch with the Transtonations group, plus I participated in Noise Istanbul festival.
October - WIP Cyens Festival, Nicosia, Cyprus presenting "Made to Malfunction" and performing "Channelling Reduction" for the opening event.
September - A week of workshops at Gymazium Jana Keplera, Prague, Czechia with ACCESS and Unijazz.
July-August - Developed "Orchestrated Obsolescence", a public artwork comprised of electronic waste, with Narva Art Residency, Estonia.
June - Serlachius Residency in Mänttä, Finland - research and development for the project above.
May - Workshop in kinetic sound making objects triggered by sound for the Staatliche Hochschule für Musik Trossingen in the Black Forest in Germany.
April - Collaboration with Lorenzo Abattoir for Fango Radio in Busto Arsizio, solo at C3 in Milano; Guvrnanta, Belgrade, Serbia; Sofia Underground Festival, Bulgaria.
January - "Successive Actions" was presented at the WeSA festival in Seoul, South Korea.

