ARTIST STATEMENT I completed my training in Screen Music at the National Film and Television School. There is a pastoral melancholy to my pieces and an emotional current that unashamedly speaks of the human condition, Romanticism and an attempt to capture a timeless longing. I aim to create beautiful, powerful and provocative music that has a profound effect on the audience- where the music creates the sense of place and evokes unexpected emotional responses. I have collaborated on a variety of projects with games developer and researcher Dr. Dan Pinchbeck since 2003, including a series of experimental computer games. The latest of these games, Dear Esther, was selected for Prix Ars Electronica 2008, was an award winner at Indiecade 09, Los Angeles. Our Second Life piece The Second Death of Caspar Helendale was performed at the Royal Opera House in November 2009. I have exhibited internationally and have received commissions, residencies, grants and awards from organisations such as the Royal Opera House, The Wellcome Trust, The Royal Society of Arts, Location One New York, PVA, Werkleitz Gesellschaft, Prix Ars Electronica, Labculture, Arts Council England, Hull Time Based Arts and Exeter Phoenix. I was the first ever Artist in Residence at the New Media Centre at the Institute of Contemporary Arts, London and was also selected for the European Media Artist Residency Exchange programme in Germany. My latest film, i carry your heart, was shown around the world in 2009, including the prestigious Kassel Documentary Film and Video Festival and the Museum of Contemporary Art, Venezuela. In February 2010 I was selected to represent the UK Arts Council delegation to SXSW Interactive, Texas and in April 2010 I was chosen to participate in the PRSF New Music Incubator, Sweden. RESIDENCIES, GRANTS and SELECTED WORK Soundscape Modern Art Oxford as part of the Schnellkritik event. PRS New Music Incubator Sweden & London 2010 SXSWi UK delegate for Arts Council: England, Texas 2010 PRS Foundation Awards for New Works 2009 Evolve/Exchange Residency, Corn Exchange Newbury 2009 Indiecade09 award for “Best World/Story”, Los Angeles 2009 Arts Council England grant 2009 Prix Ars Electronica animation festival 2008 Location One's Virtual Residency Project: "Levels of Undo" New York 2009 Berlinale Talent Campus Selected for six day international creative summit in conjunction with the Berlinale Film Festival 2009 British Council Travel Grant 2009 Board member PVA Media Lab, Dorset (founders of Labculture) 2008-9 Creative Champion Ambassador for the creative economy, Arts Council England and CIBAS 2007-8 Visiting Research Fellow Dept of Creative Technologies, University of Portsmouth 2005-8 Artist in Residence University of Portsmouth Art School 2007-8 CIBAS Business Development Grant 2006 Arts Council South East Grant 2006 Artist Working Group Public Art consultant for Portsmouth City Council 2006 Royal Society of Arts Fellowship (awarded £30,000) 2003-5 Awards for All Arts Council grant 2003 Arts and Technology Partnerships Access Scheme Six-month R&D time 2002-3 The Eighth Composers and Choreographers Exchange Royal Festival Hall, London 2003 Digital Arts Week 2 ATP 2002 Labculture Awarded a place at Artsway, Hampshire 2001 Enhance Three week residency with PVA, Dorset 2001 Digital Arts Week ATP 2001 Artist-in-Residence Two months at New Media Centre, Institute of Contemporary Arts, London. 1998 EMARE- European Media Artist Residency Exchange Arts Council England Travel grant 1998 Artists and Programmers Residency Lighthouse, Brighton 1998
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