Artist Statement
As a classically trained composer Curry’s work fuses traditional instruments and orchestration with applications of digital technology. Her work is an ongoing exploration of human identity, particularly our hidden lives and emotional landscapes and the end result is a lush, melodic, melancholic sound. She aims to make beautiful, powerful and provocative music and projects that have a profound effect on the audience She completed her training at the National Film and Television School where she developed a passion for the merging of image, movement and music. She uses film and video in her work, often digitally manipulated and re-coloured, to inject a sense of hyper-realism, nostalgia, loss and hope into the pieces. She has collaborated on a variety of projects with games developer and researcher Dan Pinchbeck since 2003, including a series of experimental game mods. The latest of these, Dear Esther, was selected for Prix Ars Electronica 2008, won an Indiecade09 award and has already been downloaded over 50,000 times. She has exhibited internationally and has received commissions, residencies, grants and awards from organisations such as the The Royal Opera House, The Wellcome Trust, The Royal Society of Arts, PVA, Werkleitz Gesellschaft, Labculture, Arts Council England, Hull Time Based Arts, Exeter Phoenix, CIBAS and Arts and Technology Partnerships. She 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. Her latest film, i carry your heart, was shown around the world in 2008-9, including the prestigious Kassel Documentary Film and Video Festival; the Museum of Contemporary Art, Venezuela; several festivals in Germany; Poland; India, Italy and in the UK. |
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