Live Archives

Live Archives Workshops 2-5 April 2007 University of Central Lancashire, Preston, UK Artefacts, memories, and discussions that have been created as part of the Live Archives Workshops are available online at this location (please check back for updates). (More...)

The first five sounds are live-looped and layered binaural recordings of a small-group improvisation on the sound sculpture in St. Peters church. The last sound is an unedited binaural recording of a walk through UCLAN’s music department. Although the timbre of the recorded sounds differ (More...)

I’m a performer, composer and audio artist working mainly with found sound objects and environmental recordings to make works structured according to timbre and space rather than meter and harmony. For a lot of my recent compositions and performances I’ve been using in-ear, binaural microphones and headphones in order to make use of the potential for presenting the recordist’s subjective point-of-audition. I lecture in music and audio art at the University of Central Lancashire and I’ve just completed a PhD in Musical Composition.

I am an interdisciplinary artist based in Preston, UK. I graduated from UCLAN in 2006 with a 1st class degree in Music Practice and am currently undertaking an MA by Research there. My current research aims to develop a composition method involving the dislocation and relocation of affordances in interdisciplinary performance environments. I am also currently developing interactive documentation for my work as Muted Cell. I frequently perform noise music, and interdisciplinary performance, as well as absurdist, and jazz improvisation.

Now: I am a (sort of)* freelance soundtrack composer living in London. I work part time in an office because it turns out that I don’t have the skillz to pay the billz, and am eternally searching for the perfect job that requires me to (More...)

Caroline’s main website is www.virb.com/song Caroline Pugh is a musician based in Belfast, Northern Ireland. She sings traditional songs and makes experimental noises with her vocal chords, plays medieval harps, gives workshops for community projects, teaches and much much (More...)

This post lists key discussion topics for the Live Archives Workshops taking place at the University of Central Lancashire from the 2-5 April 2007. Please feel free to contribute to these discussions by posting new topics, and/or by adding information or comments to existing topics. (More...)

Convivencia: A one-day symposium on existing and potential relationships between documentation and live art practices Saturday the 3rd of February 2007 University of Central Lancashire, Preston, UK Convivencia – a tense but productive co-existence (More...)

The Dialogic Evidence project aimed to explore the possibility of a productive co-existence between performance and documentation practices. An article on this project in the online Body, Space and Technology Journal is now available here. This 10-month project (mid September 2006 through mid July 2007) was directed by Dr Paul Stapleton and supported by a Small Grant in The Creative and Performing Arts from The Arts and Humanities Research Council (UK). (More...)

Convivencia: A one-day symposium on existing and potential relationships between documentation and live art practices Saturday the 3rd of February 2007 University of Central Lancashire, Preston, UK Presenters: Robin Feeny, Concordia University, Canada Dr. Simon Ellis, University of Northampton Michael Mayhew, Honorary Associate Artist, National Review of Live Art Prof. Susan Melrose, Middlesex University Dr. Fiona Wright, Independent Artist/Researcher, Newcastle Jon Aveyard, University of Central Lancashire (More...)