Call & Response is an independent sonic arts collective, serving as a focus for sound arts practice in London. We are scheduled to launch late 2010.
Our aim is to provide an artist run space for the exhibition and performance of sonic artworks, reflecting the emerging interest in the use of the auditory in contemporary art. C&R will help artists develop their practice, providing high quality technical resources as well as education and training opportunities. We aim to critically engage with audiences by exploring different modes of participation through workshops, lectures, symposia and publications.
Through building and supporting a community of practitioners both within the UK and internationally, we aim to host the creation of new work and the exchange of ideas, and create alliances with similar project spaces, institutions and artists.
Some of the people behind C&R
Matt Lewis is a musician and sound-artist based in London. Key areas of interest include the politics of sound, Foley, urbanism, notation and alternative methods of distribution. His work is most often focused on particular physical sites or around particular social issues such as regeneration and street vending. A strong participatory and educational aspect to his work exists as an important counterpoint. Matt has collaborated with dancers and choreographers, written music for film and theatre, produced a wide variety of sound installations, worked in performance art groups and is a member of the group From Honey to Ashes.
He has performed and exhibited nationally and internationally in countries including Brazil, Portugal, Serbia and the USA in festivals and venues such as Whitechapel Gallery, The Roundhouse, South London Gallery and Centro Cultural Sao Paulo, Brazil.
Recent projects include Tumblean interactive audio installation for carrier pigeons, a residency at Diapason in New York, Free Radio a project using archive recordings from pirate-radio stations active in The North of Ireland in 1969, a commission for the 2012 Olympiad and Audio Graffiti an ongoing project in various Brazilian cities.
Matt studied at Dartington College of Arts and Goldsmiths College, London and is currently studying part-time towards a PhD in composition at Goldsmiths.
Anil has been working at the intersection of music and technology for the past 5 years. Part of the startup team at the London-based online music network Last.fm, he has gone on to produce, perform and publish his own digital compositions through his own imprint, stdio, as well as helping to promote experimental music through the online music hub Diogenes and Sotto Voce Music Festival.
Nabil Ahmed
Nabil is an artist and musician living and working in London. His emerging practice involves working with people, software, video, the voice, and text to form critical responses to relevant, political questions. He is currently a PhD student at the Centre for Research Architecture at Goldsmiths.
Jeremy Keenan's practice has involved the production of sound installation, music, multichannel sound works, and immersive performance.
Some of the various venues, festivals and collaborations he has been involved with as a sound artist and performer include the FILE festival Brazil, London ICA, Net Audio London, The Rich Mix Cultural Foundation, Sonic Arts Network Festival, Shunt Lounge, Foldback Festival, Boston Cyberarts Festival, Premio Vallcellina, as well as many others.
His current line of research involves the development of new strategies in the fields of live electronic music performance, studio practice, and sound-based generative artworks.
Tom Slater's work is based around a synthesis of sculptural form and the design and realization of software and hardware
systems that enable architectural and sonic transformations. Tom often employs multi-speaker sound systems to create immersive surround sound experiences. Tom has also produced large-scale sculptural works and installations for Cirque de Soleil, The Royal Opera House, The National Ballet and Art Angel.