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“Alan Turing: a portrait in sound and visuals” by myself and Alex May was projected onto Conwy Civic Centre as part of the Blinc Digital Arts Festival. The BBC covered the festival and you can see part of the projection in their report. www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-20107876 Blinc www.blincdigital.com

Played some pieces from “The Fatigue Of Sunshine And Wine” at SoundShare at SoundFjord. An evening about shared conversation, and most importantly, a showcase for sonic art works, research and sound-centric film and performance. www.soundfjord.org/soundshare

Salt, my work about the Camargue, is on The Space as part of Sonic Journeys alongside such luminaries as Riz Maslen and Stuart Russell thespace.org/items/e0000t46?t=j4hq

The Alan Turing portrait was part of the Digital Design Weekend at the Victoria and Albert Museum as SPECIAL EVENT: Saturday 22 & Sunday 23 September Take part in a weekend of events celebrating contemporary digital art and design, including demonstrations of robotics, hacking and tinkering projects, interactive sound installations, family activities and more. www.vam.ac.uk/whatson/event/1871/digital-design-weekend-3047

I did a live performance with the writer Francis Spufford at Duckfest. Francis was reading from his book “I May Be Some Time” about our obsession with ice, Eskimos and polar exploration and I created a soundtrack to his words. www.faber.co.uk/catalog/author/francis-spufford

SOUND//SPACE presents INFERNO With a new score by Martin A. Smith Inferno is a remarkable film from 1911 based on the poem by Dante Alighieri. Directed by Francesco Bertolini, Adolfo Padovan and Giuseppe de Liguoro it was the first Italian feature film and features some striking images, spectacular for their time. www.martinasmith.co.uk/inferno.htm Supported by The […]

A celebration of the human spirit in the face of life’s challenges, Coming of Age uses art to challenge negative perceptions around ageing. It explores how and why we age and affirms positive responses to the experience, as seen through the eyes of both artists and scientists. www.coming-of-age.org.uk

A performance by Irina Baldini and myself at Milk + Studios For more details click here

Condemnation Of History is part of the Iconoclast exhibition at Lloyds Club For more details click here

Utopia London is a documentary about post war architecture by Tom Cordell for which I have written the score. The film is gaining a lot of attention and is playing at many festivals around the world. It has been shown at the NFT, the RCA and Tate Modern and is currently playing in Korea and […]