museum of ecoacoustic phenomena

| Laura Reid

It was great to perform at this event at the Bournemouth Natural Science Museum on Sunday 5th May 2019. It was part of BEAF and a great way to try out new material for cello and live electronics using ableton live. It was also amazing to hear such varied work, much inspired by the environmental sounds around us, check out more information at DIVA contemporary webpage : https://divacontemporary.org.uk/audio/the-museum-of-ecoacoustic-phenomena/ and BU research blog: https://blogs.bournemouth.ac.uk/research/2019/05/03/museum-of-ecoacoustic-phenomena-at-bournemouth-emerging-arts-fringe/

Airton Meeting House

| Laura Reid

EAP Research Collective

Silence, listening, performing, responding to landscapes and dreams…

I have known the artist David Littler for quite a while, and worked with him on his Yan Tan Tethera combined arts project, Cecil Sharp House in London a few years ago. So when he got in contact about performing in a concert and collaborating on one of his new tracks in his new music project, Scotton Drive, I was very excited to be involved. David has been researching textiles and music for a long time, and more information about his practice can be found on his website http://davidlittler.tumblr.com/

As part of my recent research (DYCP) funded by Arts Council England I had been developing new work for cello and electronics, and wanted to try this new work out publicly. So the opportunity to perform my new piece Soliloquy along with David’s music seemed like a great opportunity.

I travelled up to…

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EAP Research Collective

| Laura Reid

I am now a member of the Enironmental Arts Practice Research Collective based in Dorset. More information can be foun on the blog: https://eapresearchcollective.wordpress.com/

My first post documents my journey to Airton Freinds meeting house, Scotton Drive EP launch by David Littler and my performance of my new peice Soliloquy for cello and electronics written as part of my recent Developing Your Practice Research Grant from Arts Council England.

photo by David Littler 2019, Airton Meeting House

The Feral Cello

| Laura Reid

I have been performing my new piece Gemmeleg for ‘cello and electronics on the Feral Cello, at various festivals around Europe with Tom Davis.

PastedGraphic-1.pngphoto taken at SMC, Helsinki July 2017 courtesy of Simon Waters.

NIME, Copenhagen, SMC Helsinki, and Noisefloor UK.

 

Currently working on a composition for the Feral Cello, an augmented instrument with live processing in collaboration with Dr.Tom Davis (with support from Bournemouth University). UK premier at Noisefloor 2017.