Citizenship: France/USA (Settled Status in UK) Languages: French, English
Education
University of Edinburgh, Scotland
Master of Science in Sound Design, August 2007
Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh PA
Major in Anthropology and Music, Minors in Music Technology and French, University Honors May 2004
Selected work
The Book of Knowledge of Impractical Musical Devices
Set of experimental musical instruments with accompanying website August 2019
Ritual (Prayer Request)
Sound installation controlled by candles, Galloway Dark Sky Park for Sanctuary Festival, September 2017
Painting w/ Music
Collaboration with South African game designer Cukia Kimani on audio-visual performance, performed at Fakugesi Festival and A Maze Festival, Johannesburg, September 2017
Room to Play
Designed and delivered a course with Tinderbox for young artists about music, play, and technology. Showcased the resulting work at Hidden Door Festival 2016
Playable City Lagos
Selected as a participating member in a weeklong residency in Lagos Nigeria, developing payable approaches to urban design. With Watershed and the British Council, March 2016
Kronoscillator
Built custom musical instrument in collaboration with Martin Green (Lau) for the Kronos Quartet, 2016
Love Music Road Trip
Designed new recording and composition systems and delivered workshops with primary school students in Aberdeenshire, with Stephen Deazley and Love Music, 2016
West Lothian music technology workshops
Delivered workshops about hardware hacking and electronic musical instrument design to primary schools in West Lothian with Lauren Sarah Hayes, 2014 and 2015
Smithsonian Artist Research Fellowship
Residency with the National Air and Space Museum, Washington DC, exploring the sound of travel, 2015
Floating Cinema Artist in Residence
Developed a sound art installation for a canal boat travelling between London and Bristol, June-July 2015
Creative Places Residency, Timespan
Music and sound residency in the highlands of Scotland, 2014-2015. Resulted in the short album “Helmsdale”, made entirely out of sounds recorded in the village.
Currents
Commissioned by Edinburgh Art Festival and PRS New Music Biennial, installation and performance piece, 2014
Create:Eat:Whisky
Original music and sound design built from sound of whisky distilleries, March 2014 and March 2015
Secret Sound of Spores
Audio/visual installation, Inspace Edinburgh, The Arches Glasgow, Mediamatic Amsterdam, Santa Cruz Museum of Art and History 2010-2015
Gelkies
Solo gallery show at Hannah Maclure Centre, Dundee, November 2009-January 2010
Selected performances
A Nude (The Perfect Body)
Performed on the Matthew Herbert concept album and at the performance at The Roundhouse, London, 2016
The Recording, Deutsche Oper
A full album by Matthew Herbert produced and recorded in front of an audience over the course of a week in September 2014. Performed and recorded as part of the band.
Currents, Southbank Centre and Glasgow Concert Halls
Performance companion piece to Edinburgh Art Festival commission. July-August 2014
The Crackle, Royal Opera House
Built custom instruments, performed in all shows. March-April 2014
In C, Barbican and Kölner Philharmonie
Developed and performed with robotic instruments for performance with Stargaze. October 2013
One Room, Melbourne Recital Hall
Performance with Matthew Herbert Band made of sounds from the Recital Hall, April 2013
Faster Than Sound, Aldeburgh Music
Residency and performance with Peter Gregson and Pekka Kuusisto, April 2013
Baroque Remixed
Worked with Matthew Herbert and the BBC Concert Orchestra to remix Rameau compositions live at the Roundhouse, London, March 2013
The End of Silence, Matthew Herbert
Built custom instruments and performed on the album and live shows for musical piece created from the sound of a bomb exploding in Libya. 2012-2013
One Pig Live, Matthew Herbert
Created, designed, built, and performed on a custom pigsty-based instrument for Matthew Herbert’s world tour. Venues include Royal Opera House London, Liquid Room Tokyo, Club Silencio Paris, STRP Eindhoven, Berghain Berlin, Ancienne Belgique Brussels, and more. August 2011-November 2012
Cryptic Nights, Exercise Magic!
Performance and curated evening at CCA Glasgow, March 2010
Employment
Game Designer in Residence, Maryland Institute College of Art
2019-Present
Lecturer, University of Abertay Dundee 2017-2019
Creative Scotland
Freelance peer reviewer, Open Project Fund assessor, and Open Project Fund panel member, 2016-2017
Lucky Frame Limited
Founder and Director of creative studio focusing on interactive music and sound software. Developed into a 3- person team with six figure turnover. February 2008 – October 2014.
Awards
British Composer Awards, 2015 Winner in Sonic Art
Awarded for “Currents”
Resident Entrepreneur, University of Edinburgh Design Informatics Developing interactive musical interfaces with the University October 2012-2013
Artist in Residence, University of Abertay Dundee
Scottish Arts Council award, researching and producing digital media art October 2008-June 2009
UK Young Music Entrepreneur Award 2009
Finalist for British Council award.
NESTA Starter for 6 Award
Enterprise development award for Art, Science, and Technology startups. Awarded June 2008