Time: 10:00 to 11:30
Date: Saturday June 27
Victoria University School of Design, 139 Vivian Street
Phil Dadson: Digital Resonances
In terms of pure sound, I am attracted to intricate texture; the
microscopic, the unexpected, the naturally rhythmic and the
adventurous; to sound atmospheres and layered perspectives, to sounds
that conjure mood and imagination, that convey ideas and express the
human heart and soul.
Phil Dadson
Phil Dadson is an artist working in sound, music, performance and
moving image. His practice includes solo and collaborative
performances, video, installations, sound-sculptures and invented
experimental musical instruments. An artist imbedded in the
physicality of sound, whose practice straddles the physical and the
digital, Phil will be presenting work from early performances and
events utilising radio to recent collaborations.
An Arts Foundation Laureate widely recognised as one of New Zealand's
leading artists, Phil has performed and exhibited internationally
since the 1970s. Born in Napier, New Zealand 1946, Phil studied at
Elam School of Fine Arts. Travelling to London, from 1968–9 he was a
member of the foundation group for a scratch orchestra, with Cornelius
Cardew, Michael Parsons and others. Returning to New Zealand to
continue his studies, in 1970 he founded scratch orchestra (NZ) and
From Scratch (1974–2002). Phil was lecturer in Intermedia at Elam
from 1977–2001.
From Scratch's innovative performances included sculptural, ritual
and theatrical elements. Large custom-built instruments of industrial
and natural materials were used to create a variety of non-electronic
sounds and energetic rhythms. In 1998, Global Hockets, a collaborative
project with Frankfurt-based group Supreme Particles toured Europe.
Since 2002, Phil has continued working under the name
sonicsfromscratch. Co-author of the From Scratch Rhythm Workbook, he
has also collaborated on two international award-winning performance
films of From Scratch with director Gregor Nicholas, has released
numerous LPs and CDs and is a co-author with Bart Hopkin of Plosive
Aerophones, a book on the design and construction of slaptube
instruments (see www.windworld.com/emi).
Phil Dadson contributes a unique understanding of Critical-Digital-
Matter, exploring materiality through resonance.
http://www.sonicsfromscratch.co.nz/
http://www.artsfoundation.org.nz/phil.html
http://sounz.org.nz/contributor/composer/1026
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