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Sparklab website

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I designed and built the Sparklab Productions website, providing them with a simple to use CMS so they can build and add content to the site in the future.

The Listening Exchange

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In order to extend the life of the You The Audience project I came up with the concept of The Listening Exchange for The Royal Exchange Theatre. Designer Amanda Stoodley created the shed. The recordings made by Eloise Whitmore and me for You The Audience were remixed for this installation. Along the side of the … Continued

Thames Water Radio

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I created a radio receiver that used River Thames estuary water as an antenna for a piece of audio artwork by Cathy Fitzgerald. The receiver used a pump to fire the water up into a perspex tube. The salt from the brackish water meant radiowaves caused induction in the plumb of water, which could be … Continued

You The Audience

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I designed and created a sound installation that brought back to life some old audio equipment using recordings of The Royal Exchange audiences to weave a tapestry of stories together from their memories and thoughts about theatre.

Stone Tapes

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Made the recordings for the binaural BBC / Somthin’ Else production of The Stone Tapes broadcast on Radio 4 in September 2015. The production was recorded and mixed to work in stereo and binaural using format agnostic production methods. Read about the production here. With: Somethin’ Else

Björk – Songlines

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I provided creative direction for Björk’s recent retrospective at the Museum of Modern Art in New York. I managed the design and development of an interactive, augmented audio experience which allowed museum visitors to sonically explore Björk’s 7 previous albums by physically exploring a space in the museum. The technologies employed included iBeacons for location … Continued

#MakeItHappen

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Microsoft wanted to create an interactive music video in binaural surround sound. The big challenge here was they wanted to capture all the sound in binaural using the Lumia 930 for all the audio recording. I provided technical direction, prototyping, testing and field recording enabling the team to use the phone for all the audio … Continued

Pinocchio

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I produced the world’s first object based radio drama. I worked with BBC Radio 4’s production of “Pinocchio” to create the programme as a set of assets and metadata so that they could be reassembled dynamically to suit the client device, environment and individual listener prefernces. The project received a BBC Radio Innovation Award nomination … Continued

Perceptive Media

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I co-invented the concept of Perceptive Media and produced the world’s first example. Perceptive Media are programmes that are created in a way that allows them to respond to the viewer or listener and adapt to better suit the individual audience member’s needs: resulting in television or radio programmes that can react in a similar … Continued

Choose Your Seat

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I conceived and managed the team that produced a BBC Radio 5 Live football experience which allowed listeners to choose the seat from where they wanted to hear the football match. Listeners could also choose the balance between crowd and commentary audio levels. I built the first prototype and directed a team of 5 engineers … Continued