ABOUT / BIOS
(I)MAGESOUND(S) embraces an expanded experience of the cinematic,
locating historical and contemporary artists’ works alongside the work
of Jim Hobbs and Andrew Hill. The concept for the programme was
originally born out of a research project/commission by
Mono No Aware and
The New York Public Library (NYPL) for the Performing Arts, as part of the annual Cinema Arts festival
MONO X. Working with the NYPL
for Performing Arts film archive, contemporary individual artists,
musicians and film distributors, the original project created a
programme that brought together a variety of approaches
to cinema, ranging from single screen films to more performative and
expansive works. Its intention was to celebrate the relationship between
image and sound, and emphasise the collaborative and generative
possibilities between artists of different disciplines.
In this spirit, Hobbs and Hill have chosen to invite additional
musicians/artists from each city where the project will be performed.
For Copenhagen, Danish multimedia artist Steffen Levring will join to
offer additional sonic elements throughout the evening.
Jim Hobbs
b. 1975, USA
Lives St Leonards-on-Sea, UK
Jim Hobbs' work utilises a variety of media including 16mm film, video,
installation, site-specific work, drawing, sculpture, sound and
photography. Currently his work and research investigate the personal
and social implications of loss, oblivion, history,
place, memory and the subsequent acts of remembrance/memorialisation.
The work bears particular focus on how the use of architecture
(space/place) and monuments (objects) become a type of physical
manifestation of that which is absent, and how these “stand-ins”
can be used, manipulated, and reformed. More recently, his work has
moved into the realm of filmic installations and performances, utilising
film as a time based material and medium to investigate these concerns.
He often collaborates with other artists/musicians
to expand the work across disciplines and find new relationships
between sound and image. Intrinsically interlinked with this is a
constant questioning of the role of the analogue within the digital age –
how it functions, if it can override associations with
nostalgia, and notions of the quality of image and how that relates to
memory. His work is shown internationally in museums, galleries, art
spaces, and festivals. He is currently Senior Lecturer at the University
of Greenwich and teaches an Experimental Drawing
Course at The Slade School of Fine Art.
Andrew Hill
b. 1986, United Kingdom
Lives and Works London, UK
Andrew Hill is a composer of electroacoustic music, specialising in
studio composed works both acousmatic (purely sound based) and
audio-visual. His works have been performed extensively across the UK,
in Europe and the US. Including performances at Fyklingen,
Stockholm; GRM, Paris; ZKM, Karlsruhe; New York Public Library, New
York; London Contemporary Music Festival, London; San Francisco Tape
Music Festival, San Francisco; Cinesonika, Vancouver; Festival Punto de
Encuentro, Valencia; and many more. His works are
composed with materials captured from the human and natural world,
seeking to explore the beauty in everyday objects. He is particularly
interested in how these materials are interpreted by audiences, and how
these interpretations relate to our experience
of the real and the virtual. He is Senior Lecturer in Sound Design and
Music Technology at the University of Greenwich and programme leader of
Sound Design BA.
Andrew Hill (middle) & Jim Hobbs (center) 2019.
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