it matters little through which sense I realise
that in the dark I have blundered into a pigsty
The Unity of the Senses
Erich von Hornbostel
i make
sound
music and atmospheric composition
video
projection and screen works
& multimedia works
technical work about bodies and experience
extreme experiences:
with computers, robots, bodies,
& high amplitude.
Spine-chilling drama: "A Drama" in 00:59:11 Samples: BBC Saturday Plays, Cloak & Dagger, and the gajda music of Pece Atanasovsky
Abstract visions of the sun:
CHAOS (three suns version):
low-res details from CHAOS triptych
video, sound and music:
HERCULES: ACT XI (detail)
Sound & video design, music composition for Daniel Schlusser Ensemble‘s Hercules
Ultra-sublime mind kontrol:
MS-06 (Multisensor Sequence 6)
derivative work from Procoz installation series
Visceral immersive body horror:
Einstürzende Neubauten’s Klamgbewegungmaschine: ’MERLE’
Documentation of audio-visuo-kinetic installation for Einstürzende Neubatuen, Goethe-Institut & RMIT Gallery
PROJECTS
pages for selected works
Biography
"sound design maverick"
(THEATREPRESS on CONVICTION)
James makes audiovisual environments, soundtracks, and extreme experiences. Their work is experienced on stage, screen, radio, and internet, or can be seen in the flesh in galleries and museums around Australia.
"thoughtful, heart-pounding sound design"
(WITNESS PERFORMANCE on THEY DIVIDED THE SKY)
i focus on amplification, perceptibility, and direct encounters. my obsessions lie with properties and behaviours of the physical world, such as duality, chaos, topology, semiosis, and so on.
“the aural equivalent of alcohol-induced blurred vision."
(SYDNEY MORNING HERALD on WAKE IN FRIGHT)
Recent major performance works include Hercules (Daniel Schlusser Ensemble), Wake in Fright (Declan Greene for Malthouse), and Australian Realness (Janice Muller for Malthouse).
Current projects include:
O Z O R
soundtracks for strange purposes
and multimedia science-fiction
2 BLACK FRAMES
a pluriform series about Philip K. Dick and the MKULTRA program.
i am also a PhD Candidate, studying multimodal design and living semiotics.
Jupiter, 2022 (detail)
made for Weilding Theatre