Friday, May 16, 2008
photographic scores
. I am currently involved in a series of personal scores forming the heart of a new strand of my work.
bruxelles photographic score # 3
bruxelles photographic score # 4
bruxelles photographic score # 3
bruxelles photographic score # 4
estonia photographic score # 4
estonia photographic score 3
duet # 4 (part)
duet # 4 (part)
solo 2008 / 2009
solo 2008 / 2009
a method for compositional scores based on photographic images.
Several of these scores are currently in circulation:
There has always been a strong emotive and intellectual link for me between the visual and the audible. My approach to photography has connected with those ‘other’ impulses and inspirations that perhaps are more commonly associated with forms of musical expression. The images themselves are concerned not with the precise capture of a physical space or object but rather they are my way of an emotive visual response to a location or experience, often taken in conjunction with my explorations with conventional and extended field recording methods.
During the time i've been working on this process I have assembled several images into one piece, experimented with applying certain conventional musical notation to the images & various other processes. In a sense, I moved further away from the point, from the musicality of the images during this time. Perhaps it was necessary ?
It is my hope that the direct and simple approach that I feel is the most successful way for me to explore this form of visual composition offers the performer an enjoyable, interesting and rewarding experience.
The scores are supplied with notes that are intended as an outline of an initial way to approach the basic aspects of the form, however they are by no means restrictive.
scores are supplied as A4 sheet per part.
If you would like to purchase a score or perform one of the pieces please contact me at:
tempjez@hotmail.com
estonia photographic score 3
duet # 4 (part)
duet # 4 (part)
solo 2008 / 2009
solo 2008 / 2009
a method for compositional scores based on photographic images.
Several of these scores are currently in circulation:
There has always been a strong emotive and intellectual link for me between the visual and the audible. My approach to photography has connected with those ‘other’ impulses and inspirations that perhaps are more commonly associated with forms of musical expression. The images themselves are concerned not with the precise capture of a physical space or object but rather they are my way of an emotive visual response to a location or experience, often taken in conjunction with my explorations with conventional and extended field recording methods.
During the time i've been working on this process I have assembled several images into one piece, experimented with applying certain conventional musical notation to the images & various other processes. In a sense, I moved further away from the point, from the musicality of the images during this time. Perhaps it was necessary ?
It is my hope that the direct and simple approach that I feel is the most successful way for me to explore this form of visual composition offers the performer an enjoyable, interesting and rewarding experience.
The scores are supplied with notes that are intended as an outline of an initial way to approach the basic aspects of the form, however they are by no means restrictive.
scores are supplied as A4 sheet per part.
If you would like to purchase a score or perform one of the pieces please contact me at:
tempjez@hotmail.com
intuitive composition
full text soon.
a term I came up with in the early 1990's which is related to focused improvisation but feels closer to describing what it is that I do in performance - mostly....
a term I came up with in the early 1990's which is related to focused improvisation but feels closer to describing what it is that I do in performance - mostly....
sonic architecture
full text soon
a term I first used in a public setting back in 2000 - related to the audible aspects of structures.
a term I first used in a public setting back in 2000 - related to the audible aspects of structures.
residencies
July 2011 - Topolo, Italy
June 2011 - Mullae Art Space, Seoul, Korea
March 2010 - Port Meirion, Wales
October 2009 - Nodar / Binaural, Portugal
Sept / Oct 2009 - vestiges of industry, Czech republic
September 2009 - Mayrau, Czech republic
July 2009 - Connected 09, Pollau, Austria
June 2009 - Q-02, Brussels, Belgium
May 2009 - Moks, Estonia
October 2008 / April 2009 - Artist in residence @ Hull school of Art & Design
June 2008 - Skolska 28 / Open studio (full residency) - Prague, Czech Republic
July / August 2007 - Generator arts, Dundee, Scotland, UK
May 2007 - Skolska 28 / Open studio (short term residency) - Prague, Czech Republic
2003 - Hull Time Based Arts, Hull, UK
curatorial / on-going projects
'in place' - project exploring aspects of field recording, sonic architecture, audible silence & the intuitive compositional arc in performance - 2008 - on going
seeds & bridges – arts event series for Hull & East Yorkshire 2006 - on going
Founder / composer – ime (intuitive music ensemble) 2000 – on going
New Work Yorkshire – member of the advisory group 2006 – ongoing
Co-ordinator, promoter for visit to Hull by contemporary Chinese artists – Hull 2005
Shell / Huff – series of exchange concerts between Hull & Sheffield based improvisers. 2006
ime / lima (leeds improvised music association) – series of exchange concerts between Hull & Leeds based improvisers 2005/2006
seeds & bridges – arts event series for Hull & East Yorkshire 2006 - on going
Founder / composer – ime (intuitive music ensemble) 2000 – on going
New Work Yorkshire – member of the advisory group 2006 – ongoing
Co-ordinator, promoter for visit to Hull by contemporary Chinese artists – Hull 2005
Shell / Huff – series of exchange concerts between Hull & Sheffield based improvisers. 2006
ime / lima (leeds improvised music association) – series of exchange concerts between Hull & Leeds based improvisers 2005/2006
lecturer / teaching positions
regular tutor - wildeye field sound recording courses (alongside Chris Watson), Norfolk 2009 - 2010 - 2011
presentation - Goldsmiths, London 2011
3 day field recording workshop - Mullae art space, Seoul, Korea 2011
Guest lecturer - Zlin university - 2008
Guest Lecturer – Leeds School of Contemporary art & Design - 2008
Guest lecturer – Hull school of art and design – 2008
Lecturer in intuitive composition – independent art school 2004
Guest lecturer – Hull school of art – 2003
published recordings / writings
'tierce - caisson' (another timbre)
'four objects' (engraved glass)
'between gestures' (engraved glass / compost & height)
'instamatic # 8 - portugal' (engraved glass)
'sonata for clarinet and nodar' (engraved glass / binaural)
'dawn chorus - north & south banks' (engraved glass)
'instamatic # 6 - prague' (engraved glass)
'building 14, Zlin' exclusive track on the Framework 250 double cd (framework)
'the bright work - hydrophone recordings' (engraved glass)
'Pollau' - mp3 / pdf download + limited cdr release (blog & engraved glass)
'four appraoches to quietude' - mp3 download (blog)
'as (urfaces)' - to accompany residency & exhibition at Hull School of Art & design (engraved glass)
'pelure # 6' (compost & height split series)
'pelure # 9 - gathered wire' - free download / stream (for The Wire magazine website)
'tierce' (with Daniel Jones & Ivan Palacky) (. point engraved editions)
'....audible silence' edition (engraved glass)
'the view from the studio window' (engraved glass)
'instamatic series # 3 & 4 - Ghent bird market & Ghent beguinage' (engraved glass)
'instamatic series # 2 - Vienna' (engraved glass)
'instamatic series # 1 - Bridlington harbour & Thornwick bay' (engraved glass)
'pocklington canal head / wansford canal and watton beck' - audio cd (engraved glass)
‘field recordings volume 21’ – audio cd (engraved glass)
‘generator pieces 2727807’ – audio cd (generator projects / engraved glass)
'church door & window' - track on ‘Autumn Leaves’ download release to accompany book on sound art by Angus Carlisle (gruenrekorder)
'boat ropes & lake hollow pole' - track on ‘Rhythm’ – audio cd (cherry music Japan / gruenrekorder Germany)
'recorded clear input improvisation 202 (.24)' (1995) - mp3 download (compost & height)
'extract from Spike Island performance' - mp3 release (compost & height)
'zither & rain' - track on the 'rain is pretty music' mp3 release (rain music)
‘two events’ – audio cd (engraved glass)
Text piece ‘silence’ for ‘Then the silence increased’ exhibition catalogue – Manchester, University of Salford – May 2007
‘Global ear – Hull’ – article in ‘The Wire’ magazine + numerous reviews for same publication & on label websites 2005/2006 – ongoing.
2 hour radio program on the film music of Toru Takemitsu – Resonance FM 2006
Field recordings Volume 20 - East Yorkshire & Germany 2006 – audio cd (engraved glass)
‘a bastards tale’ – soundtrack for radio play 2004
‘piece for guitar, zither & microphone’ – radio broadcast (resonance fm & artradio, Berlin) 2004
‘temperature’ – soundtrack for film by Aurelie Klien 2003/2004
‘Hull on earth (Jez Riley)’ – radio documentary on resonance fm radio 2003
‘piano / ice’ (piano & ime) – broadcast on artradio, USA 2003
full list of recordings published:
‘field recordings volume 21’ – engraved glass 2007
‘generator pieces 2727807’ – engraved glass / generator projects 2007
Various artists – ‘Rhythm’ – guenrekorder / cherry music –2007
Various artists – ‘Autumn leaves’ (download release) – gruenrekorder 2007
Various artists – ‘Rain is pretty music’ (download release) – rain music 2007
‘two events’ – engraved glass 2007
‘church flower stand # 2’ – engraved glass 2007
‘photo film compilation’ – engraved glass 2006
‘seeds & bridges live performance’ (with Lee Patterson) – engraved glass 2006
‘Field recordings vol. 20’ – engraved glass 2006
‘book series one’ – engraved glass 2005
‘book series two’ – engraved glass 2005
‘field recordings vol. 19’ – engraved glass 2004
‘maybe everything you hope….’ – engraved glass 2004
Various artists – ‘ime compilation’ – engraved glass 2004
‘clear inputs vol. 2’ – engraved glass 2003
‘field recordings vol. 18’ – engraved glass 2002
‘clear inputs vol. 1’ – engraved glass 2001
‘with a coney’ – engraved glass 2000
‘brzeska than capra’ – engraved glass 1999
‘houses - field recordings vol. 17’ – self released 1999
‘in fields - field recordings vol. 16’ – self released 1999
‘intuitive compositions vol. 2’ - self released 1999
‘fence recordings - field recordings vol. 15’ – self released 1998
‘waters - field recordings vol. 14’ – self released 1997
‘surfaces - field recordings vol. 13’ – self released 1997
‘assorted - field recordings vol. 12’ – self released 1996
‘churches - field recordings vol. 11’ – self released 1996
‘windows - field recordings vol. 10’ self released 1995
‘fences & waters - field recordings vol. 9’ – self released 1993
‘field recordings vol. 8’ – self released 1991
‘field recordings vol. 7’ – self released 1990
‘intuitive compositions vol. 1’ - self released 1990
‘field recordings vol. 6’ – self released 1989
‘field recordings vol. 5’ – self released 1987
‘live performances’ - self released 1986
‘field recordings vol. 4’ – self released 1986
‘field recordings vol. 3’ – self released 1985
‘Abintra works’ - self released 1984
‘field recordings vol. 2’ self released 1983
‘gardens - field recordings vol. 1’ – self released 1982
‘tape pieces’ - self released 1982
‘doppel trio’ - self released 1981
‘simple 2’ - self released 1980
‘simple 1’ - self released 1979
‘feedback works’ - self released 1979
exhibitions
June 2011 - 'four mullae resonances', Mullae art space, Seoul, Korea
february 2011 - 'score for paiva river', paiva region (various galleries), portugal
July 2nd 2010 onwards: 'four approaches to quietude' exhibited, Folkstone
April 2009 - 'in place' - audio / photographic exhibition, ArtLink, Hull
September 2007 - ‘Hammonds’ - photographic exhibition, Hull
April - November 2007 - ‘east riding’ (audio/ visual) – 4 part work, various venues, Hull
July 2007 - ‘mouth of the humber’ (audio / visual) - Humber mouth festival, Ferens Art Gallery, Hull
May 2007 - ‘Then the silence increased’ group exhibition - University of Salford, Manchester
December 2006 - 'Auditory' group exhibition – Holy Trinity, Leeds
2006 - ‘Tristesse 22102006 1 & 2’ – New Work Yorkshire perambulator, South Square gallery, Bradford
2006 - performance - resound exhibition, Mid-Pennine gallery, Burnley
2004 - ‘quartet avj2004-2’ – EICH gallery, Hull
2004 - ‘duet – images of sky’ - Platform 2 exhibition, Hull
2004 - ‘tags (tufts of art)’ – ‘Stuft’ group show, Red Gallery, Hull
instruments / sources
I play / make use of....
. field recordings
. piano
. zithers - english box zithers, autoharps, kantele & Guzheng
. dulcitone (tuning fork piano)
. organ
. guitar (acoustic / electric)
. cello
. clear-input methods
. inside-methods
. contact microphones
. field recordings
. piano
. zithers - english box zithers, autoharps, kantele & Guzheng
. dulcitone (tuning fork piano)
. organ
. guitar (acoustic / electric)
. cello
. clear-input methods
. inside-methods
. contact microphones
. hydrophones
. coil pick-up's
. objects (pebbles, shells, paper, salt, polenta, glass lenses, plants, grasses)
. clarinet
. gen sx1000
. xylophones
. melodica
. alto recorder
. bells
. pitch pipes
. objects (pebbles, shells, paper, salt, polenta, glass lenses, plants, grasses)
. clarinet
. gen sx1000
. xylophones
. melodica
. alto recorder
. bells
. pitch pipes
concerts
July 2011 - below is a list of main performances from the early 2000's until 2010. I haven't updated this section later in 2010 - the reason ? well, simply one of time....
25th September - solo @ the old vicarage, Bradford
August 13th - solo @ Moor music festival, Skipton
14th March - performance with Hankil Ryu, seeds & bridges, RED gallery, Hull
5th February - performance with Rowan ForestierWalker, Cella venue, Brighton
2009:
12th December - photographic score performed by Phillip Thomas (piano), Ferens art gallery, Hull
7th November - performance (inc photographic scores) with Patrick Farmer, Sarah Hughes, Rachel Dean & Shayla Reynolds, Holy Trinity, Hull
1st October - performance, Arnolfini gallery, Bristol
Sept 27th - sound and music expo, Leeds
Sept 26th - freesonic, Bloc gallery, Sheffield
July 18th - Pollau church, Austria
June 29th - q-02, Brussels
June 18th - Victoria hotel, Leeds
June 13th - Seven arts, Leeds
June 10th - r.o.d., CalArts, Valencia, California, USA
May 22nd 2009 - Goiya, Riga, Latvia
May 21st 2009 - Riga radio, Latvia
May 18th 2009 - y gallery, Tartu, Estonia
March 31st 2009 - Adelphi, Hull
March 28th 2009 - Street Level gallery, Glasgow
March 18th 2009 - East street studios (installation & performance) - with Stuart Bannister
February 15th 2009 - Cube cinema, Bristol - duet with Patrick Farmer
February 8th 2009 - Cafe Oto, London
January 29th 2009 - Newcastle University
November 21st 2008 - Zlin university, Czech Republic
November 8th 2008 - Canton uniting church, Cardiff - duet with Heleen Van Haegneborgh
November 7th 2008 - Sussex Uni - duet with Heleen Van Haegenborgh
November 6th 2008 - Cafe Oto, London - quartet with Heleen Van Haegenborgh, Patrick Farmer & Matt Davis
November 4th 2008 - Ferens Art Gallery, Hull - duet with Heleen Van Haegenborgh
November 3rd 2008 - Peel hall, Slaford - duet with Heleen Van Haegenborgh
October 14th 2008 - Logos foundation, Ghent - solo field recordings + Pauline Oliveros piece (in quartet)
September 12th 2008 - Seeds & bridges, Hull - trio's with Angharad Davies & Catherine Kontz (works by Wolff, Oliveros + intuitive composition for trio)
September 4th 2008 - Artlink Gallery, Hull
July 19th 2008 - Bloc gallery, Sheffield
July 9th 2008 - Port Mahon, Oxford
June 19th 2008 - Skolska 28, Prague
June 14th 2008 - duo with Ivan Palacky - Brno, Czech Republic
May 28th 2008 (trio with Patrick Farmer & Dom Lash) - LMC festival, London
January 2008 - Spike Island gallery, Bristol
December 2007 - duo with Daniel Jones (+ Max Eastley, Evan Parker, Mark Wastell and Graham Halliwell) - Chisenhale dance space, London – Dec 2007
December 2007 - 'audible architecture # 6’ - Bloc assembly, Sheffield
November 2007 - solo & with Taku Unami, Noid, Klaus Fillip & Tim Blechmann – Amann studio, Vienna
October 2007 - duo with Ivan Palacky - No-Fi, Newcastle
October 2007 - trio with Daniel Jones & Ivan Palacky - seeds and bridges, Hull
April - November 2007 - ‘east riding’ (4 part audio / visual work) - various venues in Hull
July 2007 - ‘mouth of the humber’ (audio / visual performance) - Humber mouth festival, Hull
July 2007 - Duo for field recordings & strings (with Rhodri Davies) – St Mary's Church, Hull
April 2007 - solo & duet with Daniel Jones (+ Toshimaru Nakamura & Billy Roisz) - Hull Time Based Arts, Hull + 'The Art Space', Nottingham
May 2007 - Skolska 28, Prague
May 2007 - Amann studios, Vienna
May 2007 - solo + collaboration with Ivan Palacky - Sklenena Louka, Brno
May 2007 - Rhiz, Vienna
May 2007 - Quitch gallery, Linz
March 2007 - leeds (private house)
March 2007 - trio with musicforone & Charlie Collins - Red Deer, Sheffield
March 2007 - duo with musicforone - Lamp, Hull
February / March 2007 - duo with Lee Patterson + trio wth Angharad Davies - Nottingham (Knee Knees), London (Omega works, Ray's Jazz / Foyles), Brighton (Westhill hall), Manchester (Salford Mill).
February 2007 - with Okkyung Lee, Matt Bourne, 7 Hertz & Will Guthrie - Leeds, Hull, Nottingham.
December 2006 - Holy Trinity, Leeds
November 2006 – Kinetica gallery, London
further 2006 concerts:
‘Tristesse 22102006 1 & 2’ – New Work Yorkshire perambulator,South Square gallery, Bradford
Re-soundtrack performance - digital Scarborough festival, Stephen Joseph Theatre, Scarborough
UK tour (with Pamelia Kurstin) – venues inc. e:vent gallery London, Generator arts Dundee, Nottingham, Glasgow, Edinburgh, Leeds, Brighton, Bristol
Hommage to Ozu 1 (film & live performance) - Slack video, Hull
Solo & trio performance with Lee Patterson & Ben Gwilliam - resound exhibition, Mid-Pennine gallery, Burnley
Two presentations / performances @ Sonic Arts Group events – Leeds Uni, Leeds
Two performances for Hull Art Lab’s rolling performance series – Hull Art Lab, Hull
selection of earlier concerts:
‘two-teburi-koe’ (audio / visual) – ‘humbermouth’ festival, Hull
‘dliamansctlndpls’ – ‘imetexture 2', Hull
‘quartet avj2004-1’ – NewWorkYorkshire, Bretton Hall, Wakefield
‘quartet avj2004-2’ – EICH gallery, Hull
‘duet – images of sky’ (audio / visual) - Platform 2 exhibition, Hull
‘for guitar, zither & microphone’ – performance & radio broadcast (resonance fm & artradio, Berlin)
‘goodbyes’ - Anlaby road school of fine art, Hull
‘limitedspace’ – limited space performance – Tokyo
‘piano / ice’ – HTBA live art weekend, Hull
‘september start’ & ‘september end’ – Hull school of Art
‘brzeska quartet’ – HTBA, Hull – 2003
‘k-foundation – burning a million’ (live soundtrack) - Ferens Art Gallery, Hull
‘blue book / sun-wed’ – humbermouth festival, Hull
compositions
photographic scores: a pdf publication featuring a number of my photographic scores is available to view online or download by clicking here
Pollau - for field recordings
four approaches to quietude, bruxelles - for field recordings
Thornwick Bay # 2 - for field recordings / hydrophone recordings
Czech waters - for hydrophone recordings
Estonian lakes - for hydrophone recordings
Estonian rivers - for field recordings / hydrophone recordings
as (urfaces) - 6 pieces for field recordings / surface vibrations
pelure # 9 - gathered wire - for field recordings / internal electronic signals
pelure # 6 - for field recordings / surface vibrations
....audible silence - enter (Kettle's yard, Cambridge) - for field recordings / surface vibrations (2009)
....audible silence - a next moment (JdP, Oxford) - for field recordings / surface vibrations (2009)
....audible silence - towards evening (Czech republic) - for field recordings / sonic architecture (2009)
The view from the studio window - for field recordings (2008)
instamatic # 4 - Ghent (beguinage) - for field recordings (2008)
instamatic # 3 - Ghent (bird market) - for field recordings (2008)
instamatic # 2 - Vienna - for field recordings (2008)
instamatic # 1 - Bridlington harbour & Thornwick Bay - for field recordings (2008)
Jez riley French / Heleen Van Haegenborgh - 'in place series # 1 - 5' (2008) - intuitive composition for piano, field recordings, zithers & objects
intuitive composition for trio (2008) - with Angharad Davies & Catherine Kontz
pocklington canal (2008) - for field recordings / hydrophones
Wansford canal and watton beck (2008) - for field recordings / hydrophones
'audible architecture # 7 - Prague' (2008) - for field recordings
'Generator pieces - onsite # 1' (2007) - for field recordings
'Generator pieces - onsite # 2 (2007) - for field recordings
'Generator pieces - offsite' (2007) - for field recordings
'east riding parts 1 - 4' (2007) - for field recordings
'mouth of the humber' (2007) - for field recordings
'audible architecture # 6 - Sheffield' - for field recordings, zither & objects
'two events - east yorkshire' (2007) - for clear inputs, inside methods, zither & field recordings
'two events - west yorkshire' (2006) - for church flower stand, piano & field recordings
'church flower stand # 2' (2006) - for church flower stand
'Lake Konstanz' (2005) - for field recordings
'book series # 1 - 4' (2005) - for clear inputs
'64 short pieces - sudek' (2004) - for guitar
'temperature' soundtrack (2003) - for guitar & field recordings
'piano / ice' (2003) - for piano & ensemble
'intuitive compositions # 5 - 8' (1991 - 1997) - for various solo instruments
'intuitive compositions # 1 - 4' (1987 - 1990) - for various solo instruments
'tape pieces # 1 - 6' (1980-1982) - for tape
'doppel trio' (1981) - for guitar & tape
'feedback works' (1979) - for guitar
below is a short list of compositions completed from 1979 - 2007
Pollau - for field recordings
four approaches to quietude, bruxelles - for field recordings
Thornwick Bay # 2 - for field recordings / hydrophone recordings
Czech waters - for hydrophone recordings
Estonian lakes - for hydrophone recordings
Estonian rivers - for field recordings / hydrophone recordings
as (urfaces) - 6 pieces for field recordings / surface vibrations
pelure # 9 - gathered wire - for field recordings / internal electronic signals
pelure # 6 - for field recordings / surface vibrations
....audible silence - enter (Kettle's yard, Cambridge) - for field recordings / surface vibrations (2009)
....audible silence - a next moment (JdP, Oxford) - for field recordings / surface vibrations (2009)
....audible silence - towards evening (Czech republic) - for field recordings / sonic architecture (2009)
The view from the studio window - for field recordings (2008)
instamatic # 4 - Ghent (beguinage) - for field recordings (2008)
instamatic # 3 - Ghent (bird market) - for field recordings (2008)
instamatic # 2 - Vienna - for field recordings (2008)
instamatic # 1 - Bridlington harbour & Thornwick Bay - for field recordings (2008)
Jez riley French / Heleen Van Haegenborgh - 'in place series # 1 - 5' (2008) - intuitive composition for piano, field recordings, zithers & objects
intuitive composition for trio (2008) - with Angharad Davies & Catherine Kontz
pocklington canal (2008) - for field recordings / hydrophones
Wansford canal and watton beck (2008) - for field recordings / hydrophones
'audible architecture # 7 - Prague' (2008) - for field recordings
'Generator pieces - onsite # 1' (2007) - for field recordings
'Generator pieces - onsite # 2 (2007) - for field recordings
'Generator pieces - offsite' (2007) - for field recordings
'east riding parts 1 - 4' (2007) - for field recordings
'mouth of the humber' (2007) - for field recordings
'audible architecture # 6 - Sheffield' - for field recordings, zither & objects
'two events - east yorkshire' (2007) - for clear inputs, inside methods, zither & field recordings
'two events - west yorkshire' (2006) - for church flower stand, piano & field recordings
'church flower stand # 2' (2006) - for church flower stand
'Lake Konstanz' (2005) - for field recordings
'book series # 1 - 4' (2005) - for clear inputs
'64 short pieces - sudek' (2004) - for guitar
'temperature' soundtrack (2003) - for guitar & field recordings
'piano / ice' (2003) - for piano & ensemble
'intuitive compositions # 5 - 8' (1991 - 1997) - for various solo instruments
'intuitive compositions # 1 - 4' (1987 - 1990) - for various solo instruments
'tape pieces # 1 - 6' (1980-1982) - for tape
'doppel trio' (1981) - for guitar & tape
'feedback works' (1979) - for guitar
biography
Jez riley French (b. 1965)
for further information please see:
. compositions
. instruments / sources
. guest lecturer positions
. concerts
. curatorial / on going projects
. exhibitions
. published recordings / writings
. residencies
. in place
. engraved glass label / audio extracts
composer | musician | artist | listener
born & lives in East Yorkshire, UK.
born & lives in East Yorkshire, UK.
Using intuitive composition, field recording, improvisation and photography, Jez riley French has been exploring his enjoyment of detail, simplicity and his emotive response to places and situations for the past 3 decades.
Alongside solo performances and exhibitions he collaborates with other artists, runs the ‘in place’ project on field recording – a subject on which he also lectures, organizes the ‘seeds & bridges’ event series and runs the ‘engraved glass’ label.
In recent years Jez has been working extensively on recordings of surfaces and architectural spaces, some results of which make up the ‘....audible silence’ project and has also been developing the concept of photographic scores.
His work has been performed, exhibited & published widely, including in France, Austria, Japan, Korea, the Czech Republic, UK, Belgium etc.
‘I am fascinated and passionate about the infinite detail and expanding vistas of life around us, its sights and sounds, often overlooked or hidden. My creative output focuses on this never ending, joyous exploration via intuitive composition, conventional & extended field recording techniques, photography & photographic scores. The music / sound I create has evolved from improvisation to what I prefer to term 'intuitive composition' and has increasingly involved elements such as a love of audible silence & stillness & the empathy of compositional arcs. These evolved from my need to always remain open to my emotive, intuitive response to situations & environments’ - JrF
for further information please see:
. compositions
. instruments / sources
. guest lecturer positions
. concerts
. curatorial / on going projects
. exhibitions
. published recordings / writings
. residencies
. in place
. engraved glass label / audio extracts
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