Iain Mott
Iain Mott is a sound artist, living in Brazil since 2007. He holds a PhD from the University of Wollongong, supervised by Greg Schiemer, entitled "Sound Installation and Self-listening", and completed his post-doctorate at the University of Aveiro, Portugal, under the supervision of Paulo Bernardino Bastos, with the project "O Fantasma Acústico: Ambisonics e ilusões dos séculos passados" (The Acoustic Ghost: Ambisonics and illusions from past centuries).
His sound installations are characterised by high levels of audience participation and novel approaches to interactivity, a focus that has remained central to his work throughout his career. Iain has received numerous awards and grants and has successfully managed innovative projects for over 30 years. His GPS-based project Sound Mapping was awarded an Honorary Mention in the 1998 Prix Ars Electronica. In 1999/2000, Iain was artist in residence at the CSIRO Mathematical and Information Sciences in Canberra for 12 months.
In 2005 he was awarded an Australia China Council Arts Fellowship to work with the Beijing arts company the Long March Project. His work Zhong Shuo was created as part of the fellowship in collaboration with Chinese artists and was given 3rd prize in the UNESCO Digital Art Awards. The project has in addition been selected by MAAP for two further installations in Shanghai and Brisbane in 2006.
Since moving to Brazil in 2007, he was a visiting professor in the Music Department at the University of Brasilia (UnB) from 2008 to 2011 and a lecturer in the area of voice and sound design in the Departamento de Artes Cênicas (theatre arts), UnB from 2012-2024. He has exhibited widely in Australia and at international shows including the Ars Electronica Festival in Linz, Emoção Art.ficial in São Paulo and the Dashanzi International Art Festival and Multimedia Art Asia Pacific (MAAP) in Beijing.
His installation "O Espelho", created in collaboration with actress/performer Simone Reis, was exhibited at the Centro Cultural Banco do Brasil (CCBB) in Brasilia in the second half of 2012 as part of the Cena Contemporânea theatre festival. His most recent project "Assombros", developed with Reis and playwright Camilo Pellegrini, is currently running at SESC 504 Sul (August 18 - September 18, 2025) as part of the Cena Contemporânea programming. He is also currently working on his augmented reality project "Botânica", an interactive sound art work designed specifically for gardens.
