Iain Mott

Iain Mott

Iain Mott is a sound artist, living in Brazil since 2007. He was a visiting professor in the Music Department at the University of Brasilia (UnB) from 2008 to 2011 and a lecturer (professor adjunto) in the area of voice and sound design in the Departamento de Artes Cênicas (theatre arts), UnB from 2012-2024. His sound installations are characterised by high levels of audience participation and novel approaches to interactivity. He has exhibited widely in Australia and at 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 most recent installation with Simone Reis O Espelho was exhibited at the Centro Cultural Banco do Brasil (CCBB) in Brasilia in the second half of 2012. Iain has received numerous awards and grants and has successfully managed innovative projects for almost 20 years. His GPS-based project Sound Mapping was awarded an Honorary Mention in the 1998 Prix Ars Electronica. 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. Iain was artist in residence at the CSIRO Mathematical and Information Sciences in Canberra for 12 months in 1999/2000. The notion of collaboration between artist and audience has ongoing importance in Iain's work. His PhD from the University of Wollongong was supervised by Greg Schiemer and is entitled Sound Installation and Self-listening. 

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Domingo, 27 Setembro 2015 17:23

Zhong Shuo: Chongqing

Domingo, 27 Setembro 2015 17:20

Zhong Shuo Video

Sexta, 25 Setembro 2015 21:53

Eindhovia

Sexta, 25 Setembro 2015 21:49

Summoned Voices Video

Sexta, 25 Setembro 2015 21:39

Summoned Voices: Plan

Sexta, 25 Setembro 2015 21:37

Summoned Voices: Section

Sexta, 25 Setembro 2015 21:35

Summoned Voices: elevation

Sexta, 25 Setembro 2015 21:30

Summoned Voices: Detail