Dr Matt Parker

Matt's postdoctoral research is in particular interested in the resonance between digital networks, electromagnetic waves, telecommunications, 5G technology, disinformation, environment and health.

Research grants and awards

• Prix Field Recording. Phonurgia Nova Awards, FR. Nominated (2018)
• Memory Line. Arts Council England Funding (2017-2018)
• Doctoral Research Scholarship. Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) (2015-2018)
• New Art West Midlands. First Prize (2016)
• The Imitation Archive. Arts Council England Funding (2015)
• Aesthetica Art Prize. Shortlisted (2015)
• Without Words Film Festival, Marseille, FR. Grand Prize (2015)
• Deutsche Bank Creative Prize for Music (2014)
• Ideas Tap, Five Elements – Digital. First Prize (2014)
• The Birmingham Conservatoire Postgraduate Prize (2014)

Other publicity

Exhibitions

• These Times, Coventry Cathedral, Coventry, UK (2019)
• Memory Line, The Computer Laboratory, Festival of Ideas, Cambridge, UK (2018)
• Memory Line, MK Central Library, MK Festival Fringe, Milton Keynes, UK (2018)
• Net Sounds, Biennale Musiques en Scène, Les Subsistances/GRAME, Lyon, FR (2018)
• Five Years On, Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery, Birmingham, UK (2018)
• Art for the Environment, Nunnery Gallery, London, UK (2018)
• Trajectories, Watermans, London, UK (2018)
• Future Proof, The LAB, Dublin, IE (2017)
• Connecting Columns, Srishti Outpost, Kochi Muziris Biennale, Kochi, IN (2017)
• Fields of Athenry, Brighton Digital Festival, Brighton, UK (2016)
• Acts of Searching Closely, ASC Gallery, London, UK (2016)
• Strongrooms, Warwickshire County Council Touring Project, UK (2016)
• New Art West Midlands, Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery, UK (2016)
• New Art West Midlands, Midlands Art Centre (mac) (2016), UK
• New Art West Midlands, Wolverhampton Art Gallery (2016), UK
• New Art West Midlands, Herbert Gallery, Coventry (2016), UK
• The Cloud is More Than Air and Water, Queen Street Studios, Belfast, UK (2015)
• Aesthetica Art Prize Show, York St. Mary’s, York, UK (2015)
• (((echo))), Stryx Gallery, Birmingham, UK (2014)
• The Cloud is More Than Air and Water, Birmingham Conservatoire, Birmingham, UK (2014)

Performances and Screenings

• New Babylon, Arcade East, London, UK (2019)
• CRiSAP Official Playlist, Helicotrema 6, Blauer Hase, Venice, IT (2017)
• No Maps for These Territories, Jerwood Staging Series, Jerwood Space, London, UK (2016)
• Zealous X, Rich Mix, London, UK (2016)
• Without Words Film Festival, Marseille, FR (2015)
• The Imitation Archive, Soundproof, ABC Radio National, Australia (2015)
• European Media Art Festival (EMAF), Osnabrück, DE (2015)
• Reflections on Collection, Sainsbury Centre for Visual Arts, Norwich, UK (2015)
• #howtodisappear, Melbourne Fringe Festival ’14, Melbourne, AU (2014)
• SOUNDKitchen, Vivid Projects, Birmingham, UK (2014)
• Turbulence in the Chamber, Trispace Gallery, London, UK (2014)
• Iridaceae, Liz Johnson and the Fitzwilliam Quartet, King’s Place, London, UK (2014)
• The Frontiers Festival, Birmingham, UK (2014)
• Midnight Davis, Session Bass Player (Five Easy Pieces Records, 2013)
• In a Dim Light, Nedry. Album. (Monotreme Records, 2012)
• Condors, Nedry. Album. (Monotreme Records, 2010)
• Oko-oo-ho, Oko-oo-ho. DVD (No Sleep Production, 2008)
• Method of Loci, Unspeakable Easels (Broken Branch Records, 2007)
• Air Wonder Stories, Unspeakable Easels (Unlabel, 2006)

Speaking and Conferences

• Boring Talks, BBC Podcast, London, UK (2019)
• Sounding the Archive, ECR Masterclass, Wellcome Trust, London, UK (2019)
• Re-imagining the Opposition: The Art of Empathy, St Michael’s House, Coventry Cathedral, Coventry, UK (2019)
• In the Clouds, International Symposium, Stavanger Art Museum / University of Stavanger, Stavanger, Norway (2019)
• Invisible Symposium, Iklectik Art Lab. London, UK (2018)
• Investigating Infrastructure, Space and Place Research Network Symposium. Sheffield Hallam University, Sheffield, UK (2018)
• FameLab, Guest Speaker. British Council and Science Gallery Dublin, Dublin, IE (2018)
• Large Objects Moving Air, Co-Director of one day international conference. London College of Communication, UK (2018)
• Data Centers: Investigating Socio-Technological Assemblages of the Cloud. Stockholm University, SE (2017)
• ‘Socially Engaged Artists’ and the Residency Model. Guest Lecture. National Trust Croome and New Art West Midlands (2017).
• Sound and the Environment. University of Hull, Hull, UK (2017)
• The Sound Of Memory: Sound-track / Sound-scape. Whitechapel Gallery, London, UK (2017)
• Open Fields. Vibrating the Web. RIXC Conference, Riga, LV (2016)
• Points of Listening. Listening to the Internet. Guest Lecture. London College of Communication, UAL (2016)
• Sound Passages: passaggi di suono. Università Iuav di Venezia (IUAV), Venice, IT (2015)
• NPR Interview, The Imitation Archive, Weekend Edition with Simon Scott (2015)
• Introduction to Field Recording, Keele University, Keele, UK (2015)
• BBC Click Interview, The Imitation Archive, BBC World Service (2015)
• Producing the Imitation Archive, Part I and Part II, British Library Sound and Vision Archive (2015)
• Easter Bytes sponsored by Bloomberg, The Imitation Archive, Bletchley Park (2015)
• Tech Review Interview, The Imitation Archive, NPR Radio USA (2015)
• BBC Click Interview (with Vint Cerf), The Imitation Archive, BBC World Service (2015)

Field Recordist, Sound Design, Post Production

• Sound Design. The Internet’s Carbon Footprint. Podcast. IRL by Mozilla. Season 5: Episode 3.
• Composer. Sarajevo and the siege. Between occupation and freedom. Film. ScanLAB Projects, Project V Architecture and British Council (2018)
• Sound Editor. Evde. Film. Dir. Bella Riza (2018)
• Sound Editor. “That Shot”. Film series Dir. Tyler Freeman-Smith (Nikon, 2018)
• Sound Recordist. And You Thought I Was Bad. Film. Guy Oliver (Zabludowicz Collection, 2018)
• Sound Design. Salt Road. Film. Dir. Bella Riza (2017)
• Sound Design. The Dead Man In The Sea at Urca. Film. Dir. Abigail Butler (2017)
• Field Recording and Sound Design. White Mountain, Emma Charles (For Reset: Modernity exhibition at ZKM Gallery, DE. Curated by Bruno Latour, (2016)
• Sound Design. Storybox: Broadcast, Information Age permanent exhibition at Science Museum, London (Mesmer, 2014)
• Composition and Sound Design. We Can See it From Here. Oval House Theatre, London, UK (Another Place Theatre Co, 2014)

Other experience

• Associate Lecturer, BSc/MMus Music Technology, Royal Birmingham Conservatoire (2018 – 2019)
• Associate Lecturer, MA Sound Arts. London College of Communication, UAL (2017- 2019)
• Graduate Teaching Assistant, MA Media, Communications and Critical Practice. London College of Communication, UAL (2019)
• Field recording workshop, Art for the Environment, Nunnery Gallery & Bow Arts, London (2018)
• Visiting Lecturer, MA in Art and Research Collaboration, IADT Dun Laoghaire, Dublin (2017)
• Visiting Practitioner, BA/MA Sound Arts. London College of Communication, UAL, London (2016)
• Walking Studies Symposium, The People’s Cloud, Keele University, Keele, UK (2015)
• Performing live electronic music training (NEET 16-21), Modular Music School, Manchester (2014)
• Music Technology for Assistive Technology Learning Training, Soundbeam with 3DOM & Birmingham City University, Birmingham (2014)

Further information

• Matt was a professional musician playing in a number of globally touring acts before turning his attention to practice-based research in the arts.
• Matt has been examiner for The Royal Birmingham Conservatoire BMus (Hons) Music Technology and MMus Music Technology courses.

Website: www.earthkeptwarm.com

The People's Cloud: www.thepeoplescloud.org