World Water Day 2022
We had a fabulous time at Roker for World Water Day, discussing what water means to artists and their practice. Huge thanks to everyone involved, especially the panel speakers; Nell Catchpole;…
Sonic Pond Dipping (Durham Wildlife Trust)
Create your own underwater recordings and become a citizen-scientist for the day! This was the mission on 21st and 22nd February at Low Barns Nature Reserve in County Durham. It…
Ecology Across Borders
The Complex Soundscape of a Freshwater Pond The unique 'audio-poster' was created for the British Ecological Society 'Ecology Across Borders 2021' conference. It was viewable as an online poster with…
Beastly Landscapes Symposium – Newcastle University
The Beastly Landscapes Symposium was organised by Usue Ruiz Arana and Charlotte Veal in the School of Architecture, Planning and Landscape at Newcastle University and held on September 10th 2021.…
Sound & Music Composer-Curator
Super-excited to have been one of only six artists selected for this year's Sound & Music Award! Read on.... We’re thrilled to announce the six projects that have now…
Sound consultant – Fylingdales
Since February 2020 an interdisciplinary research team from Newcastle University funded by the Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) have been examining archive material held at RAF Fylingdales as part…
Museums For Climate Action : COP26
How can museums evolve to address the challenges of a warming world? In the lead-up to COP26, Museums For Climate Action launched an international design and ideas competition to reimagine…
Greece Recreated : Belsay Hall
This online exhibition tells the story of Sir Charles Monck’s travels in the Mediterranean: first an epic honeymoon to Greece in 1804-1806, and a later journey to the island of…
BALTIC Installation
The work created for World Ocean's Day 2020, as part of my Pioneer Award funding, has been selected to be installed as part of the BALTIC Centre For Contemporary Arts's…
Reveil2020 24hr Dawn Chorus Stream
LISTEN ONLINE HERE: https://soundtent.org/soundcamp_reveil.html Article origin: https://newcastle.sharepoint.com/news/Pages/International-Dawn-Chorus-Day.aspx#
Postponed Events
It'll come as no surprise that the COVID-19 pandemic has halted all upcoming installations, including the Wildlife Sound Recording Society event at Durham Wildlife Trust, Glenfarg Folk club with Jez…
Geodesic Dome Speaker Array
Initial developments of a portable geodesic dome which will contain an array of speakers to render ambisonic audio material. The sounds will be largely collected from underwater sources, playing with…
“Wake Up!” – Climate Change (International Sound Art Memorial)
"Silurian - Work In Progress" has been accepted to an international art call. It can be heard online at: http://wake-up.engad.org/wake-up-climate-change/ The piece was originally presented as a 4-channel work in…
Pioneer Award – Institute for Creative Arts Practice
UPDATE (Feb 2021): The 'Cetacean Research: An Oceanic Sound Model' has been accepted for installation at BALTIC Centre for Contemporary Art and is also listed on the Newcastle Creative Arts…
“No Whole Truths”
Johannah Latchem’s work addresses themes of law, punishment and power. They intervene in the material culture of the courthouse to establish new rituals. Her art installations are sometimes installed in…
Dippy On Tour – Interactive Installation
Alongside Dr Simon Bowen (Designer-Researcher at Newcastle University Open Lab) and Martin O'Leary (Exhibit Designer at Life Science Centre), I designed an immersive audio experience inside the planetarium at the…
Conference for the Birds – editing complete!
UPDATE 04/2020 : Now available online; https://www.marcuscoates.co.uk/projects/172-conference-for-the-birds From 15 June a new installation by artist Marcus Coates will be on show at Cherryburn, the birthplace of Thomas Bewick. Commissioned…
Mapping Contemporary Art in the Heritage Experience
'Mapping Contemporary Art in the Heritage Experience’ (MCAHE) is an interdisciplinary research project that critically examines the role and practice of temporary visual art commissioning within heritage properties in Britain…
Artist Lock-In – A Look Back
The Artist Lock-In is the flag-ship residency project produced by ArtHouse Jersey, in association with WildWorks. It is professionally facilitated and brings creative people from a variety of disciplines, ages,…
‘Adlais’ screening preview
'Adlais' is a video project by James Davoll and Tim Shaw. Static panoramic film shots of a disused Welsh slate quarry are accompanied by the sounds of a still-working quarry.…
Artist Residency
I'm very excited to be able to say that I've been selected to participate in Jersey Arts Trust's 'Artist Lock-In 2017'! For 10 days, 12 international artists will be literally…
Cheeseburn – ‘Lost Voices’
LOST VOICES A SOUND INSTALLATION BY BENNETT HOGG AND MAGNUS WILLIAMSON, OF MISSING VOICE PARTS FROM SIXTEENTH CENTURY CHURCH MUSIC. Credit as Recording Engineer. A fantastic installation. Go and see…
Tyne Bridge
Installation: Bridges_____
Here's a short video documenting the opening night of 'Bridges___', an interactive sound installation inside the North Tower of the Tyne Bridge itself. In 2016 a mix was vinyl pressed…