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…
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Sound & Music Composer-Curator
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…
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Sound consultant – Fylingdales
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…
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Museums For Climate Action : COP26
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…
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Greece Recreated : Belsay Hall
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…
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BALTIC Installation
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#
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Reveil2020 24hr Dawn Chorus Stream
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…
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Postponed Events
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…
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Geodesic Dome Speaker Array
“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…
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“Wake Up!” – Climate Change (International Sound Art Memorial)
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…
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Pioneer Award – Institute for Creative Arts Practice
“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…
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“No Whole Truths”
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…
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Dippy On Tour – Interactive Installation
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 in…
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Conference for the Birds – editing complete!
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…
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Mapping Contemporary Art in the Heritage Experience
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,…
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Artist Lock-In – A Look Back
‘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.…
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‘Adlais’ screening preview
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…
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Artist Residency
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…
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Cheeseburn – ‘Lost Voices’
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…
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Installation: Bridges_____