Axial is intended for projection on a dome-shaped space, such as a
planetarium, and is one of a series of compositions investigating expanded
audiovisual formats. The compositional structure is continually condensing
– essentially composed of five iterations of the same material, each
subsequent iteration is heard 1.5 times faster than the previous one,
creating a sense of momentum and acceleration without any change in pitch
or proportional duration of the material.
ilsonilus:1 at the Kiblix festival Planetarium The first in a series of large installation works investigating simultaneous sonic and visual illusions. This piece is intended for playback either on 4 walls of a square room, 4 screens arranged in a square, or projection mapped onto a circular/ring-shaped space. ‘1’ investigates…
cs1 is the first in a series of pieces examining chaotic systems. The visual system involves a series of relatively simple calculations, but using sound to push the system to it’s extremes causes unexpected behaviours, oscillations and the collapse of one of the visual structures. this piece is the beginning…
I presented a paper on my recent paper, Audiovisual composition: Describing and defining an intermedia process, at Sound/Image in Greenwich, November 2026. The paper drew heavily from my work in Composing Audiovisually, drawing some new conclusions about how we discuss audiovisual composition and offering the term transconception as a counterpoint…