Colin Black
| Colin Black is a composer, performer and theoretician
in the area of acoustic arts. His compositions have been broadcast many
times; he has made a lot of sound installations and published
theoretical books. In 2003 he won the prestigious Prix Italia award for
his radio composition The Ears Outside My Listening Room. In his compositions, Colin Black uses all conceivable means of expression that are presently available in the world of acoustic arts. He lets people’s authentic utterances to be heard only to dissolve them in a sound bath and to let them resonate in special repercussions and atmospheres. In his music he uses minimalist structures next to rock music loops mixed with the sounds of authentic ethno music.... However, his compositions are not rough collages. In spite of the distinct diffusion present in his style, Black can create a very tight and solid surface, which gives his compositions a cohesive framework. It is a surface of a hidden fine atmosphere, which is very intangible as a concept, but it can be perceived very strongly. Black’s work has been selected for broadcast and podcast on stations including Deutschlandradio Kultur, the BBC, YLE Radio, Sweden’s Sveriges Radio as well as many other European stations and in South Africa, New Zealand and numerous times across Australia. International Awards: 2003 Prix Italia Award, Best Music Radio Composed Work National Awards: 2008 Albert Travelling Scholarship, The University of Sydney 2000 Australian Guild Screen Composers Screen Music Awards (Nomination for Best Music for a Station ID or Promo) 1998 National Digital Arts Awards finalist 1996 NCEIA Award - Best Experimental Song 1996 NCEIA Award Nominee for Best Instrumental Song 1995 NCEIA Award Nominee for Best Rock Song 1994 NCEIA Award - Best Instrumental Song Fellowships: 2002 ABC Radio, New Media Arts, Artist in Residence Publications (Written): “Oh Dear ABC”, Limelight, January 2004, Published by ArtsDiary Pty Ltd, p. 8 “Radio Art: The age of the ‘Bunker’ Artist, Digging in Deeper, Spreading Thinner ...“ peer reviewed paper published by RMIT Publishing, 2005. “The Extended Enviro-Guitar (XEG): A Mobile Acoustic Profiling Resonating Filter”, 4th International Mobile Music Workshop, Amsterdam 2007. “Is Anyone Listening”, RealTime issue #84 April-May 2008, Published by Open City Inc “Alien In The Landscape: Distillation and Filtration of Soundscapes”, Sounding Out 4 – An International Symposium on Sound in the Media, 4th - 6th September 2008, University of Sunderland, UK “Radio Art: Broadcast or Outcast”, Music Forum. Journal of the Music Council of Australia, Vol. 15 No. 2, FEBRUARY - APRIL 2009. ISSN 1327-9300. Broadcasts on ORF KUNSTRADIO: 26. 07. 2009: “Soundprints: The Prague Pressings” |
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