Speakers
Shannon O'Neill
Shannon O'Neill is an artist, academic and curator, based in Sydney, Australia. Founder of Alias Frequencies he has been a director of Electrofringe and Liquid Architecture and is currently the program manager of ANAT's Embracing Sound Project. www.aliasfrequencies.org
Nigel Helyer
Nigel Helyer (a.k.a. Dr Sonique) is a Sydney based Sculptor and Sound Artist with an international reputation for his large scale sonic installations, environmental works and new media projects.
Sherre Delys
Sherre DeLys' acoustic art for radio has been commissioned by national broadcasters across Europe, America, and Australasia, by artist-run internet stations like London's Resonance FM, and podcast by The Guardian. Her radiophonic pieces have been exhibited at The Pompidou Centre, Sydney Opera House, Chicago Cultural Center and Modern Art Museum, Kiasma. Her sound art and documentary works have been awarded international jury prizes including the French 'Phonurgia Nova-Grand Prix for Sound Design', and at home she was selected as Australia Council New Media Fellow in 2000.
In the area of radiophonic art DeLys has developed ongoing collaborations with U.S. novelist Rick Moody, musician Chris Abrahams (The Necks) and others. She's been a team-member for ABC's The Listening Room, and The Next Big Thing, WNYC.
Kirsten Reese
Kirsten Reese is a composer and sound artist based in Berlin. She creates experimental music for electronics and instruments, audiovisual installations, and performative works with electronic media. She studied flute and electroacoustic music in Berlin (Hochschule der Künste, 1988-1996) and New York (1992/93). Her works were presented at concerts and in galleries and at national and international festivals, i.e. Donaueschinger Musiktage 2006 and Festival Rümlingen 2007. She received numerous grants and residencies (i.e. Berlin Senate; Stiftung Kulturfonds; Cité des Arts, Paris). As a flutist she has performed mostly experimental music and has worked with many contemporary composers and sound artists. She was co-curator of the festival Klangwerkstatt in Berlin. Kirsten Reese held a research position at the Hochschule für Musik und Theater Hamburg and teaches sound art and intermedia composition at the Universität der Künste Berlin.