SoundArt - Music - Compostion
Damian Murphy is an active sound
artist, musician, and composer. The guitar is his first instrument and
although most of his work is now developed based on digital field
recordings and computer based techniques, the guitar is often the
starting point or inspiration for many of the musical ideas that
follow. In 2004 he was appointed as one of the UK's first AHRC/ACE
Arts and Science Research Fellows, investigating the compositional and
aesthetic aspects of sound spatialisation, acoustic modelling
techniques and the acoustics of heritage spaces. In 2009 he
collaborated on the Wellcome
Trust and ACE
funded project Me,
Myself and MRI, resulting in a major touring exhibition of
digital portraiture. In 2012 he worked on the Cultural Olympiad funded
Sea Swim project - initially (and
still) as a swimmer, and then as one of the contributing artists. His
work has been presented in galleries nationally and at festivals and
venues internationally and included varied collaborations with
writers, photographers, and interactive digital artists.
Damian is a founding member of Geodesic Arts through which most of his more recent work has been produced, and you can follow him on Twitter:
Follow @SoundLabArtist
Selected audio only examples from recent installations are available via SoundCloud - more to follow.
Publicly Presented Artworks and Commissions [16]:
Wedgewood-Clarke, J. and Murphy, D. T., In Between,
Presented as part of York
Curiouser, Kings Manor, York, Jun. 14 - Jul. 7 2014.
Davis, J., Oxley, J., Murphy, D. T., Hildred, M., and Matthews, K., Telling, Presented at the DAFx12 Concert, Guildhall and Mansion House, York, Sept. 19 2012.
Wedgewood-Clarke, J., Goodband., L., Malone, J., Mackay, R., and Murphy, D. T., Sea Swim – The Exhibition, Woodend Gallery, Scarborough, Feb. 6-24, and touring throughout 2012.
Oxley, J., Murphy, D. T., Hildred, M., and Matthews, K., Artists in the Archive, Working with York Museums Trust to interpret, respond and represent their Mesolithic collection. York Art Gallery Apr. 19 - May 3, 2010.
Murphy, D. T., Halliday, K., Hildred, M., Matthews, K., and Oxley, J., Me, Myself and MRI, a touring exhibition of interactive digital portraiture.
National Science Learning Centre, York, Feb. 24 - Mar. 26, 2009.
Impressions Gallery, Bradford, Apr. 8 - May 21, 2009.
York Hospital, May 25 - Sept. 4, 2009.
Murphy, D. T., Hildred, M., and Oxley, J., A Sense of Place, [Revisited II], DVD and Surround-Sound Installation Artwork, Bedern Hall, York, Mar. 17, 2008.
Murphy, D. T., Hildred, M., and Oxley, J., A Sense of Place [Revisited I], DVD and Surround-Sound Installation Artwork, The Listening Room, Centre for Computer Research in Music and Acoustics (CCRMA), Stanford University, USA, Apr. 18-20, 2007.
Murphy, D. T., Hildred, M., and Oxley, J., A Sense of Place, interactive sound/light artwork, commissioned by the York Renaissance Project, Jan. 26 - Apr. 29 2006.
Monkman, K., Wexler, T., and Murphy, D. T., The Square, interactive digital public artwork, commissioned by the York Renaissance Project, Oct. 14 2005 - May 29 2006.
Murphy, D. T., and Heaton, P., Reconfigured, DVD and Surround-Sound Installation Artwork, commissioned by York Art Gallery.
Sightsonic Digital Arts Festival 2003, York Art Gallery, Oct. 4 - Nov. 2, 2003.
Leeds International Music Technology Education Conference 2004, Leeds, UK, Oct. 29 2004
International Computer Music Conference, Barcelona, Spain, Sept. 9 2005.
Murphy, D. T., and “Compose and Create” workshop participants, Sacred and Profane - The Musical Response, the developed work from a number of Digital Sound Workshops for the Sacred and Profane exhibition at York City Art Gallery, May 24-31, 2002.
Murphy, D. T., and Heaton, P., Winter Sea, DVD and Surround-Sound Installation Artwork, commissioned by York Art Gallery.
Sightsonic Digital Arts Festival 2002, York City Art Gallery, Oct. 5 - Nov. 3, 2002.
In Littoral Light Exhibition, Scarborough Art Gallery, Scarborough, Jan. 25 - Mar. 29, 2003.
Murphy, D. T., Autumn - Fading Days, Composition presented as part of Le Salon Musical: Les Saisons, at 14:00 on Monday 3rd June at Masion de la Culture - Grand thèâtre, 32nd Festival International Des Musiques Et Crèations Electroniques, Synthèse 2002, Bourges, France, May 31 - June 9, 2002.
Murphy, D. T., Parted Rather Sadly, audio work, commissioned by York Art Gallery for the Sightsonic Digital Arts Festival, Oct. 19-24, 2001.
Murphy, D. T., GlassWare, composed as part of artist Annie Halliday’s Translucent Exposures touring exhibition.
Impressions Gallery of Photography, York, Jan. 13 - Mar. 8, 2001.
Midlands Arts Centre, Birmingham, Mar. 10 - Apr. 29, 2001.
Margate Library Gallery, May 5 - Jun. 9, 2001.
Street Level Photoworks, Glasgow, Nov. 1 - Dec. 31 2001.
Murphy, D.T., Eggleston J., and Warburton, C., InSense, included on the Music Technology Workshop CD as part of Euromicro’s 25th anniversary celebrations. Released at the 25th Euromicro Conference, Milan, Italy, Sept. 1999.
Damian is a founding member of Geodesic Arts through which most of his more recent work has been produced, and you can follow him on Twitter:
Follow @SoundLabArtist
Selected audio only examples from recent installations are available via SoundCloud - more to follow.
Publicly Presented Artworks and Commissions [16]:
Wedgewood-Clarke, J. and Murphy, D. T., In Between,
Presented as part of York
Curiouser, Kings Manor, York, Jun. 14 - Jul. 7 2014. Davis, J., Oxley, J., Murphy, D. T., Hildred, M., and Matthews, K., Telling, Presented at the DAFx12 Concert, Guildhall and Mansion House, York, Sept. 19 2012.
Wedgewood-Clarke, J., Goodband., L., Malone, J., Mackay, R., and Murphy, D. T., Sea Swim – The Exhibition, Woodend Gallery, Scarborough, Feb. 6-24, and touring throughout 2012.
Oxley, J., Murphy, D. T., Hildred, M., and Matthews, K., Artists in the Archive, Working with York Museums Trust to interpret, respond and represent their Mesolithic collection. York Art Gallery Apr. 19 - May 3, 2010.
Murphy, D. T., Halliday, K., Hildred, M., Matthews, K., and Oxley, J., Me, Myself and MRI, a touring exhibition of interactive digital portraiture.
National Science Learning Centre, York, Feb. 24 - Mar. 26, 2009.
Impressions Gallery, Bradford, Apr. 8 - May 21, 2009.
York Hospital, May 25 - Sept. 4, 2009.
Murphy, D. T., Hildred, M., and Oxley, J., A Sense of Place, [Revisited II], DVD and Surround-Sound Installation Artwork, Bedern Hall, York, Mar. 17, 2008.
Murphy, D. T., Hildred, M., and Oxley, J., A Sense of Place [Revisited I], DVD and Surround-Sound Installation Artwork, The Listening Room, Centre for Computer Research in Music and Acoustics (CCRMA), Stanford University, USA, Apr. 18-20, 2007.
Murphy, D. T., Hildred, M., and Oxley, J., A Sense of Place, interactive sound/light artwork, commissioned by the York Renaissance Project, Jan. 26 - Apr. 29 2006.
Monkman, K., Wexler, T., and Murphy, D. T., The Square, interactive digital public artwork, commissioned by the York Renaissance Project, Oct. 14 2005 - May 29 2006.
Murphy, D. T., and Heaton, P., Reconfigured, DVD and Surround-Sound Installation Artwork, commissioned by York Art Gallery.
Sightsonic Digital Arts Festival 2003, York Art Gallery, Oct. 4 - Nov. 2, 2003.
Leeds International Music Technology Education Conference 2004, Leeds, UK, Oct. 29 2004
International Computer Music Conference, Barcelona, Spain, Sept. 9 2005.
Murphy, D. T., and “Compose and Create” workshop participants, Sacred and Profane - The Musical Response, the developed work from a number of Digital Sound Workshops for the Sacred and Profane exhibition at York City Art Gallery, May 24-31, 2002.
Murphy, D. T., and Heaton, P., Winter Sea, DVD and Surround-Sound Installation Artwork, commissioned by York Art Gallery.
Sightsonic Digital Arts Festival 2002, York City Art Gallery, Oct. 5 - Nov. 3, 2002.
In Littoral Light Exhibition, Scarborough Art Gallery, Scarborough, Jan. 25 - Mar. 29, 2003.
Murphy, D. T., Autumn - Fading Days, Composition presented as part of Le Salon Musical: Les Saisons, at 14:00 on Monday 3rd June at Masion de la Culture - Grand thèâtre, 32nd Festival International Des Musiques Et Crèations Electroniques, Synthèse 2002, Bourges, France, May 31 - June 9, 2002.
Murphy, D. T., Parted Rather Sadly, audio work, commissioned by York Art Gallery for the Sightsonic Digital Arts Festival, Oct. 19-24, 2001.
Murphy, D. T., GlassWare, composed as part of artist Annie Halliday’s Translucent Exposures touring exhibition.
Impressions Gallery of Photography, York, Jan. 13 - Mar. 8, 2001.
Midlands Arts Centre, Birmingham, Mar. 10 - Apr. 29, 2001.
Margate Library Gallery, May 5 - Jun. 9, 2001.
Street Level Photoworks, Glasgow, Nov. 1 - Dec. 31 2001.
Murphy, D.T., Eggleston J., and Warburton, C., InSense, included on the Music Technology Workshop CD as part of Euromicro’s 25th anniversary celebrations. Released at the 25th Euromicro Conference, Milan, Italy, Sept. 1999.