JACQUES SODDELL
sound art | video art
performance | installation
sound design
PROJECTS
2020
The way, the water, the walk. Sound design for Punctum performance/installation. Castlemaine Art Museum, November 2020-
Republic of Dreams. compositions by Jacques Soddell, released on Bandcamp
2019
PhoneHeads. Score/sound design for Creatability production. Dec 4 Bendigo Art Gallery. Info
Parallax. Score for Megan Beckwith’s 3D animation and choreography. Phee Broadway Theatre Castlemaine April 10. Nati Frinj Biennale Nov 10 (expanded score)
Dance to the Anticlinal Fold. portable soundscape for poet Adam Ford’s literary excursion. With historian Robyn Annear, geologist Clive Willman & Indigenous Elder Uncle Rick Nelson 23-
Punctum’s Public Cooling House. Soundscape. Touring in 2019. Royal Botanical Gardens. Cranbourne, Womadelaide, and more http://www.punctum.com.au/works/PPCH video
M: Kaddish for the Children sound design for a reimagining of Medea by Deborah Leisser-
2018
Imaginary Landscapes: an experiment in randomised soundtracks. Part of On Foot at Lot 19 Castlemaine Nov 10-
New Histories. 10 artists respond to artworks from Bendigo Art Gallery collection. Includes my sonic response to Thomas Wrights Sandhurst in 1862, depicting Bendigo s2oon after the start of the goldrush. Bendigo Art Gallery April 13-
Creative Conversations Showcase Installation (Silence, Violence) and performance. April 13, Bendigo Pottery.
Punctum’s Public Cooling House. Soundscape. Castlemaine Botanical Gardens. March 2-
Parallax, beats & sounds for Megan Beckwith's choreography/3D animation Kingston Arts Centre (Feb 9)); Barranga Community Centre (tFeb 24), Gasworks Theatre (March 1-
2017
Abstract Heterotopias screening at melbourne planetarium includes my short Scatterfilm. nov 29
Cooling Pools soundscape for punctum’s contribution to Refuge at arts house north melbourne nov 11
Moonlight Mound experimental sound and light response to MOUND Forest Keegel's residency in the conservatory, rosalind park, bendigo. jacques soddell, glendon blazely, noodle (clive bourne & damian mason) & jim coad. nov 4
The Dead Twin: sound design for play by chi vu. george town festival, penang, malaysia. directed by deborah leiser-
Sonic Disturbance curated 2 day event to celebrate 15 years of undue noise featuring 20 acts with links to central victoria. june 24-
Salon Pretentious solo performance. april 29 reveries gallery maiden gully video
Medea development of sound materials for future tashmadada production. with deborah leisser-
Big Walk to Golden Mountain contributed sound and video. presented by Punctum Inc, AsiaTOPA, Ballarat Art Gallery and Castlemaine State Festival. mar 4 (ballarat white night) mar 18-
Alternative Destinations group show Newstead Railway Arts Hub (Castlemaine State festival). mar 17-
Tilde New Music Festival solo performance jan 21 testing grounds melbourne
2016
Sounds Like Hear Performances by Jacques Soddell, David Thrussell & Rex Hardjadibrata. Main FM/Punctum ICU Castlemaine
Carnival Electro Live #1 Phobia Old Fire Station Bendigo Sept 30 Punctum
Mermaid Terrorist creative development for new play by chi vu, directed by deborah leisser-
Salon Pretentious solo performance. april 16 reveries gallery maiden gully
Complete Smut Auction minor sound piece for punctum’s production for festival of live arts. march 12 arts house, north melbourne
Non Trio (muttboy / jude russell / jacques soddelll) undue noise Jan 25 old fire station bendigo & april 2 ICU castlemane
2015
Visual Music, Abstract Animation & Sonic Sustenance: video improv to sounds by scott sanders (synth). dec 6 presented by undue noise.
Simon Charles: Just Sine Tones. solo and duo improv with simon charles. old fire station bendigo. november 14. punctum seedpod
Bendigo International Festival of Exploratory Music, Tween 801 surround remix in Sound Gallery, curated by Mauricio Carrasco. Sept 5-
#wanderingcloud with klare lanson & clocked out duo. Queensland Poetry Festival. Judith Wright Centre, August 30
The Dead Twin: sound design for play by chi vu. footscray community arts centre. directed by deborah leiser-
Sounds in the Conservatory: 2 live improvs with viv corringham, rosalind park, bendigo, 9 april
#wanderingcloud, live video for klare lanson’s production with clocked out duo, andree cozens, neil boyack, kathrin ward, zoe volpato, damon girbon, Castlemaine State festival 19-
nightmare : sounds for Such as They Are production, Castlemaine State Festival, 14, 15, 21, 22 march
Castlemaine fringe festival, performances at bridge hotel, 15 & 16march
big bang soundscape for opening of Castlemaine State Festival, produced by Punctum, 13 march
tilde new music festival, solo set + improv with Carmen Gar Man Chan's Do You See What I hear? at Testing Grounds, Southbank in Melbourne 24 jan.
2014
undue noise/animation festival : live video improv to yellowstone composition. review by klare lanson
dead twin : creative development with writer chi vu & deborah leiser-
60x60 melbourne : july 11 ACMA melbourne conference
concrète : 27 min radio commission for Radia.FM series broadcast on 24 international radio stations march 24-
gig : live improv with viv corringham : undue noise feb 1 old fire station bendigo download
gig tilde new music mini festival, testing grounds, melbourne, jan 26
2013
melbourne now : electroacoustic music composition in Now Hear This component of Melbourne Now. NGV australia nov 2013-
banh chung : sound design for theatrical installation by chi vu. big west festival melbourne. nov 23-
parallax : music for 3D projection & choreography by megan beckwith. newport substation. Sept 26-
the body politic : group show with robyn burgess, anton hassell, denis chapman, michael needham, stephen turpie, noah grosz, matthew butterworth, noel hourigan, dee gill, curated by stephen turpie, phyllis palmer gallery, bendigo sept 4-
#wanderingcloud : live video improv for klare lanson's tribute to local flood victims, with clocked out duo. theatre royal castlemaine Sept 5 realtime review
the clubrooms : sound collage for production by jude anderson. castlemaine state festival, march
transplant : sound design for a "theatrical side-
the elaboratory & the elixir of life: an apothecary's wonderment : Installation with tara gilbee, jacques soddell & kent wilson at tute's cottage. part of periscope art bienale component of castlemaine state festival, march. video
summer in the park : curated and performed (sound & video) at concert in rosalind park conservatory, with candlesnuffer, rod cooper, cray, paul fletcher, muttboy, jacques soddell, bendigo. Jan 19
undue noise : curated and performed. listen to a performance.
2012
dark matter_dark energy : a group show with michael needham, nicholas ives, sally blenheim, tristan jalleh, jacques soddell, adam john cullen and curated by kent wilson, stockroom gallery, kyneton, 14 july -
dark matters : sound design for katie sfetkidis exploration of darkness. newport substation, melbourne 14-
active crossover : simon whetham's collaborative installation & performance with tarab, lizzie pogson & jacques soddell. ICU castlemaine. 26-
sonic decadence : curated & performed 2 day festival celebrating 10 years of undue noise. old fire station, bendigo april 28-
[faces].1 : a major remix of my earlier face of stone, was screened at seensurround: visual/music series 7 march, loop bar.
summer in the park : curated and performed (sound & video) at concert in rosalind park conservatory, bendigo. Feb 10
undue noise : curated and performed
2011
3D -
frozen moment : wading through cedric peyronnet's massive collection of sound bites from his taurion sound map, I paused at the sounds from pont du dognon. recalling the magical frozen pond near the end of tarkovsky's solaris, I was drawn to the icy sounds. so this is the piece, using samples from around pont du dognon, and manipulating / processing them heavily in my usual fashion. mini cdr kaon.org review here. sound excerpt now online.
precipice : sound design for play by cath ryan. directed by laurence stangio. castlemaine state festival april 2-
pandemonium pavilions : pandemonium soundscape for theatrical installation, directed by jude Anderson. castlemaine state festival. april 2-
undue noise : curated and performed.
2010
immersion studio : collaborative punctum seedpod residency at old fire station bendigo with tessa elieff resulting in 10 channel immersive sound performance. sept/nov
who's afraid of the dark? : sound design for a sensory exploration of the dark by lighting designer katie sfetkidis. sept 3-
metasonic 2 : curator, sound installations jun 23 -
face of stone : short film at Paul Fletcher’s sonic island melbourne international animation festival. VCAM cinema southbank. June 24 see it on vimeo
enlightenment project : soundtrack for outdoor video projection by jim coad & tara gilbee. kyneton museum Apr 30
live gigs with cedric peyronnet (toy.bizarre) feb 27 (abbotsford convent) feb 28 (ICU). [Data #12] cdr released on kaon from material from these gigs. review of [data #12]
i'm dreaming of a french meadow : sound & video for installation by jude anderson (with tara gilbee, cedric peyronnet). abbottsford convent feb 2010
bahn chung : sound design for theatre installation by chi vu. richmond library theatre feb 2010
yarra : sound piece for installation by ernesto rios. off the kerb gallery, collingwood
(d)raft : short silent video in RAFT curated by stephen turpie. allans walk artist run space. Jan
undue noise : curated and performed.
2009
akousmatikoi. cable sound collective 's 22 speaker acousmonium -
the play's the thing. soundscape for Kate Stone's playful interactive installation. ICU Castlemaine, nov 6-
cine-
the river -
flashpoint score for choreography by Megan Beckwith, BSSC entry in Rock Eisteddfod.
metasonic curator, sound installations july 8-
dinner in a dry dam sound & video design for punctum production by jude anderson. various locations in victoria including castlemaine state festival
telescope soundtrack for Dirk de Bruyn film
undue noise : curated and performed.
2008
memory fragment #1 : sound and video installation. allan's walk artist run space, bendigo, nov 20-
tape projects 06 : contribution to 12" locked groove album as part of the “lock groove flipbook project” at electrofringe newcastle, mentioned in realtime
liquid architecture : national sound art festival. performer in sydney, melbourne, cairns & perth. reviews in realtime magazine Sydney and Melbourne. sydney review, melbourne review, Also curator for bendigo & castlemaine. July. listen to sydney performance
the big smoke : group show with tara gilbee, andrew goodman, greg pritchard, kathryn mccool, noah grosz . curated by julian white. blindside.july. review & curator’s notes
museum of lost sounds : Jacques Soddell & Paul Fletcher. multimedia installation at Allans's Walk artist run space. june. exhibition catalog
other live gigs : grey daturas, sore, jacques soddell & beat disease. newmarket hotel. Bendigo, january 26; footscray audioVisual social club,may 13 with paul fletcher. simon howard; PLUS appearances @ undue noise
undue noise : curated and performed.
2007
MIMO : choreography megan beckwith & seung hi lee, soundscape jacques soddell. BUG choreography megan beckwith, sonic design jacques soddell. old fire station bendigo december 21-
THREE minus H: Iteration #5 : L-
andante : georgina duckett (visual artist) and jacques soddell (sound artist) reconfigure two ruined pianos. 12-
bendigo framed : live interactive video performance plus screenings of eruntics and shhh! at this local film festival organised by bendigo film society. latrobe visual arts centre. bendigo. may 26 & 27
soundsites : multi media project for High School students constructed by: jude anderson & jacques soddell in conjunction with ballarat art gallery and the ballarat learning exchange. may 8 & 11.
3X3 = 6 degrees of separation : curated by tara gilbee. works by central victorian artists, DVAA, frog hollow centre for the arts, darwin. 2-
allan's walk talks : heide MOMA, melbourne. 15 april. artists from allan's walk, a bendigo artist-
shrine On! you crazy diamond : group show curated by Poloni & Borrelle. platform gallery. flinders st station, melbourne april 2-
fungus! : multimedia installation with fran soddell based on fungal growth, with references to nuclear issues, stanisław lem, john cage and nuclear mushrooms. allans walk artist run space, bendigo, march. Included eruntics
shack : interactive video/sound installation for punctum production. bendigo feb 23-
insect : music for megan beckwith’s dance/animation installation allans walk artist run space, bendigo, feb 23
undue noise : curator experimental music & video concert series. performed solo. bendigo (20/5, 17/8, 6/10) & castlemaine (9/6 and 17/11) and make it up club at bar open, brunswick st fitzroy (4/12)
2006
shhh!... : 3 screen installation by jacques soddell and maree mclachlan. part of s.edition at allan’s walk. s.edition : curator 3 weeks of changing installations at allan’s walk
shed film : animation by paul fletcher, sound by jacques soddell. originally made for the shed. selected for st kilda film festival may 2006. "The short movie (by paul fletcher) takes elements of the Australian landscape (a shed, a fence, a tractor, a sunset) and abstracts them into a shifting collage of light and colour underscored by a soundscape that I can only describe as like the recording of electrical and chemical reactions in the brain." paul monaghan -
bodywealth : dance/video work by megan beckwith, music by jacques soddell, produced by punctum inc, outdoor stage, civic park, bendigo march 24
empirical soundings : surround sound installation by 10 commonwealth sound artists. march 24-
wavelength : experimental film and sound by jacques soddell. screened at e-
tent city : 5 week fourcast residency at eaglehawk dahlia and arts festival (feb 14-
bone idol : choreography/animation by megan beckwith, music by jacques soddell, february, allan's walk artist run space, bendigo.
undue noise : curator experimental music concert series. also performed solo, and in brakhage
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2005
414 : 4 channel sound work by jacques & fran soddell presented at third iteration conference on generative art. monash uni. dec 2
cajid tour : performed with thembi soddell, lawrence english, bruce mowson and camilla hannan, bus gallery, melbourne, august 19
the piano room : video and sound installation at allan's walk artist run space, may 11-
remembrance of things past : curated 4 weeks of installations by local sound/video artists. allan's walk artist run space, may-
shed : sound/installation for punctum production, directed by jude anderson, castlemaine state festival, may 9,. also in october 2005: national gallery of victoria (1 week) and single performances in dunolly, trentham, sutton grange, elmore and shepparton. reviewed in realtime
this fountain operates without water : fourcast residency at tute's cottage during castlemaine state festival. april 1-
art house : installation of fungal and plant music (with fran soddell) at bendigo conservatory (with sculptors yvonne george, marianne midelburg and trefor prest) 24-
singing bridges -
undue noise : curator experimental music concert series. also performed solo on some evenings
2004
commonwealth youth games : composed 6 one-
cyborpyg : music for dance/video installation by megan beckwith. for her master's thesis. victorian college of the arts, august 4-
seven suitcases : "case study" (with robbie buckman, tamara marwood, matt byrne) -
the last retort : experimental film by paul fletcher built around my gas connection "cylinder" soundscape. first screened at shepparton production of the gas connection in march
public fourcast : month-
undue noise : curator experimental music concert series. also performed solo on some evenings
2003
the gas connection : directed by jude anderson, soundscape and "cylinder" installation by jacques soddell. gasworks theatre, port melbourne, 16 performances (march 2003), bendigo gasworks, 4 performances (april 2003), shepparton festival, 4 performances, furphy's foundry (march 2004)
prepared performances : cdr of material from live performances in 2003 and conjectural module#3 installation (nov 2002)
nosferatu : soundtrack to murnau silent classic. with kurt weibgen and justin bull. bendigo film society, bendigo library theatrette, june 12
undue noise : curator experimental music concert series. also performed solo on and in JSDL and brakhage
2002
conjectural module #3 (regional module) : the first fourcast residency was at tower studio, queens college, university of melbourne. nov 6-
dearth : choreography by megan beckwith, music: 8 1/2 by jacques soddell, music of the mycelium by fran and jacques soddell. melbourne fringe festival opening, north melbourne town hall (alleyway) 2002
music of the mycelium : jacques and fran soddell. generating music from l-
brakhage : live performance with justin bull at dance on a dead orchard, harcourt, april 27 2002
marks : by tomasz talaj, sounds by jacques soddell .installation at allan's walk artist run space, bendigo march 2-
undue noise : curator experimental music concert series. also performed solo on 2 occasions
2001
golden square : performance/installation conceived and directed by jude anderson, soundscapes by jacques soddell, national trust building, view st, bendigo, 2-
brakhage : live performances (jacques soddell & justin bull as brakhage) at pink palace warehouse (northcote), ruckers (northcote) and 3ccc-
films by stan brakhage : prepared improvisations with justin bull to silent experimental films by stan brakhage. bendigo film society, April 19 2001 review
music from microbes : installation (with fran soddell) march 2 3-
2000
autonomousAudio : web based sound installation with fran soddell, at artspace in sydney (october 2000) still on web. story on abc science website couple make music with fungus (10 nov, 2000)
incompatible musics : ive performance at salon pretentious, maiden gully (november 2000)
art of listening : first live performance at sound exhibition at allan's walk artist run space, bendigo (30 june-
neon fog : jacques soddell cdr released mid-
earlier
may 1999 : cdr of recent soundworks by jacques soddell cdr released may 1999, track on soundcloud
loopism : now and then jacques soddell cdr released december 1998 includes new pieces and remixed older work from the mid-