Scott Wilson

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For the past three decades Scott Wilson’s music and sound art has explored the intersection of a variety of different and sometimes contradictory practices. Combining aspects of instrumental/vocal composition, field recording, immersive multichannel electroacoustic sound and visuals, cross-cultural collaboration, live coding and improvisation in works that are each a bespoke solution to a unique artistic problem, his output holds few firm allegiances to schools, styles or genres, and regularly transgresses the boundaries of the ‘acceptable’ to be found in even the most supposedly experimental fields of practice. A particular interest in collaboration has led to a rich range of output, including cross-cultural and interdisciplinary works. These and other pieces including hyperreal soundscapes using sound from the natural world, a collaborative musical palimpsest on classic Qawwali recordings, and music created by sonifying the particle collisions of CERN’s Large Hadron Collider have been presented around the world. Also active as an educator and mentor for young artists, he is co-director of Birmingham ElectroAcoustic Sound Theatre and teaches at the University of Birmingham in the U.K.

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For more than 30 years Scott Wilson has explored the intersection of various contradictory practices combining aspects of instrumental/vocal composition, field recording, multichannel electroacoustic sound and visuals, cross-cultural collaboration, live coding and improvisation. An interest in collaboration has led to a range of outputs  – including cross-cultural/interdisciplinary works – which have been presented around the world. Active as a mentor, he is co-director of Birmingham ElectroAcoustic Sound Theatre and teaches at the University of Birmingham.

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Durante las últimas tres décadas, la música y el arte sonoro de Scott Wilson ha explorado la intersección de una variedad de prácticas diferentes y, a veces, contradictorias. Combinando aspectos de composición instrumental/vocal, grabación de campo, sonido e imágenes electroacústicas multicanal inmersivas, colaboración intercultural, live coding e improvisación en obras que son cada una una solución a medida para un problema artístico único. Un interés particular en la colaboración ha dado lugar a una rica gama de productos, que incluyen trabajos interculturales e interdisciplinarios. Estas y otras piezas, que incluyen paisajes sonoros hiperreales que utilizan sonidos del mundo natural, un palimpsesto musical colaborativo sobre grabaciones clásicas de Qawwali y música creada mediante la sonificación de las colisiones de partículas del Gran Colisionador de Hadrones del CERN, se han presentado en todo el mundo. También trabajo como profesor y mentor de jóvenes artistas, es codirector de Birmingham ElectroAcoustic Sound Theatre y enseña en la Universidad de Birmingham en el Reino Unido.