Cathy Lane and Rosemary Butcher are artists in residence  at Critical Path Dance Agency and Campbelltown Arts Centre, Sydney, Australia. They are leading a practice based research project for choreographers and sound artists. The end result will be a film of the process which will be part of "What I think about when I think about Dancing" an exhibition running from 16 Nov 2009–17 Jan 2010 at Campbelltown Arts Centre, NSW. Click here for futher information.

Thomas Gardner and the Automatic Writing Circle continue their collaboration with Taina Riikonen in a 2 day residency at the Sibelius Academy in Finland on the 21st and 22nd of September. The residency features improvisations by the Automatic Writing Circle and Ouija board followed by seminars discussing aspects of their work. For more information click here

Practice-as-Research – in Performance and Screen has just been published by Palgrave Macmillan and includes "Performing the Cinesonic-Gazetteer, Explorer Yarns and Sagas" by Cathy Lane and Cathy Greenhalgh. 'Gazeteer' was one of two sound and image works that resulted from a practice based research trip to Iceland in 2005.
The other work that resulted from this trip was 'Aftermath', a dance film made in collaboration with choreographer Rosemary Butcher. 'Aftermath' can be seen at http://vimeo.com/14859121. For further details click here

Cathy Lane has written an essay "History Re-mixed" about the work of Dani Gal for Ars Viva catalogue 09/10 Kulturkreis der deutschen Wirtschaft, published late 2009.

Soundtrap IV is John Wynne's latest exhibition, an installation for pianola, 300 recycled hi-fi speakers and vacuum cleaner. The exhibition runs from 9 Sept - 18 Oct 2009 
Tues - Sun 11am – 5pm. Preview Wednesday 9 September 6-9pm. Performance event - 24 Sept. Click here for more details.

The Body Event is a sound work for computer and voice made by David Toop in collaboration with John Latham in 2004. The Installation runs from 3rd to 6th September at FTI-Io, 210 Bellenden Road, London SE15 4BW. Preview 3rd September 7-9pm. Click here for more details.

24th July saw the opening of Sound Escapes, an exhibition of sound art, a collaboration produced by Electra, curated by Angus Carlyle and Irene Revell. The exhibition is on until 15th August at Space Gallery 120-131 Mare Street E8. Click here for further information.

Cathy Lane and Angus Carlyle delivered a joint paper entitled "Listening to Landscapes" as part of a panel addressing the aesthetic, philosophical, ethical and ecological implications of capturing and evoking landscape through the medium of sound recording at Living Landscapes: an international conference on landscape, performance and environment. This AHRC Arts and Environment Programme conference was held at Aberystwyth University June 18-21st, 2009. For more details of the conference click here.

Cathy Lane delivered a paper entitled "Listening out for the Past: A Composer’s Ear-Led Approach to Exploring Island Culture Past and Present in the Outer Hebrides", as part of a biannual conference series that explores geographically and culturally, insular communities worldwide. The conference, entitled "Taking Shetland out of the Box: Island Cultures and Shetland Identity", was held at the Shetland Museum & Archives, the Shetland Islands 7-10th May 2009. For more details of the conference click here.

Thomas Gardner will perform ‘Lipsync’ for cello and live electronics and new work for 'Ouija Board' and 'Ecosonic Ensemble '(Using location recording and live processing) at Die Alte Schmeide, Vienna on March 28 2009. Click here for further information on the venue Click here for more information on Ouija Board
Ecosonic performers are:  Seth Ayyaz, Peter Coyte, Kirsten Edwards, Thomas Gardner, Stephen Preston

CRiSAP are proud to announce that the sound track to CRiSAP publication Autumn Leaves: Sound and the Environment in Artistic Practice edited by Angus Carlyle has won the Qwartz Electronic Music Compilation Award. The soundtrack has been produced by Gruenrekorder. Click here to download free from their website.

Cathy Lane's new work "...the pickle jar is her home..." is part of a group show, 'Material Texts' which is at Kashi Art Gallery, Kochi, India. The show was curated by Meena Vari and Arvind Lodaya and includes works by  Anant Joshi, Ayisha Abraham, Biju Joze, Cathy Lane, Justin Ponmany, Mili Tharagan, NN Rimzon, Prajakta Potnis, Sumedh Rajendran, Vivek Vilasini and Yashes Shetty.