John Stead
Composer and son et lumiere artistson et lumiere installations
Title: Patterns and Emanations
Date of creation: 14 - 15.07.01
Visual: hybridised fractal geometries projected on static screens
Sound: 4 channel sound ( music concrete. synthetic )
Venue: Live Arts Space, Ferens Art Gallery, Hull. U.K.
Duration: 45' 00"
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Title: Patterns and Emanations (Day of Light)
Date of creation: 16.10.04
Visual: hybridised fractal geometries projected on mobile screens
Sound: 4 channel sound ( music concrete. synthetic )
Venue: Lastingham Church, Lastingham, North Yorks. U.K.
Duration: 45' 00"
Statement: The church at Lastingham (U.K.) is a site of pilgrimage - it was a great privilege to install and perform a special version of this work for the Day of Light at Lastingham.
Title: Patterns and Emanations (Music and Light for Bells and Spaces)
Date of creation: 29.03.03
Visual: hybridised fractal geometries projected on mobile screens
Sound: 4 channel sound ( music concrete. synthetic )
Venue: St. Mary's Church, Lowgate, Hull, U.K.
Duration: 45' 00"
Statement: In this version the colours of the son et lumiere that come from Reims and are replaced by those from the glass at St. Mary's, Lowgate, Hull. I would like to thank Richard Duffy for his camerawork in recording this installation.
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Title: Waterways
Date of creation:
Visual: hybridised fractal geometries projected on mobile screens
Sound: 4 channel sound ( music concrete. synthetic )
Venue: Beverley Road Swimming Pool, Hull. U.K.
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Statement:
Title: Chaos of Rainbows
Date of creation: 15.07.97
Visual: hybridised fractal geometries projected on mobile screens
Sound: 4 channel sound ( music concrete )
Venue: St. Marys Church, Lowgate, Hull. U.K.
Duration:
Statement: Funded by the Lottery through the Arts Council of England. This son et lumiere utilises the colours of stained glass and of flowers and sounds from the human voice and birdsong.
Title: Celebrations
Date of creation: 1989
Visual: lasers, lights and pyrotechnics
Sound: live and pre-recorded synthetic music
Venue: Victoria Square, Hull. U.K.
Duration: 60' 00"
Statement: I would like to thank Dave Fearn for creating the video compilation of this event, whilst he was a student film maker at Humberside College.