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CHRISTOPHER AUSTIN
One of the UK’s foremost conductors specialising in contemporary repertoire, Christopher Austin has given more than 80 world and local premieres in the last decade. More than 40 of those premieres were given by the Brunel Ensemble, of which Austin was founder and Artistic Director throughout its existence. Recent work includes his debuts with the London Sinfonietta, Esbjerg Ensemble, Orchestre National de Lille, Orchestra della Teatro Regio Parma, the Danubia Symphony Orchestra and at the Aldeburgh Festival. Among contemporary artists he has collaborated with John Cale, Michael Nyman and The Divine Comedy. He collaborated with Joby Talbot on Aluminium – an album of orchestral covers of songs by the White Stripes. His film orchestrations include Son of Rambow, The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy (the title song of which he co-wrote), as well as two Ivor Novello Award-wining scores – Enduring Love and Max – and the recent David Attenborough documentaryCharles Darwin and the Tree of Life. He was Paul Morley’s composition teacher for the recent two-part BBC Four documentary How to be a Composer and teaches composition, orchestration and conducting at the Royal Academy of Music in London.
MELANIE CLARKE
Melanie Clarke is a choreographer with a building international reputation. She works from the conceptual basis of the infinite possibilities of the human body in motion and the nuances of meaning that come from highly visible physical intention. Each choreographed work is an in-depth exploration in which the intense specificity of movement provides a particular resonance and gives an individual identity. The works have both an emotional or psychological resonance and refined formalism and are performed with an intensity of presence that is highly absorbing. It is always elegant and finely tuned but also highly physical and virtuosic. It is the combination of this visceral physicality and the structured formalism that makes her work unique.
LUKE CORRADINE
Luke Corradine is a music producer, composer and founder of electro-acoustic project Roebeck. Luke's carreer begins in early 2003 after being spotted and signed by music empresario Rob Deacon of Deviant Records. Nowdays Luke composes for TV and film as well as working as sound editor for OH TV. He is currently finalising the music for Shabazz L. Graham's movie "Malachi", due out early next year, as well as promoting his just released Roebeck album "Hurricanes on Venus", on the downtempo imprint ILABEL. For more info please visit
www.roebeck.co.uk
SERGIO LOPEZ FIGUEROA
A cultural activist, composer and creative producer, Sergio López Figueroa is the director and founder of Big Bang Lab, a cultural-social enterprise working across Film, Music and Heritage from consultancy to independent production. He studied music for film at the National Film & Television School and specialized in new music for silent films, winning the Harlock award at Rimusicazioni Film Festival for his score for Un Chien Andalou. In 2007 he was commissioned by Tate modern to write and produce a full programme of live music scores for surreal silent films for the Dali exhibition.
He won an international Cultural Leadership award in 2009 supported by British Council for a placement in India, producing Delhi City Symphony project and a contemporary silent film about the city in collaboration with underprivileged children.
His contribution to the dissemination of cultural heritage, the creative use of audio-visual archives and new music production has proved particularly rewarding for participants and audiences. He is introducing Cultural Social Responsibility as a new development of CSR including heritage, media literacy, Intergenerational knowledge transfer and cultural diversity. He is currently developing Global City Symphonies as a tool for social inclusion and urban regeneration project, connecting citizens and cities with common challenges
PIERS IBBOTSON
Piers Ibbotson is a respected speaker, coach and facilitator. He is a regular contributor to senior management development programmes in the UK and around the world, introducing leaders and senior managers to concepts and techniques from the creative arts.Piers trained originally as a scientist and worked in the oil industry for a number of years before entering the theatre in 1980. He had a successful career as a performer, working at the Royal National Theatre and the Royal Shakespeare Company as well as making appearances in TV and film. In 1990 he became an Assistant Director with the Royal Shakespeare Company working alongside some of the best directing talent in the British theatre.
MIGUEL IMAS
Miguel Imas studies and writes about violence, creativity, sustainability and change among workers and indigenous organisations in Latin America and Africa. His work is influenced by the courage, resilience and creative spirit of people who live in poverty and scarcity. Miguel holds a BSc and PhD in Social Psychology from the London School of Economics. He currently works at Kingston University as director of the MA in the Creative Economy and lectures on organisation studies. He believes passionately that art plays an important role in translating human experiences around the world so others can appreciate and understand them and by doing so construct a more participative and collaborative world.
GRAHAM JEFFERY
Graham Jeffery is a Reader in the School of Media, Languages and Music at the University of the West of Scotland. His career has spanned secondary, further and higher education, twelve years of which were based at Newham Sixth Form College and the University of East London, where he led the NESTA- funded Pathways into Creativity project. He is a consultant and composer working with a range of organisations including Cape UK, the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, LIFT and the Specialist Schools and Academies Trust. Most recently he has been a lead tutor and researcher on the Teacher Artist Partnership Programme, a London-based professional development programme for artists and teachers in collaboration. Graham contributed to the Roberts Review Nurturing Creativity in Young People in 2005-06.
LYNDSAY MANN
Lyndsay Mann is an artist using sound, sculpture, video, performance and installation. Her work explores exclusion and outside-ness, language, repetition and physical ritual. Graduated in Fine Art from Central Saint Martins College, London, she now lives and works in Scotland.www.lyndsaymann.com
DANIEL McCALLUM
Daniel McCallum aged 20, studied performance & composition at the Sydney Conservatorium of Music High School before taking up his studies in composition at the Royal Academy of Music in London. His Teachers have included Dr Paul Stanhope, Dr Mathew Hindson, Dr Ann Boyd, Dr Phillip Cashien and currently Christopher Austin. His works have been performed by the Philharmonia Orchestra, the Sydney Sinfionetta, the Chronology arts Ensemble, the Omega Ensemble, the Sonic Arts Ensemble and various groups at the Royal Academy of Music. His next public performance will be held at the South bank center on the 28th of November as part of the "PLG Young composers' Symposium".
Prof. RICHARD LUXTON
Richard Luxton trained as a clinical biochemist for thirteen years in the Bristol Royal Infirmary before moving to the Institute of Neurology in London to study for a PhD in neuro-immunology, studying antibody affinity in the CSF of patients with multiple sclerosis. At the University of the West of England he has focused his research in the area of developing new rapid detection technologies for point of care diagnostics, environmental analysis, food safety and homeland defence applications. In 2008 Richard launched the Institute of Bio-Sensing Technology in collaboration with Dr Janice Kiely, a specialist in electrical engineering. A central theme of the Institute is to develop a national and an international collaborative research bringing together expertise from academia and industry.
SONIA PACO-ROCCHIA
Sonia Paço-Rocchia is a sound artist/composer/performer/improviser who studied at Université de Montréal. Her work has been presented in Canada and Europe. She enjoys composing for non-conventional instruments, such as bus-cards, slinky or bicycle, and she readily incorporates improvisation and theatrical action into her pieces. She performs/improvises using a myriad of sound-makers, invented instruments, voice and/or bassoon, along with live electronics through interfaces which enable her to perform using her body movements. She plays solo and in various ensembles including London Improvisers Orchestra. She has worked recently with contemporary dance, where as well as composing/improvising the music she has been an integral part of the choreography.
LIZZIE SELLS
Lizzie Sells is an independent dance artist based in London. She works in the UK and abroad, recently in Germany, Edinburgh, Sweden, Tunisia and Romania. She is actively engaged in the research processes of several artists and pursues novel collaborative situations particularly engaged in improvisation. Lizzie is currently exploring the possibilities and limits of performance with a film-maker, costume designer and playwright. Her work expands from stage and opera performance and choreography to teaching and mentoring different ages and abilities. She responds to the drama of the body and is interested in themes of openness, vulnerability, intimacy and sensitivity.
URSZULA STRZEMIECKA
Whilst completing her BA honours degree in Politics, Urszula was actively involved in numerous Media projects in the South West area linking political and creative communication, which has kick-started her career. Urszula's international upbringing has equipped her with the necessary skills required to pursue her passion which lies in cultural media communication. Prior to the University Urszula worked with a charity theatre group. Her role there was to assist in devising educational workshops in an alternative form, and present them in schools across the South East region. The performances involved a wide range of students from various cultural backgrounds and age groups.
NICK WILSON
Nick Wilson is a classically trained singer and academic whose research interests include social creativity (particularly in the contexts of entrepreneurship, policy-making, education, and humanitarian futures), the art and aesthetics of management, and the emergence of cultural and creative industries labour markets (especially early music). Nick was Course Director of the MA Programme in Creative Industries & the Creative Economy at Kingston University, overseeing its development, launch in 2007, and subsequent development. In September of this year, he joined the Centre for Cultural, Media & Creative Industries Research at King's College London
Institute of Bio-Sensing Technology
The Institute of Bio-Sensing Technology (IBST), based at the University of the West of England, Bristol, works with industry and researchers with the aim of creating multidisciplinary partnerships to develop novel bio-sensing technology.
The scope of the Institute is broad - ranging from the development of technology for detection and measurement of biological systems to the integration of biological systems into novel sensing technology.
By consolidating talents and experience from across a range of subject areas we are able to respond to larger challenges presented by industry and public sector. This breath of discipline areas that contribute to the development of a bio-sensing system include: Sensor technology, Data analysis, Biomarkers, Instrumentation, Communications, Sensor Evaluation and Prototype development.
Some of the Technologies currently being developed include: Paramagnetic particle-based detection system, Impedance spectroscopy, Screen printed electrode technology, Bioluminescent bacteria and more
For more information about the Institute's unique work please go to www.biosensingtech.co.uk
The Thought:
The core aspiration of the Institute is to bring various ideas into the pool of diverse knowledge to fuse extraordinary and fruitful initiatives. It is exciting to have an interdependent collaboration between unusual spheres working towards a synergy.
What makes the Spectacle parallel to our work is the principal idea behind it - to pioneer innovative concepts. The process includes developing existing platforms into a completely new creation and experience. Ultimately those developed initiatives contribute to the greater expansion of a given subject area. This includes combining ideas in a unique manner, taken from the world of Arts and Science to bring together our society in a new way.
PARKOUR GENERATIONS
Parkour Generations is dedicated to teaching and displaying the discipline of parkour, the art of movement. Bringing together many of the original expert practitioners of the art, along with the leading instructors in the UK, our aim is to keep the spirit of parkour alive and to provide the highest quality professional services across every aspect of the discipline.
www.parkourgenerations.com
TOPOLSKI CENTURY
Topolski Century is Feliks Topolski's eyewitness record of the twentieth century. It contains the iconic historic figures and the significant political and social events he chronicled in a life spanning nine decades. Feliks Topolski began work on Topolski Century in 1975, a huge panorama reflecting his life and the events of the 20th century. The Century is situated on London's South Bank, where Toplski's studio had been based from the 1950s onwards.
www.topolskicentury.org.uk
