Performances & installations
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- Performances as a member of the London Improvisers Orchestra, including conduction by Ashley Wales, Steve Beresford, Caroline Kraabel & at Iklectik, Waterloo, London, UK
- Performance as a duo with Clive Bell, at the Horse Improv Club, Ikllectik Arts Lab Space, North Lambeth, London, UK
- Performances as a quartet with Rachel Musson, Ed Lucas and Lia Mazzari at Hundred Years Gallery, 13 Pearson St, Hackney, London, UK
- ‘The Seen’ recording session for Confront Recordings. Hackney, London, UK. Personnel: Stewart Lee, Douglas Benford, Jennifer Allum, Mark Wastell, Phil Durrant, Bertrand Denzler, Dominic Lash, Henry Broadbent, Phil Julian, Graham MacKeachan
- Performances as a duo and quartet with Julie Pickard, Ross Lambert & Yoni Silver at Hundred Years Gallery, 13 Pearson St, Hackney, London, UK
- Performances as a member of the London Improvisers Orchestra, conducted by Ashley Wales, Steve Beresford, Dave Tucker & others at Iklectik, Waterloo, London, UK
- Performance as a member of the London Improvisers Orchestra, conducted by Ashley Wales, Caroline Kraabel & others at Iklectik, Waterloo, London, UK
- Performances as a quartet with Crystabel Riley, Tasos Stamou & Steve Beresford at Hundred Years Gallery, 13 Pearson St, Hackney, London, UK
- Performance as part of ‘Gates’ project by Bill Thompson, alongside Blanca Regina, Artur Vidal, Billy Steiger, Marjolaine Charbin, Yoni Silver, John Butcher, Phil Durrant, Richard Sanderson, Sylvia Hallett, James L Malone, Crystabel Riley, Sue Lynch, Edward Lucas and others. The Great Hall, Goldsmiths College, New Cross, London, UK. [Photos: https://www.flickr.com/photos/whiteemotion/sets/72157688079222166/]
- Performances as a trio & quartet with Sarah Gail Brand, Alex Ward & Benedict Taylor at Hundred Years Gallery, 13 Pearson St, Hackney, London, UK
- Duo and quartet performances with Rie Nakajima, Sue Lynch and Adam Bohman. Iklectik’s Sonic Waterloo festival at Granby Place, Lower Marsh, Waterloo, London, UK
- Solo performance alongside John Butcher, Ute Kanngeisser, Andie Brown, Phil Julian and Oliver Barrett. Solo:Duo:Trio event at Oto Project Space, Cafe Oto, Dalston, London, UK
- Performances as a quartet with Jem Finer, Georgina Brett and James Malone at Hundred Years Gallery, 13 Pearson St, Hackney, London, UK
- Performance with Iris Garrelfs, Amy Cutler & Edmund Hardy, alongside Helen Frosi, Alison Blunt, Mark Harwood, Sylvia Hallett and others. Liar Lyre event at Remaking Nature, Wellcome Collection, Euston, London, UK
- Performances as a quartet with Mark Browne, Sylvia Hallett and James Malone at Hundred Years Gallery, 13 Pearson St, Hackney, London, UK
- Performances as a duo with Adam Bohman and a quartet with Steve Noble, Ute Kangiesser and Adam Bohman at Hundred Years Gallery, 13 Pearson St, Hackney, London, UK
- ‘Light As A Wave Form’. Acoustic mirror sound installation with Rob Olins, employing a retrospective collage of solo performances by Douglas Benford. Lumen Studios group exhibition, Ugly Duck, Tanner Street, Bermondsey, London, UK
https://flic.kr/s/aHskU6Xe8M
- Performances as a quartet with John Edwards, Jennifer Allum and Mandhira de Saram at Hundred Years Gallery, 13 Pearson St, Hackney, London, UK
- Performances as a trio with Georgina Brett & Sue Lynch, and with Eduard Solaz & Adam Bohman, at Iklectik and the Horse Improv Club New Years Eve event at I'Klectik Arts Lab / Cafe, North Lambeth, London, UK
- Performance as a duo with Clive Bell, alongside work and films by Richard Thomas, Angharad Davies, Rhodri Davies, Helen Petts, Aura Satz, Jenn Kirby, Swansea Laptop Orchestra & others. GWYL NAWR festival, Volcano theatre, The Iceland Building, 27-29 High St, Swansea, Wales, UK.
Review: http://www.asiw.co.uk/reviews/nawr-festival-volcano-swansea
- Performances (duos & quartet) with Rachel Musson, Daniel Thompson & Clive Bell at Hundred Years Gallery, 13 Pearson St, Hackney, London, UK
- Performance as a member of a live soundtrack ensemble for visuals directed by Karel Doing alongside Blanca Regina, Steve Beresford, Anna Homler, Jack Goldstein & Mandhira De Saram at Strange Umbrellas event at Rays Jazz Cafe, Foyles bookshop, 107 Charing Cross Rd, London, UK
- Performance as a duo with Sue Lynch at the Horse Improv Club, I'Klectik Arts Lab / Cafe, North Lambeth, London, UK
- Performances (duos & quartet) with Sylvia Hallett, David Toop & Billy Steiger at Hundred Years Gallery, 13 Pearson St, Hackney, London, UK
- Forest of Dean installation with Rob Olins. The ‘Commodity’ show, The Garden Cafe gallery, Forest Of Dean, Lydbrook, Gloucestershire, UK. Featured on BBC Radio Gloucester.
https://flic.kr/s/aHskEv5Fx6
- ‘The Sounds Of Osterley Park’ installation with Rob Olins at the National Trust’s Osterley Park & House, Jersey Rd, Isleworth, London, UK. Part of Isleworth Art Trail.
http://osterleyparksounds.tumblr.com/
- Performances (solo & quintet) with Manuela Barczewski, Marie Roux, Charlotte Law & Su Au at Hundred Years Gallery, 13 Pearson St, Hackney, London, UK
- Solo performance, Keam’s Yard on the seafront, Whistable Biennnale, Whistable, Kent, UK
- Performances (trio & quintet) with Marcello Magliocchi, Matthias Boss, Sue Lynch & Adrian Northover at Hundred Years Gallery, 13 Pearson St, Hackney, London, UK
- Performances (duos & quartet) with Max Eastley, Richard Sanderson & Steve Beresford at Hundred Years Gallery, 13 Pearson St, Hackney, London, UK
- Performance as a duo with David W Stockard at the Horse Improv Club Christmas special, I'Klectik Arts Lab / Cafe, North Lambeth, London, UK
- Performances (duos & quartet) with Marjolaine Charbin, Poulomi Desai & Artur Vidal at Hundred Years Gallery, 13 Pearson St, Hackney, London, UK
- Solo performance at the Potting Shed, Full Stop Cafe, Brick Lane, Bethnal Green, London, UK
- Performances (duos & quartet) with Angharad Davies, Matt Davis & Phil Durrant at Hundred Years Gallery, 13 Pearson St, Hackney, London, UK
- ‘Kitchen Reflections’ installation with Rob Olins at I'klectik arts cafe, North Lambeth, London, UK. Included solo performances by Douglas Benford, Sue Lynch, Steve Beresford, Manuela Barczewski & Tim Parkinson.
http://kitchenreflections.tumblr.com/
- Performance as a player in a harmonium group - other players included Aine O'Dwyer, Blanca Regina, Daniel Gorman, Jack Goldstein, Poulomi Desai, Raed Yassin, Ranjana Ghatak, Rushabh Malde, Simran (Reshma) Patel, Artur Vidal and Steve Beresford - performing the piece ‘Space Breath Time’ by artist Joe Namy. The Front Room, Queen Elizabeth Hall, South Bank, London, UK. [Photos: https://flic.kr/s/aHskgvfrHv]
- Performances (duos & quartet) with Sue Lynch, Jem Finer & John Bisset at Hundred Years Gallery, 13 Pearson St, Hackney, London, UK
- Solo performance at the Oscillations summer solstice series, I'Klectik Arts Lab / Cafe, North Lambeth, London, UK
- Performance as a duo with Beibei Wang at the Terry Day gallery show series, I'Klectik Arts Lab / Cafe, North Lambeth, London, UK
- Performances (duos & quartet) with Jennifer Allum, Lina Lapelyte, Adam Bohman & Aleks Kolkowski at Hundred Years Gallery, 13 Pearson St, Hackney, London, UK [photos: http://bit.ly/1ehJI0Z]
- Installation with Rob Olins as part of the Lumen art collective, at St John On Bethnal Green church, London, UK.
- Performance as a duo with Jack Goldstein at the Horse Improv Club, the Doghouse pub, Kennington, London, UK (curated by Sue Lynch & Adam Bohman)
- Performance (duos & quartet) with Manuela Barczewski, Blanca Regina & Steve Beresford. LemonMelon [publishers] collaboration event, Hundred Years Gallery, 13 Pearson St, Hackney, London, UK
- Performance with Tamar Yoseloff at the Festival Of Sound: The Sound Of English Poetry Symposium, Cripps Court, Magdalene Cottage, Cambridge, UK
- Installation with Rob Olins as part of the Lumen art collective, at The Crypt gallery, Euston Road, London, UK. Solo performance on opening night; also part of group performance with Steve Beresford, Poulomi Desai and Clive Bell
- Performance as a duo with Steve Beresford at the Horse Improv Club, the Rose & Crown pub, Southwark, London, UK (curated by Sue Lynch & Adam Bohman)
- ‘Sound of Memories’ installation with Rob Olins, at Birmingham Repertory Theatre, Broad Street, Birmingham, UK
- Archive video presentation at Angharad Davies’ Sneak Preview salon event, Bounds Green, London, UK
- Performance with Blanca Regina at Biddle Bros, Clapton, London, UK
- Sound mirror installation (church and cathedral field recordings) plus prints (Swansea images), including talk mid-May, with Rob Olins & Lee Berwick at the Curwen gallery, London W1, UK
- Performance as part of toy orchestra alongside Steve Beresford, Adam Bohman, John White, Blanca Regina, Simon Underwood, Poulomi Desai, Matthias Kispert, Moshi Honen, Terry Day, Sharon Gal, Jack Goldstein, Tasos Stamou & Fabz at Strange Umbrellas No 4 event, the Tin Tabernacle, Kilburn, London, UK
- Performance as a trio with Angharad Davies and Tamar Yoseloff at the Horse Improv Club, the Doghouse pub, Kennington, London, UK (curated by Adam Bohman)
- Performance with Angharad Davies at Sprawl Unplugged, GV gallery, Marylebone, London, UK
- ‘Soundmirrors’ installation with Rob Olins, in the riverside gallery, Watermans Art Centre, Brentford, London, UK
- ‘House Of Mirrors’ Installation with Rob Olins - as part of ‘Sensation - Festival Of The Senses’ - in Centre Square, High Chelmer Shopping Centre, Chelmsford, Essex, UK
- Extracts of field recordings from ‘House Of Mirrors’ at Jaywick Martello Tower featured on the Framework radio show (broadcast on Resonance FM and other radio stations worldwide, as well as a podcast)
- ‘House Of Mirrors’ Installation with Rob Olins at Jaywick Martello Tower, The Promenade, Belsize Avenue, Jaywick, Nr Clacton-On-Sea, Essex, UK
- Performance with Lina Lapelyte at Power Lunches, Dalston, London, UK
- Installation with Rob Olins at The Royal British Society Of Sculptors, South Kensington, London, UK
- Performance with Tamar Yoseloff at the Saison Poetry Library, Royal Festival Hall, London, UK
- Performance solo and with Matt Davis, at ReSound/SVA, Brunel Goods Shed, Stroud, Gloucs, UK
- ‘House of Mirrors’ installation with Rob Olins at SVA, Brunel Goods Shed, Stroud, Gloucs, UK
- Performance with Tamar Yoseloff at the Horse Improv Club, Horse Inn, Lambeth, London, UK (curated by Adam Bohman)
- ‘House of Mirrors’ Installation with Rob Olins, at the Mission Gallery, Swansea, Wales, UK; Supported by the Arts Council and featured on BBC Radio Wales Art Show
- Performance at the Docking Station, Brentford, London, UK
- ‘Formerly’ poetry book launch performance with Tamar Yoseloff at the Poetry Cafe, Covent Garden, London, UK
- Hour-long radio piece featured as part of ‘Boredcast’, AV Festival, Newcastle (curated by Vicki Bennett)
- Excerpts of Vancouver collage, from the August Arts Gallery installation, featured on the Framework radio show (broadcast on Resonance FM and other radio stations worldwide, as well as podcast).
- Installation (and talk) with Rob Olins at August Arts Gallery, Shoreditch, London, UK
- Performance with Kaffe Matthews, Dalston, London, UK, curated by Simon Whetham / Soundfjord gallery
- Contribution essay piece to ‘The Book Of Guilty Pleasures’, ed. by Song-Ming Ang & Kim Cascone
- Vocal piece ‘Museum Piece’, commissioned by Musicity; aired on BBC Radio 3 Late Junction
- Performance tour, solo, and with Lina Lapelyte, of Lithuania; various venues
- Graphic scores, performed at Whitechapel Art Gallery (with. Aleks Kolkowski / Leon Michener, inspired by Xenakis)
- Performance at Battersea Art Centre, London, UK (curated by Adam Bohman)
- Performer as part of Jem Finer’s ‘Longplayer Live’, Trinity Buoy Wharf, London, UK
- Performance at Arnolfini, Bristol, UK (curated by Simon Whetham)
- Performance at Louch art event, Bloomsbury, London, UK
- Performer as part of Jem Finer’s ‘Long-player’ Live, Roundhouse, Chalk Farm, London, UK (featured on BBC London)
- Performance at the Foundry, Shoreditch, London, UK
- London Science Museum solo performances (support to live performance of Brian Eno’s ‘Apollo’ by Icebreaker). Interviewed also on BBC6 Music radio
- Performance in collaboration with Lina Lapelyte (alongside Invisible Bees) Bacon Street Project space, Brick Lane, London, UK
- Performance (alongside the Invisible Bees), at Bacon Street Project space, Brick Lane, London, UK
- Performance (alongside Sebastien Roux, Beddoes) at Cafe OTO, Dalston, London, UK
- Live electronic set as 'SI-CUT.DB’ with visuals by DFUSE at Teatro Oi Casa Grande, Rua Afranio de Mello Franco 290, Leblon, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
- Performance (alongside Alexander Wendt, Janek Schaefer) at '108 Pieces Demolition’ event, LABAN Creekside, London, SE8 3DZ, UK
- Douglas Benford & Rod Thomas (Bright Light Bright Light) recording, composing & live collaborations at The Roundhouse, Chalk Farm/Camden, London, UK & ICA, The Mall, London, UK
- Live electronic set as 'SI-CUT.DB’ (alongside Aleks Kolkowski, Akira Rebelais, Stephen Mathieu) at Sparte 4 theatre, Saarbrucken, Germany
- Live electronic sets as 'SI-CUT.DB’ collaboration with Iris Garrelfs (Alongside Max Eastley, Thomas Koner, DJ Sniff, Keir Neringer, Ekkehard Ehlers, Brian Duffy, David Lacey & Fergus Kelly) at Sprawl 'Interplay’ events, at:
- STEIM at Bimhuis, Amsterdam, Netherlands
- The Spitz, Old Spitalfields Market, London, UK
- Cube Microplex, Dove St. South, Bristol, UK
- Darklight Festival, Temple Bar, Dublin, Ireland
- Live performance using Mathieu Briand’s 'Spiral’ installation (alongside Mathieu Briand, Charlie Dark, Sarah Washington + Xentos 'Fray’ Bentos. UBS Weekend, Turbine Hall, Tate Modern, London, UK
- Live electronic set as 'SI-CUT.DB’ at Burst Couch at Futuresonic festival, Manchester, UK
- Live electronic set as 'SI-CUT.DB’ (Alongside Enrico Glerean + Lina Lapelyte, For Barry Guy (Carina Thoren + John Chantler) at Event Gallery, Hackney, London, UK
- Live electronic set as 'SI-CUT.DB’ at Qwartz Pro-Art Awards, Paris, France
- Live electronic set as 'SI-CUT.DB’ (alongside Stephan Mathieu, Freeform, Mapstation) at TRANSIT 06 festival, Chiasso, Switzerland
- Live electronic set as 'SI-CUT.DB’ at New Forms festival, Vancouver, Canada
- Live electronic sets as 'SI-CUT.DB’ at Sirkus bar & SmekkleysaSM/BadTaste Gallery, Reykjavik, Iceland
- Live electronic set as 'SI-CUT.DB’ (alongside Leafcutter John, Iris Garrelfs) at Lovebytes festival, Sheffield, UK
- Live electronic set as 'SI-CUT.DB’ (alongside Pan Sonic, Taylor Deupree, Richard Chartier) at The Sage, Gateshead, Newcastle, UK
- Live electronic set as 'SI-CUT.DB’ at Tallinn, Estonia
- Live electronic set as 'SI-CUT.DB’ (alongside Frank Bretschneider, Sebastien Roux) at 'e-life 2005’ festival, Madrid, Spain
** For older biographies and listings see archived website page links:
For Sprawl events - current and past - all curated and produced with Iris Garrelfs - see list at: