Last night, I was awarded with LOL the Ivor Novello Award for Best Sound Art at The Ivors Classical Awards!
The jury remarked: “LOL is a provocative, disruptive and impactful work, deftly constructed with humour”.
The award was presented by interdisciplinary composer and audio visual artist Esmeralda Conde Ruiz.
I am very grateful to the jury, to the Ivors Academy, to Kersten Glandien, artistic director of Sound Art Brighton, and to the Auxiliary who commissioned the work (directors Anna Byrne, Kyp Kyprianou, and Liam Slevin).
LOL is a site-specific sonic intervention delivered through the public address system of Middlesbrough’s CCTV surveillance network, reflecting the current state of political affairs in Britain. On dedicated sites in the centre of town, passers-by heard political slogans, and news headlines read by the AI voice ‘Kate’.
LOL was broadcast at specific times over four days 22-25 September 2022.
You can watch an excerpt of LOL on Vimeo
THANK YOU. MERCI.
Photography credit Hogan Media / Shutterstock
