THE RIME OF THE ANCIENT MARINER AT KETTLES YARD nov 2006

radio taxi>> at kettles yard open, kettles yard gallery>> showing The Rime of the Ancient Mariner>> by Samuel Taylor Coleridge, an alternative school portrait through sound with coleridge community college cambridge.
the poem is read line by line by all of the school’s pupils and teachers underpinned by an atmospheric soundscape composed from recordings made in the school building

"shot at the Three Gorges Dam in China's Yangtze River. Projected in two parts on opposite sides of the gallery, the film places the viewer, physically and psychologically, at the center of an icon of China's ambitions for industrial growth."

the soundtrack was created from field recordings of these giant concrete locks

galerie lelong>> New York

NEW MP3 ON MYSPACE oct 2006

new mp3 on myspace myspace.com>> processed recording of the air inside an accordion

RECORDINGS FROM A HOT AIR BALLOON sept 2006

aerial phonography, the beginnings of a blog documenting a sound project recording hot air balloon journeys
holkham.blogspot.com>>

AN EXPERIMENT IN LIVE FOLEY june 2006

featuring an orchestra of sandpaper, brooms, umbrellas, clay and rubber gloves recreating the soundtrack to Jan Svankmajer Conspirators of Pleasure......
LIVE AT THE SPITZ - LONDON - 29TH JUNE - 7PM

HOLKHAM PLAYS LIVE IN BRUSSELS march 2006

h olkham is playing live in Brussels as part of the Plexiphonic labelnight series, 24 March 24 8pm, with Bauri, Benge and Stendec all of Expanding Records
info at plexiphonic.com>>

"IN THE FIELD" LOCATION BASED PROJECT march 2006

a sound installation based on fragments of the 'Radio Taxi' archive, broadcast via a series of radios bolted to a red brick wall, subtly evoking the appearance of a suburban neighbourhood.

a group show with works by Zoë Walker & Neil Bromwich, Simon Keep and Duncan Speakman
March 18 – 23, daily 12pm – 6pm, [Opening night March 17, 6pm – 10pm]

simon keep will be joining a panel discussion on London's art radio station ResonanceFM, moderated by Tom Wallace 16th of March 16, 7pm – 8pm. As part of 'Node London 2006' www.nodel.org>> at Event Gallery  

SOUND RESIDENCY WITH 209 RADIO feb 2006

a week long sound residency at '209'>> community radio in Cambridge, usually an internet radio station, 209 had been granted a temporary licence to broadcast on FM in the local area. Simon Keep along with artist Kirsten Lavers scheduled the weekend broadcast. The process resulted in 'Silent Sunday': a day dedicated to the broadcast of silence in its many forms including silent interviews with strangers in a black taxi, silent recordings/compositions and a panel discussion. We also performed a laptop version of John Cage's 4 33.

on saturday we remixed material from the stations archive. In the evening we picked a film that was on was TV and created a live re-score to it. People could watch "Final Destination" on TV with the sound turned down and listen to our new sound track live over the radio. In the studio there were three Foley artists, one voiceover and Karl (the station manager) mixing sound effects and music.

TALK AT 'SOUND PRACTICE' feb 2006

simon keep spoke about his soundscape workshops with the Coleridge Community College pupils, at the Sound Practice 2006 conference, Goldsmiths College, London, 11 & 12 February.

SOUND PRACTICE 2006 provided an opportunity to take stock and reflect on the activities that have shaped the scene over the past 5 years. It provided a forum in which to discuss the future of soundscape studies and pool new approaches and practices.

'THE SNOW QUEEN' ON BBC CHRISTMAS DAY 2005

a fairy tale animation by the intro>> production company, transmitted on christmas day. holkham produced all the sound design, foley and sound effects from the holkham studio over 6 months

snow queen transmission times: 6pm sunday 4th december 2005 CBBC Channel and 9am on christmas day BBC1

reviewed on the BBC website>>

HOLKHAM MP3s ON WARPs BLEEP nov 2005 

there are now downloadable mp3s of holkham tracks available on warps bleep.com>>

ONLINE ARCHIVE OF RADIO TAXI PROJECT nov 2005 

holkham collaborated with kirsten lavers and cris cheek of the cambridge taxi gallery to broadcast a local radio station from a black taxi cab for one week over the summer, focusing on the local community and school

the radio taxi archive is now online: radio taxi>>

COLLABORATION WITH ROSEMARY BUTCHER AT TATE MODERN nov 2005 

innovative choreographer rosemary butcher collaborated with holkham and rob rae of why not associates>> to create 'the hour', part of a triptych of dance/film/sound/site specific performances at the tate modern turbine hall

holkham have also created a subsequent sound piece to accompany rosemarys performance 'images every three seconds' touring to vienna, munich and rotterdam

reviewed in the Guardian>>

holkham played live at the norberg festival>> in an abandoned steel mine set in the swedish countryside together with expanding records

for more information about the holkham album visit: expanding records>>

to contact holkham about sound design: simon keep: simon@holkham.net