David Cunningham Since 1993 artist and musician David Cunningham has created a continuing series of installation works based on real time exploration of acoustics. 'The Listening Room', Biennale of Sydney (1998) was followed by installation works in The Tate Triennial of Contemporary British Art, Tate Britain 2003 and subsequent installations at ICC Tokyo, Ikon Gallery Birmingham, Camden Arts Centre and most recently 1m3 Lausanne. |
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| Born 1954 in Ireland David Cunningham lives and
works in London. His work has ranged from pop
music to gallery installations, including work for
television, film, contemporary dance, and a number
of collaborations with visual artists. His
first significant commercial success came with The Flying
Lizards' record 'Money', an international hit in 1979. Since his first album release 'Grey Scale' in 1976 he has worked as a composer and record producer, engaging with an eclectic range of people and music, from pop groups (This Heat, Owada) to improvisers (David Toop, Steve Beresford) to Michael Nyman's music for Peter Greenaway's films and work with Ute Lemper and others. Live music has involved collaboration and performances with Yasuaki Shimizu, Scanner, Panasonic, Kathy Acker, Michael Nyman, John Cage, Peter Gordon, John Greaves, Apache 61 and others. Music for film and television has included Ken McMullen's films 'Zina' and (in collaboration with Michael Giles and Jamie Muir) 'Ghost Dance', and a series of television collaborations with visual artists which has included John Latham, David Hall, Stephen Partridge, Bruce McLean. Related work has included the production and treatment of sound for installation and broadcast artworks by Martin Creed, Cerith Wyn Evans, Susan Hiller, João Penalva, Ian Breakwell, Gillian Wearing, Thomas Demand, Brad Butler and Karen Mirza, Sam Taylor-Wood and many others. |
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Art Monster
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Writing on water
Tape delays
Ghost Dance
The Yellow Box
Sixteen
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