Futures of Listening with Robin Fox

In the second episode of Futures of Listening, we are joined by Robin Fox, a composer and sound artist whose work has traversed from the punk squats of noise and improvised scenes to recent forays into orchestral composition for large scale contemporary dance works. Robin discusses how he started in musical and sonic arts practice, and in particular, his sound-light performance and installations since the early 2000s. Crisscrossing sound, visual, light and improvisation with technological exploration and curiosity, his focus always has been on listening. Robin also discusses the role and importance of alternative education in sound and music through MESS (Melbourne Electronic Sound Studio), a non-profit organisation that he founded to provide public access to electronic musical instruments and promote the preservation of rare and powerful instruments through active use.-Robin Fox is an internationally recognised audio-visual artist and composer whose work spans live performance, exhibitions, public art and composition for contemporary dance. His AV laser works, which synchronise sound & visual electricity in hyper-amplified 3D space have been performed in over 70 cities worldwide. His critically acclaimed performance work TRIPTYCH premiered at Unsound Krakow late 2022 and has toured extensively since with highlights including Berlin Atonal, Barbican (London), Ephemera (Warsaw) and the Lincoln Centre New York among many others. TRIPTYCH was awarded the Isao Tomita Special Prize for electronic music at Ars Electronica 2023. He is co-founder and Artistic Director of MESS.