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John Wynne


Untitled installation for 300 speakers, player piano and vacuum cleaner


This solo show at Beaconsfield Gallery in London has now closed.
However the installation has become the first piece of sound art in the collection of Charles Saatchi and will show at the new Saatchi Gallery, Chelsea, in an exhibition called Newspeak in June 2010.


Click here for my research diary on the development of this piece.




Opening November 12 in London, Sound Proof 2 is an exhibtion about the Olympics curated by Monica Biagioli. My 5-channel sound installation, Faster Higher Stronger, will make use of publicly visible graphic subversions of the Olympic rings.
In January 2010, I will show a new installation at the Museum of Anthropology in Vancouver. The exhibition, a group show called Border Zones: New Art across Cultures, is curated by Niranjan Rajah and Karen Duffek and will launch the Museum's new exhibition space currently under construction. My project is based on speakers of one of Canada's endangered indigenous languages, Gitxsanimaax.
Hearts, Lungs and Minds, a half-hour composed documentary for radio will be broadcast for the second time on BBC Radio 3 on December 28 at 21:30 UK time. This piece is based on recordings made with Tim Wainwright while we were artists in residence at Harefield Hospital, one of the world's leading centres for heart and lung transplants.

Transplant
A book and DVD edited by Victoria Hume and designed by Fraser Muggeridge Studio
Includes a 35-minute video by John Wynne and Tim Wainwright

A collection of essays with a wide range of perspectives on the Transplant project and the wider issues it raises by contributors including David Toop, Magdi Yacoub, Marcia Farquhar.

Available through rb&hArts: arts@rbht.nhs.uk


Playing with Words: The spoken word in artistic practice

A book edited by Cathy Lane and published by CRiSAP (Creative Research in Sound Arts Practice)

Contributions from artists including Laurie Anderson, Ansuman Biswas, Jaap Blonk, Brandon LaBelle, Katharine Norman, David Toop, Trevor Wishart, John Wynne, Pamela Z

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A double audio CD will be released in 2010

Autumn Leaves: Sound and the environment in artistic practice

A book with 27 free downloadable audio tracks edited by Angus Carlyle and published by CRiSAP (Creative Research in Sound Arts Practice)

Audio compilation won a 2009 Qwartz Electronic Music Award in France


Contributions from artists including Peter Cusack, Jem Finer, Christina Kubisch, Phil Niblock, Hildegard Westerkamp, Chris Watson, John Wynne

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Click here for the audio tracks

Upcoming publications include contributions to:

Between Art and Anthropology, edited by Arnd Schneider and Chris Wright

The Art of Immersive Soundscapes, edited by Pauline Minevich and Ellen Waterman


Beyond Text, edited by Rupert Cox