philip cornett

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Experience


Ian Giles' EDWARD / MAURICE (2023)
Composer
The Heong Gallery, Downing College, Cambridge
September 2023

Worked with the film director to create specific sound worlds related to the narratives of Giles' film.  It is published online for steaming, downloading, etc. 


Workshop Co-Leader
Wysing Arts Centre 
Jul 2022 - Aug 2022 

This series of workshops was with the CRUNCH Ramsey Youth Group, co-led with Karen Eng. We enable the young people to produce an audio visual experience they could revisit in Ramsey using geolocated sound walks. We had two sessions in Ramsey, and a three day intensive production sessions at Wysing Arts Centre.

I led the sound production, and guided them in Field Recording techniques, and site specific composition ideas. I also led them in the use of the Wysing Polyphonic Recording Studio, and basic editing and DAW techniques so they could construct their own soundscapes based on the locations on their sound walk around Ramsey. 

I collected their work and produced it into a 70 minute soundscape for the walk which is geolocated around Ramsey using the ECHOES app. Each specific location has its own soundscape using sound recorded, edited and composed by the young people. 


The Burning Baby 2020
Composer, Editor
Paul Kindersley's third film, yet to be released. The tailer can be viewed here: https://youtu.be/gASeCg9DIPo 

trying, 2019
this audiovisual work developed through my bereavement counselling with Cruse (a UK based bereavement counselling charity), is made up of videos my mom shared with me on facebook, and other videos that built the comforting, safety blanket of my digital world through this period of intense grief. This work was exhibited in central Cambridge at the motionsickness project space, unit 15, lion yard, petty curry, cambridge as part of their inaugural exhibition in the space. 
the work can be seen here: https://youtu.be/BXpwnWBMXvA

The Image 2018
Composer, Editor
Paul Kindersley's second film, commissioned by Charleston House, East Sussex
https://www.charleston.org.uk/exhibition/orlando-at-the-present-time/. 

Modern Lapidary, The Workshop 2018
Composer, Lead
This commissioned audiovisual work for Dalziel + Scullion's CORPUS bench sculptures at Addenbrookes Hospital, guided participants into a narrative building project focused on the minerals found within types of granite.  Taking inspiration from natural materials like limestone, slate, marble, but also from the way the material has been used to create a resting point and encourages a moment of reflection in passers by who interacts with them. The workshop expands on the connection between the stone and the individual, and the gift of repose that the stone offers.  The work was also developed using archival materials from the Sedgwick Museum of Earth Sciences, Cambridge.  
The standalone artwork can be experienced here: https://youtu.be/m-h98prQvGA


The Feel of Things 2018
Editor, Composer
I was commissioned to create a 40 minute art film from documentation footage of David Kefford’s workshop in Dhakar, Bangladesh. I worked with the artist to deliver the film, with the aim of gallery and conference screenings. The trailer of the film can be seen here: https://youtu.be/roZISYLx5Zc

Any Instant Whatsoever, Alexander Geist 2017, 2019
Sound Designer, Composer
Performed at Rich Mix as part of the AND WHAT? Queer Arts Festival, I worked closely with the artist to write a new pop song, two electroacoustic works, as well as performed the sound design live. The single, Any Instant Whatsoever, was released by Wicked Hag Records, Berlin in May 2019. It can be experienced here: https://youtu.be/tb4OTpuVpFE 

Das Spiel Der Hoffnung 2017
Movie Sound Composer, Camera, Lighting, Editor
I provided my compositional, filming and editing skills for Paul Kindersley’s first feature length movie. 
The trailer of the film can be seen here: https://youtu.be/p8awSU369Tk



Education
Cambridge School of Art
MA Fine Art, Distinction 2015

University of the Arts London, 
Sound Arts MA, 2010

Middlesex University, London 
Sonic Art BA Hons, First Class 2007


selected exhibited works, 

performances and awards


Edward / Maurice, The Heong Gallery, exhibition 2023

concrete gazebo curates Sound Lab 103, summer at the beach, group improv event at Waterbeach Barracks, 2023

The Burning Baby, Kettles Yard, Screening 2022

The Burning Baby, The Garden Cinema, London , screening, 2022

Any Instant Whatsoever, single release with Alexander Geist on Wicked Hag Records, 2019

Modern Lapidary , Workshop, St Barnabas Church, Cambridge, 2018

SAW , Digital Video, Bohemian Like You (LGBTQ History group show), ArtWorks, Cambridge, 2018

Stoner Blue / STATIC / Applause (Any Instant Whatsoever), Rich Mix 2017 

Apocalyptic Intimacy, performance with badtiming, part of Cruising for Art, curated by Brian Lobel, Cambridge Junction, 2017

Das Spiel der Hoffnung, Private Screening at The Athenaeum Club, Pall Mall London 2017

Das Spiel der Hoffnung Official Trailer, Belmacz Mayfair, 2017

A-N Documenta Travel Bursary Recipient, 2017

A-N Professional Development Recipient ( LOTUSLAND THE MUSICAL, digital video ), 2017

WHAT DOES THE FUTURE HOLD, digital image, published in NOT HERE: A Queer Anthology of Loneliness, Pilot Press, 2017

LOTUSLAND ESTATES , ELAN (Aid & Abet), Art Language Location, 2016

 ( Grant for the Arts received from the Arts Council )

LOTUSLAND IV , APT Gallery, Deptford, 2016

LOTUSLAND III, Z33 Arts Centre, Belgium, 2015

LOTUSLAND II, Ruskin Gallery, Cambridge, 2015

LOTUSLAND I, Residency Changing Spaces, Cambridge 2015

Fluxus performances (for Christian Marclay Exhibition), White Cube Gallery, Bermondsey, 2015

  Thomas Schmit, Cycle for Water Rhymes (or Bottles), 1962

  Yoko Ono, ‘Boil water and watch until it evaporates’ (Watch Piece, Spring, 1964)

Collective Non-Decision Making, in Two-Parts, Art:Language:Location 2014, Cambridge

LGBT 20:20 Vision Project, SGFA 2014, LCC (Presentation) 

LGBT 20:20 Vision Project, Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, 2014

Cambridge, ‘Trading Stories Exhibition’, Museum of Cambridge, 2014 https://soundcloud.com/philipcornett/cambridge

HOME, Cambridge Art Salon, 2013 (Collaborative Exhibition)

Medal & Flower Bearer, Velodrome, London 2012 Olympics

Winter, CCN, Cambridge Art Salon, 2012

Birds, Chimes and Things, Cambridge Airport, 2012

This Place, The Gallery, LCC, 2010 & Speculum Artium, Slovenia 2011

This is Life, Jersey Arts Centre, 2009 (Solo Show)



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