fourcast - weather-based multimedia installation based on fourcast's conjectural module #3. allan's walk artist run space 7-29 march 2003. also friday 7th open air performance, breakfast (6am-9am), civic park (bendigo town hall) broadcast live on local ABC

undue noise - curator experimental music concert series. also performed solo on some evenings review1 review2

2002

conjectural module #3 (regional module) - the first fourcast residency was at tower studio, queens college, university of melbourne. nov 6-29, 2002. public performance thursday 28th nov 2002.

dearth - choreography by megan beckwith, music: 8 1/2 by jacques soddell, music of the mycelium by fran and jacques soddell. melbourne fringe festival opening, north melbourne town hall (alleyway) 2002

music of the mycelium - jacques and fran soddell. generating music from l-systems models of fungal growth. music and data cdr released april 2002.

brakhage - live performance with justin bull at dance on a dead orchard, harcourt, april 27 2002

marks - by tomasz talaj, sounds by jacques soddell installation at allan's walk artist run space, bendigo march 2-28 2002. mini cdr released march 2002 more info

undue noise - curator experimental music concert series. also performed solo on 2 occasions

2001

golden square -- performance/installation conceived and directed by jude anderson, soundscapes by jacques soddell, national trust building, view st, bendigo, 2-3 nov 2001 (5 performances, part of heart of gold fiesta festival, bendigo). mini cdr released march 2002 more info

brakhage - live performances (jacques soddell & justin bull) at pink palace warehouse (northcote), ruckers (northcote) and 3ccc-fm (bendigo)live to air

fikms by stan brakhage - prepared improvisations with justin bull to silent experimental films by stan brakhage. bendigo film society, April 19 2001 review

music from microbes - installation (with fran soddell) march 2 3- april 1, 2001 castlemaine fringe festival

2000

autonomousAudio - web based sound installation with fran soddell, at artspace in sydney (october 2000) still on web. story on abc science website couple make music with fungus (10 nov, 2000)

incompatible musics - live performance at salon pretentious, maiden gully (november 2000)

art of listening - first live performance at sound exhibition at allan's walk artist run space, bendigo (30 june- 1 july 2000)

1999

may 1999 cdr of recent soundworks by jacques soddell cdr released may 1999

1998

loopism - now and then jacques soddell cdr released december 1998 includes new pieces and remixed older work from the mid-1980s

my music
jacques soddell

i compose and perform experimental music/sound art, sometimes with beats, and also work with video. in addition to composing under my own name, i am a member of fourcast, a quartet of artists (visual, dance and sound), who create installations during residencies; and am a member of punctum, an experimental theatre group led by jude anderson. with my wife fran, i also produce music from models of fungal growth. i also present possible musics, australia's longest running experimental music radio program (since 1983), and curate undue noise concerts and exhibitions.

2006

the shed film - animation by paul fletcher, sound by jacques soddell. originally made for the shed. selected for st kilda film festival may 2006. also screened at dreamlake and e-scape (commonwealth games cultural festival march 2006, bendigo) "The short movie (by Paul Fletcher) takes elements of the Australian landscape (a shed, a fence, a tractor, a sunset) and abstracts them into a shifting collage of light and colour underscored by a soundscape that I can only describe as like the recording of electrical and chemical reactions in the brain." Paul Monaghan - Realtime

bodywealth - dance/video work by megan bexkwith, music by jacques soddell, produced by punctum inc, outdoor stage, civic park, bendigo march 24, 2006

empirical soundings - surround sou nd installation by 10 commonwealth sound artists. march 24-26, 2006. bendigo town hall. curated by jacques soddell (commonwealth games cultural festival) http://cajid.com/empiricsl

wavelength - experimental film and sound by jacques soddell. screened at e-scape (march 21-22, 2006 campbell theatrette, bendigo)(commonwealth games cultural festival). slowly evolving images and sound.

tent city - 5 week fourcast residency at eaglehawk dahlia and arts festival (feb 14-mar 19, 2006) . produced video and sound installations.

bone idol - choreography/animation by megan beckwith, music by jacques soddell, february 2006, allan's walk artist run space, bendigo. repeated at e-scape (march 21, 2006 campbell theatrette, bendigo)

undue noise - curator experimental music concert series

e-scape - curator (with paul fletcher) sound and films march 21-22 (commonwealth games cultural festival)

2005

414 - 4 channel sound work by jacques & fran soddell presented at third iteration conference on generative art. monash university. dec 2 2005 word doc

cajid tour performed with thembi soddell, lawrence english, bruce mowson and camilla hannan, bus gallery, melbourne, august 19 2005

the piano room. installation at allan's walk artist run space, may 11-14, 2005 as part of remembrance of things past . produced video and sound installations

remembrance of things past - curated 4 weeks of installations by local sound/video artists (justin bull, paul flrtcher, jason waters and jacques soddell) http://cajid.com/remembrance

the shed - sound/installation for punctum production, directed by jude anderson, castlemaine state festival, may 9, 2005. also in october 2005: national gallery of victoria (1 week) and single performances in dunolly, trentham, sutton grange, elmore and shepparton. "While the sound by Jacques Soddell and lighting design and installation by Chris Harris were especially strong, the director, writers and performers were equally so." Paul Monaghan, Realtime

this fountain operates without water - fourcast residency at tute's cottage during castlemaine state festival. april 1-10, 2005

art house - installation of fungal and plant music (with fran soddell) at bendigo conservatory (with sculptors yvonne george, marianne midelburg and trefor prest) 24-31 march, 2005. paper presented on this installation at australasian computer music association conference in brisbane in june 2005.

singing bridge s - vibrations : variations. jodi rose's double cd of her bridge sounds from around the world and other peoples remixes, contains "accosted people walking" a remix track by jacques soddell. "The second disc of remixes of these sounds features some incredible, though initially almost inaudible work from Francisco Lopez, and jangly dramatic drone work from Jacques Soddell amongst some other more traditionally structured electro responses." - Bob Baker Fish Cyclic Defrost #11 cd released feb 14 2005. available from http://sonicartstar.singingbridges.net

undue noise - curator experimental music concert series. also performed solo on some evenings

2004

commonwealth youth games.- composed 6 one-minute soundscapes for opening ceremony. tom flood sports centre, bendigo 30 nov 2004

cyborpyg - music for dance/video installation by megan beckwith. for her master's thesis. victorian college of the arts, august 4-6, 2004; also at playhouse theatre, victorian arts centre, melbourne, october 31, 2004. melbourne fringe festival, north melbourne town hall. september 2005 (six performances).

seven suitcases - "case study" (with robbie buckman, tamara marwood, matt byrne) - allan's walk contribution to this group exhibition of suitcases from artist run spaces. allan's walk artist run space, bendigo may 22-29, 2004; also meeting place, 21-24 october, horsham (regional arts australia national conference)

the last retort - experimental film by paul fletcher based on my gas connection "cylinder" soundscape. first screened at shepparton production of the gas connection in march 2004. also screened at undue noise july 2004

undue noise - curator experimental music concert series. also performed solo on some evenings

2003

the gas connection. - directed by jude anderson, soundscape and "cylinder" installation by jacques soddell. gasworks theatre, port melbourne, 16 performances (march 2003), bendigo gasworks, 4 performances (april 2003), shepparton festival, 4 performances, furphy's foundry (march 2004)

public fourcast - month-long fourcast residency (february 2004) at dudley house, bendigo ending with. 6 performancest

prepared performances - cdr of material from live performances in 2003 and conjectural module#3 installation (nov 2002) cdr released august 2003

nosferatu - soundtrack to murnau silent classic. with kurt weibgen and justin bull. bendigo film society, bendigo library theatrette, june 12 2003

jsvdl - live improvisation with darcy long at undue noise, may 11 2003.

brakhage - live performance with justin bull at undue noise march 9 2003 review