HELEN VARLEY JAMIESON, 2008
A solo performance using a Pollocks toy theatre & figures to tell a tragic love story in images. the soundtrack was the looped & layered voice of sally rodwell saying “the story is mine”, and the online audience created their own narrative in the text chat window
ESSAY by PHIL DADSON, 2006
Some years back, having written a few sound stories of my own, I began collecting anecdotes from sound artists and experimental instrument builders I met with whilst travelling in the USA. Each artist would be asked to tell a yarn about a sound experience imprinted on their memory that may have influenced the direction or path they were to take as artists.
REVIEW by AARON KREISLER, 2006
When moving through the show, it becomes abundantly clear that some serious research and development has gone into the production of these mind-altering and sensory-overloading artworks – the nexus between art studio and science lab feels very close.
PHOTOS by STELLA BRENNAN, 2006
Documentation of two days of mini-FM festivities.
ESSAY by SIMON KONG
for Matthew Ayton.
Matthew asked me to describe my experience of sound and how it inspires me as an artist.
ESSAY by BRIDIE LONIE, 2004.
for The New Zealand Listener
Collectively called Polar Projects, Dadson’s suite of works was built from footage recorded over a single week of camping with science teams in the Taylor and Garwood Dry Valleys. It takes seriously the job of providing information, simulation and analysis.