Mark Peter Wright
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Mark Peter Wright is a British
sound art
ist who works with field recording and phonography.
He studied at the London College of Communication
, University of the Arts London
, London and Manchester Metropolitan University
and has exhibited and broadcast works internationally including Flat Time House, London, Barbican Centre
, London, Queen Elisabeth Hall, South Bank Centre
, London, Royal Opera House
, London, and on BBC Radio 3
and Resonance FM
.
In 2009 Wright was awarded the BASCA
British Composer Award in Sonic Art for his work A Quiet Reverie an "audio exploration of site, time, perception and landscape" focused upon the monastic abbeys in North Yorkshire.
Wright is also founder and editor of Ear Room, an online publication for developing critical discourse and debate on the creative, and explorative use of sound in artistic practice, and including interviews with relevant contributors to sound arts such as Hildegard Westerkamp
and Janek Schaefer
.
Recent work includes Where Once We Walked a series of five compositions created in collaboration with the arts charity Another Space to reflect the lives of the Windermere Boys, several hundred orphaned Jewish boys sent to the Lake District
to recover from their internment in Auschwitz
.
Mark Peter Wright is represented by IMT Gallery
.
United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...
sound art
Sound art
Sound art is a diverse group of art practices that considers wide notions of sound, listening and hearing as its predominant focus. There are often distinct relationships forged between the visual and aural domains of art and perception by sound artists....
ist who works with field recording and phonography.
He studied at the London College of Communication
London College of Communication
The London College of Communication is a constituent college of the University of the Arts London, located in Elephant and Castle. It has about 5,000 students on 60 courses in media and design courses preparing students for careers in the creative industries...
, University of the Arts London
University of the Arts London
The University of the Arts London, formerly known as the London Institute, is a collegiate university comprising six internationally recognised art, design, fashion and media colleges in London, England...
, London and Manchester Metropolitan University
Manchester Metropolitan University
Manchester Metropolitan University is a university in North West England. Its headquarters and central campus is in the city of Manchester, but there are outlying facilities in the county of Cheshire. It is the third largest university in the United Kingdom in terms of student numbers, behind the...
and has exhibited and broadcast works internationally including Flat Time House, London, Barbican Centre
Barbican Centre
The Barbican Centre is the largest performing arts centre in Europe. Located in the City of London, England, the Centre hosts classical and contemporary music concerts, theatre performances, film screenings and art exhibitions. It also houses a library, three restaurants, and a conservatory...
, London, Queen Elisabeth Hall, South Bank Centre
South Bank Centre
Southbank Centre is a complex of artistic venues in London, UK, on the South Bank of the River Thames between County Hall and Waterloo Bridge. It comprises three main buildings , and is Europe’s largest centre for the arts. It attracts more than three million visitors annually...
, London, Royal Opera House
Royal Opera House
The Royal Opera House is an opera house and major performing arts venue in Covent Garden, central London. The large building is often referred to as simply "Covent Garden", after a previous use of the site of the opera house's original construction in 1732. It is the home of The Royal Opera, The...
, London, and on BBC Radio 3
BBC Radio 3
BBC Radio 3 is a national radio station operated by the BBC within the United Kingdom. Its output centres on classical music and opera, but jazz, world music, drama, culture and the arts also feature. The station is the world’s most significant commissioner of new music, and its New Generation...
and Resonance FM
Resonance FM
Resonance 104.4 FM is a London based non-profit community radio station run by the London Musicians' Collective .The station is staffed by four permanent staff members, including programme controller Ed Baxter and over 300 volunteer technical and production staff.Until September 2007, ResonanceFM...
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In 2009 Wright was awarded the BASCA
British Academy of Songwriters, Composers and Authors
British Academy of Songwriters, Composers and Authors was founded in 1947.It represents its members within the industry, to the government and to the European Commission....
British Composer Award in Sonic Art for his work A Quiet Reverie an "audio exploration of site, time, perception and landscape" focused upon the monastic abbeys in North Yorkshire.
Wright is also founder and editor of Ear Room, an online publication for developing critical discourse and debate on the creative, and explorative use of sound in artistic practice, and including interviews with relevant contributors to sound arts such as Hildegard Westerkamp
Hildegard Westerkamp
Hildegard Westerkamp is a German and Canadian composer of electroacoustic music.Many of her compositions deal with the acoustic environment. Particular themes include soundscapes of urban or rural areas, including voices, noise, silence, music and media, and so on...
and Janek Schaefer
Janek Schaefer
Janek Schaefer is a London-based sound artist, musician, and composer born in England to Polish and Canadian parents in 1970. He is known for his innovative work with sound and installation art...
.
Recent work includes Where Once We Walked a series of five compositions created in collaboration with the arts charity Another Space to reflect the lives of the Windermere Boys, several hundred orphaned Jewish boys sent to the Lake District
Lake District
The Lake District, also commonly known as The Lakes or Lakeland, is a mountainous region in North West England. A popular holiday destination, it is famous not only for its lakes and its mountains but also for its associations with the early 19th century poetry and writings of William Wordsworth...
to recover from their internment in Auschwitz
Auschwitz concentration camp
Concentration camp Auschwitz was a network of Nazi concentration and extermination camps built and operated by the Third Reich in Polish areas annexed by Nazi Germany during World War II...
.
Mark Peter Wright is represented by IMT Gallery
IMT Gallery
IMT Gallery is a contemporary art gallery in Bethnal Green in London's East End.-History:IMT Gallery was founded by Lindsay Friend in 2005 and launched with the first London solo exhibition by O Zhang. Other artists to have been given their first London solo exhibitions with IMT Gallery include...
.