BBC Composer Awards
So my installation “Study for Film and Audience” was used to represent the new “Sonic Art” award at the British Academy Composer Awards. The awards ceremony was yesterday evening, but I understand it will be broadcast on Radio 3 tonight.
There were lots of photos taken, although as is typical, not by me. It was fun watching the audience (comprised mainly of composers and musicians) trying to get to grips with the installation. It’s always good to see how people react to this type of material. There’s lots I could say about this, but I’m not going to yet. I’d much rather wait to see what people say to me, although the predictable comments along the lines of “it’s not a)art b)music c)refined d)reasonable e)serious etc. etc.” have so far been notably absent. Hurrah for progress.