Dave Lawrence (aka Sponde): Sound artist, composer, improvisation performance, musician: dave@sponde.co.uk
Special interests - sounds of life, the life of sounds, sound as data, collaboration, unwell-tempered harmonics.
Soundscape compositions work with ‘Soundabout’ field recordings, improvisation, sound object performance, digital-analogue, wild and urban nature, layering/repositioning.
Special interests - sounds of life, the life of sounds, sound as data, collaboration, unwell-tempered harmonics.
Soundscape compositions work with ‘Soundabout’ field recordings, improvisation, sound object performance, digital-analogue, wild and urban nature, layering/repositioning.
1. Marjamiemi Lighthouse
composition
(Feb 2022 - vocals, Annukka Loukola), acknowledgements - Niina Vuori, Heidi Simppala, Annukka Loukola, Eeva-Liisa Saarela, Artur Kazmertsuk
2. Opus 22022022 (collaboration - Yunjia Liu, KulttuuriKauppila; free improvisation, 22nd Feb 2022)
2. Metsä on (Vanha Villatehdas, Pikinsaari, September 2021): soundscape composition - collaboration with Päivi Pussila)
3. Corridoors of Sound Collective: free-improvisation multi artform ensemble: live concerts and happenings - classical, traditional, electronica, voice/poetry, noise, & sound art musicians, dance, drawing/painting, film, digital media, drama, sculptural, visual art: "The Retyrning" (Tyrnävä, June 2021), Tunnekontti - Oulu Arts Night (Pikisali, Oulun Teatteri, 15.8.19); Glacial Galaxies - in the gallery corridor & in concert (KulttuuriValve 2.3.2019); UFOP 2018 bootleg (Tukikohta, Oulu, 14.7.18); 8Hours from Tulsa concert (Valvesali 2018); Sound Factory In the Light - part 1 , In the light part 2 & Coda (Aug 2017, Oulu Finland); 12Hours 2Deep, Valve, March 2017; Nordic Soundscapes concert (extract), Hosted by Muu (Oulu Artsnight, Kulttuuritalo Valve, Aug 2016); 12HoursDeep
(Valve, March 2016)
4. Blueberries, Lingonberries, and Magic (Emilie Payeur, Mau
Järvinen, Dave Sponde, Antti Ylönen: Galleria Harmaja, Aug
2019)
5. Collaboration with Erica Masuya - "Something Invisible", exhibited Tenku Art Festival, Nagano, Japan (Sept 2017) &
Cross Domain, Suzhou Jinji Lake Art Museum, China (Dec
2018).
6. Dreamy Dogs - songwriting ensemble. Evolving line ups
since 2015. Regenerated in 2020: Sometimes, Maybe, Secret
7. Absent Kale (Emilie Payeur, Klara Bergman Fröberg, Peter
Elvin, Dave Lawrence) - VPPM 2019
8. Sponde performances: including Termos-Klubi III (June 2016)
9. Connecting Differences (Inês Amado, Cyprus 2014)
10. e-MobilArt project (Interactive installation artworks, 2009): Kryolab, Moments, An Observation, Aureole
10. Joanna Hoffmann collaborations: Philosophers Stone (2013, and recently exhibited again at the German National Museum in Nuremberg - 2023/4);
Secret Life (2008)
11. Residencies: Sumu A.I.R. (Turku, Finland): Oct-Dec 2012
("Extra-Version" exhibition 11-12.2012, Titanik Gallery.
Turku): Virtual version: "Extra-Version V", Sanctus Sanctum (the culmination of an installation narrative); KulttuuriKauppila
AIR, li, Finland: (April, September 2011) - Solus soundscape composed for "Voima" (Pia Hentunen), Summer Exhibition 2011
12. Hit The Nail/Drum and Monkey film soundscapes - including Shameface Requiem (2001) and Lifeboat (2006)
2. Opus 22022022 (collaboration - Yunjia Liu, KulttuuriKauppila; free improvisation, 22nd Feb 2022)
2. Metsä on (Vanha Villatehdas, Pikinsaari, September 2021): soundscape composition - collaboration with Päivi Pussila)
3. Corridoors of Sound Collective: free-improvisation multi artform ensemble: live concerts and happenings - classical, traditional, electronica, voice/poetry, noise, & sound art musicians, dance, drawing/painting, film, digital media, drama, sculptural, visual art: "The Retyrning" (Tyrnävä, June 2021), Tunnekontti - Oulu Arts Night (Pikisali, Oulun Teatteri, 15.8.19); Glacial Galaxies - in the gallery corridor & in concert (KulttuuriValve 2.3.2019); UFOP 2018 bootleg (Tukikohta, Oulu, 14.7.18); 8Hours from Tulsa concert (Valvesali 2018); Sound Factory In the Light - part 1 , In the light part 2 & Coda (Aug 2017, Oulu Finland); 12Hours 2Deep, Valve, March 2017; Nordic Soundscapes concert (extract), Hosted by Muu (Oulu Artsnight, Kulttuuritalo Valve, Aug 2016); 12HoursDeep
(Valve, March 2016)
4. Blueberries, Lingonberries, and Magic (Emilie Payeur, Mau
Järvinen, Dave Sponde, Antti Ylönen: Galleria Harmaja, Aug
2019)
5. Collaboration with Erica Masuya - "Something Invisible", exhibited Tenku Art Festival, Nagano, Japan (Sept 2017) &
Cross Domain, Suzhou Jinji Lake Art Museum, China (Dec
2018).
6. Dreamy Dogs - songwriting ensemble. Evolving line ups
since 2015. Regenerated in 2020: Sometimes, Maybe, Secret
7. Absent Kale (Emilie Payeur, Klara Bergman Fröberg, Peter
Elvin, Dave Lawrence) - VPPM 2019
8. Sponde performances: including Termos-Klubi III (June 2016)
9. Connecting Differences (Inês Amado, Cyprus 2014)
10. e-MobilArt project (Interactive installation artworks, 2009): Kryolab, Moments, An Observation, Aureole
10. Joanna Hoffmann collaborations: Philosophers Stone (2013, and recently exhibited again at the German National Museum in Nuremberg - 2023/4);
Secret Life (2008)
11. Residencies: Sumu A.I.R. (Turku, Finland): Oct-Dec 2012
("Extra-Version" exhibition 11-12.2012, Titanik Gallery.
Turku): Virtual version: "Extra-Version V", Sanctus Sanctum (the culmination of an installation narrative); KulttuuriKauppila
AIR, li, Finland: (April, September 2011) - Solus soundscape composed for "Voima" (Pia Hentunen), Summer Exhibition 2011
12. Hit The Nail/Drum and Monkey film soundscapes - including Shameface Requiem (2001) and Lifeboat (2006)
