This video documents initial research emerging 2024-2027 through “Cultivating digital music making in regional Australia”, an Australian Research Council Discovery Project led by Andy Bennett, Andrew Bown, John Ferguson, Catherine Strong, Ben Green, Tara Pattenden, Devpriya Chakravarty.The project involves running DIY electronic instrument workshops across regional areas of Australia. Several new instrument designs have emerged, […]
In July, we presented a workshop at KISMIF, a biannual conference focused on underground cultures, DIY practices, and urban arts. The workshop took place at the Batalha Centro de Cinema, a magnificent building steeped in history. We sat at tables beneath a restored mural that had once been censored by the Estado Novo regime, which […]
Experimental music in regional Victoria…. In November 2025, we travelled to Central Victoria to undertake fieldwork, holding a workshop in Castlemaine and, the following day, a performance with the workshop participants in Bendigo. On Saturday morning we took over the community room at the Castlemaine library, where we ran a workshop to build a Lo-Fi […]
In January 2026, our team travelled to South Australia to undertake our fourth round of fieldwork. We conducted a workshop at the wonderful art space, Sauerbier House at Port Noarlunga, south of Adelaide. Participants built a lo-fi granulator that enables them to playback samples from an SD card in a myriad of ways to create […]
Our research team visited Denmark, Western Australia to participate in Brave New Works, a creative arts festival that encourages experimentation and champions local performers, providing opportunities for artists to test out new ideas and share experimental works. We collaborated with local artists to run two workshops and a performance. Lo-fi Sampler Workshop Participants in the […]
Our researchers will be travelling to Denmark, WA, in April to collaborate with local musicians and makers on ‘Found Sound’, a project consisting of two workshops and a performance. On Saturday, we will run a session where participants can build a lo-fi sampler to take home, while on Sunday morning, we will hold a workshop […]
Our next research action will take place in Denmark, Western Australia, a coastal town 423 kilometres south-southeast of Perth. As part of our ongoing investigation into regional creative ecosystems, we are collaborating with local artists and musicians to present Found Sound, an interactive project exploring the intersection of audio, electronics, and place-based sound practices. Found […]
The DIY Synth Show and Tell was an event organised by some participants from the DIY Drone Machine workshop at UniSC in November 2024. The event featured several local musicians who brought along a variety of instruments they have made and/or perform with.
Exploring Regional Creativity: UniSC Maker Space Workshop 19 November 2024, Sippy Downs, QLD, Australia Our first research action took place at the UniSC Maker Space on the Sunshine Coast, where we hosted a hands-on workshop focused on building a drone synthesiser designed by Dr Andrew Brown. Led by Dr Andrew Brown and John Ferguson, with […]