Stuart’s work is inspired by location and the people, experiences and objects he encounters there.
He is particularly interested in sounds that are associated with place, overlooked and overheard noises of the everyday and highlighting the auditory as a defining factor in how we experience a particular environment.
His recordings of people, their activities, experiences and environs have contributed to art installations, phone apps, archival records, dance performances, public consultation events, musical compositions, a computer game, a eulogy and sound tracks to short films.
Latvian Pavilion (Arsenale), Venice Bienalle - 28th October 2026
It is my third time in Venice and my third time exploring the vast building that is the Arsenale, that holds 25 national pavilions for the 61st International Art Exhibition of La Biennale di Venezia in 2026. The works that resonated with me the most were that of the Latvian Pavilion, as it was a sound installation using transducers, something that I have used a lot in collaborative projects as well as my own work.
Metal plates were turned into resonating panels through which sound was played and coloured, and as they hung freely were able to gently connect with the metal frames to create new real life sounds to compliment the played back prerecorded sound. The harsh fluorescent lighting added an edge to the atmosphere in the room that was amplified by the chrome surfaces. I placed my recorder on a bag near the floor the recording captures the shuffling feet of the Bienalle audience in the foreground to add a human quality to the clinical ambient sound in the space.
More information about UNTAMED ASSEMBLY: BACKSTAGE OF UTOPIA can be found on their website https://www.latvianpavilion.lv/#about
31 Oct 2026
Saca de la Toleta, Venice, Italy - 29th October 2026
I love Venice and this is the third time I have visited. A lot of people come for the art, the history or the wine. I come for the sound. In the absence of roads and the motor car, sound travels differently in Venice. Boundaries are broken with domestic sounds being audible outside, and public sounds being heard in private places. Sounds are more localised due smaller public places in alley ways and squares. And I think individual sounds appear clearer due to the lack of traffic din that usually muddies the soundscapes of other cities.
In this recording my travelling companion heard the sound of an oboe being played in a room above the alley way of Saca de la Toleta, in the district of Dorsoduro. We positioned ourselves beneath the window for around 10 minutes, to finish off eating out street pizza, and to admire the beautiful juxtaposition of oboe practice from above, and passersby at close quarters below.
26 Sept 2026
Parsonage Street, Halstead, Essex - 25th August 2026
For a few Tuesday evenings on a row I had noticed that bingo was being played in the Church Hall near St.Andrew's. So I waited until the following week, took a stroll down the road and sat on the wall outside with my recorder. What a lovely moment on a warm summer evening. The moon was shining brightly on the way back.
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