The British Council is supporting a new collaboration between artists Alex Smoke (sound and music) and Paul Duncombe (fine art and digital art), who, after residencies in Caen, have created a live audio-visual performance.
During a high-level international scientific project expedition to the South Pacific, Paul Duncombe gathered a collection of images and videos using photogrammetry, electron microscope scanning, 3D scanning, and binocular cameras. He has compiled this footage into a film about the deep sea and collaborated with composer Alex Smoke, who has scored the soundtrack.
Exploring the endangered natural heritage of our coral reefs, this first co-production between Cryptic (Alex Smoke) and Station Mir (Paul Duncombe) will cross music, digital arts, biology, and the environmental emergency with poetic exploration and ecological claim. The hybrid artistic proposal aims aim to raise public awareness of the environmental issues of our time through thought-provoking and innovative public performances. The collaboration has provided a unique opportunity for Paul Duncombe and Alex Smoke to develop their artistic practice, foster career sustainability, and make their own artistic choices.
First performance of Tapemoana at Eglise Saint-Julien, Caen on 4 July.
Second performance of Tapemoana at the Sonica festival in Scotland on 29 September.
This project is one of the laureates of the UK/France Spotlight on Culture Fund for Scotland and Northern Ireland delivered by the British Council in partnership with Creative Scotland.
