STATEMENT

My practise is compelled by an ethic of relational listening shaped by qualities of attention and attunement. It is concerned with narratives of environmental and social justice, and positioning itself against systematic oppression. Through relational listening, my practise is invested the generative potential of contingency and reciprocity.

BIO

Simon Charles (he/him) is a composer and sound artist based in Nyoongar Ballardong country. His work encompasses music composition, music concrete, improvisation, within the context of performance, recording, and interdisciplinary collaboration.

Simon has presented work at the Make It Club (Naarm), Audible Edge Festival (Borloo), Outcome Unknown (Borloo), Serralves Festival (Porto), Vigeland Masoleum (Oslo), and The Wulf (Los Angeles). He has composed music for ensembles including Melbourne Symphony Orchestra, Ensemble Offspring, and Speak Percussion. He is a core member of Phonetic Orchestra, and collaborates regularly with Katie West, John Kinsella, Rebecca Lane and Jon Heilbron.

ACKNOLWEDGMENTS

Deepest respect to Nyoongar Ballardong boodja where I live and work. To Ballardong elders past, present and future. John Kinsella for his boundless collaborative energy. Jim Denley, Antoine Bueger, Warren Burt, Ros Bandt, Anthony Pateras, and Peter Ablinger for helping me find my way. Katie for everything.