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06 December 2025 – The Absurdist A/V Jumble Sail #16. The Cube Microplex, Bristol. Tapsew special!

15 November 2025 – Environmental Arts & Collective Care. Bricks, St Annes House, Bristol. I will be performing a live soundtrack for Vicky Smith’s film NOT (A) PART alongside Melanie Clifford and Shirley Pegna.

08 November 2025 – The Absurdist A/V Jumble Sail #15. The Cube Microplex, Bristol. More jumble antics.

04-05 October 2025 – Sluice Light / Sluice Sound: Songs between waters, between tides. The Sluice House, Underfall Yard, Bristol. An installation in the sluices at the floating harbour exploring resonant frequencies and caustic reflections.

19 July 2025 – The Absurdist A/V Jumble Sail #12. The Cube Microplex, Bristol. ...technical a special. Disorientated tape loops and hands spun vinyl antics.

21 June 2025 – The Absurdist A/V Jumble Sail #11. The Cube Microplex, Bristol. Summer Solstice. Disorientated tape loops and hands spun vinyl antics.

15 June 2025 – Optical Sound Weekender. Kitform, Jamaica Street Studios, Bristol. Show and tell from Jas Butt’s research weekend exploring optical sound.

07 June 2025 – Promenade Weekender –I will be running a 16mm frottage workshop ‘Tracing the shoreline’ with Vicky Smith and projecting my 16mm film Grit at eh Films from the Sea evening screening.

02 – 04 May 2025 – Spike Island Open Studios. Spike Island, Bristol. I will be opening up my studio and showing new work New Brunswick Swing.

22 March 2025 – The Absurdist A/V Jumble Sail #10. The Cube Microplex, Bristol. This time with a theme of Spring & Springs.

18 January 2025 – The Absurdist A/V Jumble Sail #9. The Cube Microplex, Bristol. Jumble sets Sail again! A January special with self and home improvement theme, and possibly a bit of a Cube “Japanuary” tie-in too!

05 October 2024 – Elevation Film Festival. Maker Heights, Millbrook, Cornwall. New Brunswick Swing gets its debut a new performance with Melanie Clifford.

04 October 2024 – Elevation Film Festival. Maker Heights, Millbrook, Cornwall. I will be projecting my film Grit on 16mm at this new Plymouth film festival.

07 October 2023 – Silver Cubilee: CUBE’S 25TH BIRTHDAY! 25 HOURS OF CUBE! The Cube Microplex, Bristol. I will be performing expanded cinema piece ‘Katie’s got a brand new bulb’ with Melanie Clifford, celebrating the wonderful Cube’s 25th! birthday.

17 September 2023 – Call to Sea, Promenade Weston Super Mare. My film Grit gets a salty seaside airing in the outdoor cinema in Maderia Cove.

28 July 2023 – 16mm with Nachleben Film Lab & Archive, at Cinema Rediscovered. Watershed, Bristol. My film Grit will be shown at Hogge’s cafe cinema alongside Michael Snow’s Wavelength.

10 June 2023 – Klinker Frome presents: 16mm film is 100 years old! The Bennett Centre, Frome. Tiny Explosion Up Close goes to Frome for Hugh Metcalfe’s infamous Klinkerclub.

28 -30 April 2023 – Spike Island Open Studios. Spike Island, Bristol. I will be opening up my studio and showing new work over this weekend. Also contributing to Veronica Vickery’s Eco|Con exhibition.

25 February 2023 – QWAK club #13 That Long Moonless Chase and Yakka Doon. Cube Microplex, Bristol. Some more expanded turntable techniques being tested with Mr Hopkinson at the Cube bar.

11 February 2023 – Eco|Con Symposium The Garage Project Space, Bristol. I will be discussing my recent involvement in Veronica’s Vickery’s game of consequences.

21 January 2023 – BEEF Presents: cuBEEF: BEEF plays the Cube, Cube Microplex, Bristol. I will be trying out some expanded turntable techniques with Melanie Clifford and Mr Hopkinson at the Cube bar.

12 January 2023 – Mouthfeel 1 CONTAINER/GUTHRIE + TAPSEW + PALM OIL, Cube Microplex, Bristol. Performing with Tapsew and excited to be joined with the amazing Dan Johnson.

15 December 2022 – BEEF Presents – Conspirators of Perception – Beef Labs. Cube Microplex, Bristol. Melanie Clifford and myself will be performing Tiny Explosions, Up Close.

09 December 2022 – Prisme#5 VAGABOND PROJECTION at Cinéma Le Concorde La Roche-Sur-Yon. Final screening of Grit as part of the Prisme festival in France.

06 December 2022 – Prisme#5 VAGABOND PROJECTION at Cinéma Jacques Tati Saint-Nazaire. Grit goes on a mini tour as part of the Prisme festival in France.

05 December 2022 – Deux performances : Melanie Clifford & Matt Davies et Enrique del Castillo. Braquage, Espace En cours, Paris. Tiny Explosions, Up Close with Melanie Clifford travels to Paris.

03 December 2022 – Prisme#5 PROJECTIONS Laboratory Aim Density – L.A.D. 2 & 3 au Cinématographe. Really pleased that my film Grit will be screened at this lovely festival.

01 December 2022 – Prisme#5 PERFORMANCES sound and images at POL-N. Mire Lab, Nantes, France. Super excited that Melanie Clifford and myself will be performing Tiny Explosions, Up Close for the first time.

23 November 2022 – Drawn Sound, Strange Brew, Bristol. My optical sound film Brunswick Club will be shown alongside Ann Rosen, Kathy Hinde, Guest and Black Midi.

17, 18 & 19 June 2022 – The Star and Shadow – Losing the Plot Festival, The Burnlaw Centre, Nortumberland. My latest film Grit will be screened, as well as taking part in an expanded cinema performance with ORWO/Scotch with Laura Phillips and Melanie Clifford.

28 May 2022 – EP/64 #64: The Grand Final, Arnolfini, Bristol. I will be performing alongside Melanie Clifford and the amazing Copper Sounds for a rotating optical sound feast. I also will be preforming with ORWO/Scotch.

30 April 2022 – Prepare to Stop, The Cube Microplex, Bristol. I will be preforming Salt in this durational performance, projecting live evaporating sea water with the heat of a 16mm projector.

29, 30 & 01 April/May 2022 – Spike Open Studios, Spike Island, Bristol. I will be opening up my studio and showing new work over this weekend.

02 March 2023 – Brunswick Gatherings #1, The Lightship, Bristol. My optical sound film ‘Brunswick Club’ will be shown at the first event of the Brunswick Gatherings.

25 February 2022 – The Grey Area EP/EVIL-64, PRSC, Bristol. Very honoured to be projecting some new macro plant footage for one of the last precious gigs from EP64.

08 December 2021 – Hen Ogledd & Tapsew, Strange Brew, Bristol. Looking forward to micing up a sewing machine and tap dancer for Tapsew.

29 October 2021 – Sound Around Festival, Kaliningrad, Russia. My optical sound film Brunswick Club will be shown at this great sonic arts festival.

09 & 10 October 2021 – BEEF do Breakwell, Arnolfini & The Cube Microplex, Bristol. My new dual 35mm film ‘Lost Property’ made especially for this event. A document of dust found below the seating of both auditoriums applied directly to the 35mm clear leader.

04 September 2021 – Braziers International Film Festival, Braziers Park, Oxfordshire. First outing for my freshly hand printed film ‘Grit’. Documenting a 18 mile walk along Chesil Beach, Dorset.

30 May 2021 – Spike FM, Spike Open Studios (Online) – Spike FM will be broardcasting a field recording of a ceiling fan in the basement of the Brunswick Club, with my fellow Bermuda Triangle engineers. Melanie Clifford, Howard Jaques and Ed

26 February 2020 – The Sound Cupboard, The Crofters Rights. Pleased to be performing with the other Matt Davis.

08 February 2020 – Space: Projection and Exhibition. BEEF, Pennywell Studios, Bristol. I will be running a workshop with Vicky Smith, expanded projection techniques.

05 February 2020 – On Sound for Experimental film, BEEF, Pennywell Studios, Bristol.I be giving a talk with Melanie Clifford and Shirley Pegna.

02 February 2020 – Bennett Centre, Frome. A performance with 16mm film optical sound loops and varied speed projectors.

25 January 2020 – Fish Factory, Penryn, Cornwall. A performance with 16mm film optical sound loops and varied speed projectors.

15 January 2020 – Introduction into Experimental Film. The Cube Microplex, Bristol. I will be performing a live soundtrack for Vicky’s Smith Not (a) Part film with Shirley Pegna and Melanie Clifford.

28 December 2019 – Sound Art Radio 102.5 fm, Dartington. Field Recording Discotheque will be performing alongside Wax Paper Hour 14:00 – 18:00.

26 October 2019 – Brunswick Editions Launch, Dawkins Brewery, Bristol. I will be performing a live score for Vicky’s Smith Not (a) Part 16mm film with Shirley Pegna and Melanie Clifford. Plus micing up a sewing machine and tap dancer for Tapsew.

25 September 2019 – The Sound Cupboard, The Crofters Rights, Bristol. Looking forward to micing up a sewing machine and tap dancer for Tapsew.

02, 03 & 04 August 2019 – Supernormal Festival, Braziers Park, Oxfordshire. I will be performing Salt – Seawater from Dunwich is projected live while being evaporated by the heat of the projection lamp from a 16mm projector. As well running a lensless camera workshop and performing with Field Recording Discotheque. Plus preforming with Tapsew!

04 May 2019 – Flatpack Festival, Centrala, Birmingham. I will be performing Salt – Seawater from Dunwich is projected live while being evaporated by the heat of the projection lamp from a 16mm projector.

27 February 2019 – Bermuda Triangle Test Transmissions – The Sound Cupboard, The Crofters Rights, Bristol. I will be performing with Howard Jacques and Melanie Clifford BTTTB live.

23 February 2019 – BEEF Night In, Brunswick Club, Bristol. A night of improvisation, screenings and installations with BEEF artists.

14 February 2019 – I K L E C T I K · London. Performance with Howard Jacques using SW radio and optical sound with 16mm film optical sound loops.

11 February 2019 – Copper Sounds, Noods Radio, Bristol. A live performance for radio with Howard Jacques using SW radio and 16mm film optical sound loops. The broadcast can be heard here.

09 February 2019 – Winter Wanderland, The Brunswick Club, Bristol. BEEF will be lighting up the windows of the Brunswick Club with live projections and other interventions.

31 December 2018 – New Year with Lankum, The Brunswick Club, Bristol. A playful exchange in the Basement of BC with Kathy Hinde, Matt Olden, Howard Jacques, Melanie Clifford and Vicky Smith.

10 November 2018 – I Will Survive, The Brunswick Club, Bristol. A duet with Melanie Clifford, using 5 x 16mm projectors and 1/4″ reel to reel.

13 October 2018 – Field Recording Discotheque, The Brunswick Club, Bristol. I will be performing at the first FRD. Field recordings you can dance too!

22 September 2018 – Tapsew, Fort Process at Newhaven Fort, East Sussex. I will be micing up a sewing machine and tap dancer for Tapsew.

08 December 2017 – Follow the Stars to the Brunswick, The Brunswick Club, Bristol. A performance with the Brunswick Light Ray Process, 4 x 16mm Projectors and Bermuda Triangle Test Transmission Broadcasts.

23 November 2017 – Brunswick Light Ray Process, The Brunswick Club, Bristol. An event experimenting with DIY optical microphones, broadcast live on Resonance FM.

04 – 06 August 2017 – Supernormal Festival, Braziers Park, Oxfordshire. So pleased to take the Radio Orchestra to this great festival. Also will be performing with Bermuda Triangle Test Transmissions and ORWO Scotch.

28 April – 01 May 2017 – Spike Island Open Studios, Spike Island, Bristol. I will be opening up my studio and showing new work over this weekend.

10 March 2017 – Cinestar Presents: Ojoboca / Matt Davies Union Corner, 96-98 Union Street, Plymouth. 16mm film multi-projector performance with contact printed found footage loops and field recordings of Eiki film projectors.

26 November 2016 – PHOTOCHEMICAL and SONIC PERFORMANCES at Visions in the Nunnery, Bow Arts. 16mm multi-projector performance with contact printed found footage loops and field recordings of Eiki film projectors.

05 – 07 August 2016 – BEEF at Supernormal The Cephalopod, Supernormal Festival, Oxfordshire. 16mm multi-projector performance with contact printed found footage loops and field recordings of Eiki film projectors.

26 June 2016 – Common Eider King Eider / Gabriel Saloman / BEEF Artists, BEEF at PRSC, Bristol. 16mm multi-projector performance with contact printed found footage loops and field recordings of Eiki film projectors.

11 – 15 April 2016 – Film Material Residency Rogue Studios, Manchester. Developing new work for an expanded 16mm film performance at Rogue Studios, Manchester.

19 & 20 March 2016 – 16mm Film Workshop at Festival of Projections Festival, Kent. A workshop exploring cameraless film techniques using 16mm print stock.

04 March 2016 – 10pm BEEF Members Show, BEEF. A 16mm film performance using found footage and tape loops with Attacked by Wolves.

14 February 2016 – 8pm – Cafe Kino, Bristol – Onomato ‘The Lost Town of Dunwich’ – By the mark, the deep. A sound installation and performance featuring Laura Cannell and Rhodri Davies.

18 December 2015 – 8pm – BEEF Winter Party A 16mm film performance using found footage and tape loops with Attacked by Wolves.

30 October 2015 – Arnolfini, Bristol – Playpen. A 16mm film performance using found footage and tape loops with Attacked by Wolves.

22 – 31 August 2015 – Arnolfini, Bristol – By the mark the deep. 12 channel sound installation that delves into the submerged ruins of the lost coastal town of Dunwich.

01, 02, 03 & 04 May 2015 – Spike Island Open – By the mark, the deep. 8.1 channel sound installation that delves into the submerged ruins of the lost coastal town of Dunwich.

04 March 2015 – Bang the Bore, Cafe Kino. A 16mm film performance using found footage and tape loops with Attacked by Wolves.

23 January 2015 – Test Space, Spike Island, Epilelesthai. A 16mm film performance using found footage and tape loops with Attacked by Wolves.

09 January 2015 – Pull the Strings – Southbank, Bristol. Projecting 16mm found footage films for this great Pull the Strings event.

03 December 2022 – Prisme#5 PROJECTIONS Laboratory Aim Density – L.A.D. 2 & 3 au Cinématographe. Really pleased that my film Grit will be screened at this lovely festival.

23 November 2022 – Drawn Sound, Strange Brew, Bristol. My optical sound film Brunswick Club will be shown alongside