Liquid Architecture: In the Beginning

>> The first LA flyer, 2000 (designed by Daniel New)
I was recently asked about my involvement in the Liquid Architecture festival, so I thought I’d explain it here. Liquid Architecture originated in 2000 at RMIT University when I was working at RMIT’s Union Arts as their special events officer. My brief was to devise arts [...]

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Website recording the career and influence of J.G. Ballard. I’m the publisher and editor. I’ve commissioned and conducted interviews with J.G. Ballard himself as well as Bruce Sterling, Iain Sinclair, John Foxx, Simon Reynolds and Michael Moorcock among others. I’ve also published articles by numerous writers, [...]

Watching While You Sleep

Lawrence English & Philip Samartzis, LA4, 2003
by Simon Sellars

‘Watching While You Sleep’ by Simon Sellars. Originally published on the Liquid Architecture website, July 2004.

Melbourne’s festival of sound art, Liquid Architecture, originated in 2000 at RMIT University, when RMIT’s Union Arts offered the ((tRansMIT)) student sound collective the chance to stage a festival promoting the talents [...]

Liquid Architecture (Filter mag)

Liquid Architecture: the Parmegiani Experience

L’Oeil ecoute (The Eye Hears) 1970; dir. Bernard Parmegiani
by Simon Sellars

‘Liquid Architecture: the Parmegiani Experience’. Originally published in RealTime no.56, Aug-Sep 2003.

Liquid Architecture 4 featured the work of 30 Australian and international artists, including French musique concrete/acousmatic pioneer, Bernard Parmegiani, and San Francisco noise merchants, Scott Arford and Randy HY Yau. Another highlight was the [...]

360 Degrees: Women in Sound

interview by Simon Sellars

screenshot from Untitled 2003, by Camilla Hannan & Cassandra Tytler

Originally published on Sleepy Brain, 15 August 2003.

360 Degrees: Women In Sound was held as part of Liquid Architecture 4, the national sound art festival run by the ((tRansMIT)) collective. 360 Degrees was inspired by the need to address a perceived gender [...]