Robin Fox is an internationally-recognised Melbourne-based audio-visual artist working across live performance, exhibitions, public art and composition for contemporary dance.
His laser works, which synchronize sound & visual electricity in hyper-amplified 3D space, have been performed in over 60 cities worldwide. His latest, Single Origin, premiered at Unsound Krakow and has since played at Caixa (Barcelona), Mona Foma, FACT (Liverpool), Sonica Fest London, Unsound Baku (Azerbaijan), Berlin Atonal, Mutek Montreal & Mexico, Vancouver New Music Festival, Semibreve Festival (Portugal) among others. His new work QUADRA commissioned by HOTA on the Gold Coast recently proved a popular hit at the GLOW festival 2018.
His ground-breaking work with Chunky Move contributed to the work Mortal Engine receiving a Helpmann award for best visual production and an honourable mention at the the illustrious Prix Ars Electronica 2009. Since 2008, he has composed music for over 25 contemporary dance works (many nominated for Greenroom and Helpmann Awards) working with Australian choreographic luminaries Gideon Obarzanek, Lucy Guerin, Stephanie Lake and Antony Hamilton.
His art/science sound work Interior Design: Music for the Bionic Ear was shortlisted for a Future Everything award in the UK 2011 and selected by the Paris Rostrum of Composers in 2012. He has released numerous sound works on labels across Europe, Australia and the US and released a limited digital edition of AV work Magnetic Trap through s[edition] in the UK.
Public art projects include creating a Giant Theremin for the City of Melbourne, a seven metre tall interactive musical sculpture; White Beam, commissioned by the first Dark Mofo which shot a high powered white laser through the trees on Salamanca lawns; Skylight, a major city wide installation premiering in 2016 commissioned by Melbourne Fringe.
In 2016, he became the founding director of MESS (Melbourne Electronic Sound Studio), a not-for-profit organisation dedicated to giving everyone access to the entire history of electronic musical instruments.
He holds a PhD in composition from Monash University and an MA in musicology. The latter documents the history of experimental music in Melbourne 1975-1979.
Robin also sits on the Board of Lucy Guerin Inc.
Credits:
– Split (2017) - Sound Designer
– The Dark Chorus (2016) - Composer
– Motion Picture (2015) - Sound Designer
Image: Ross O Gorman