Freddy's Story nominated for Installation category in 2009 Media Innovation Awards

"Freddy's Story" has been nominated in the Installation Category for this years Media Innovation Awards. I am up against some tough competition but I hope for Freddy's sake that we can win. Freddy is getting very old now and it would be a real vindication for him having the courage to tell me his completely un-selfcensored life story. His frank and disarming manner seems to draw people of all ages and backgrounds into the installation and his astonishing memory and good humour make the interactive elements possible and ensure that the piece is lifted out of being merely an oral history. The constant reference throughout to existing sonic art classics would also not have been possible were it not for the exposure to luminaries like Steve Reich, Pierre Schaffer and Francis Dhomont, a fact for which i owe a debt of gratitude to Phinneas de Thornley-Head, Nick Trussler and Neil Rose among others. So thanks everyone and here's to March 12th at Ashton Gate, home of Bristol City (BOOO). I shall be proudly wearing my Plymouth Argyle scarf on top of my suit!