Sound Effects | Sam Belinfante / Taos News

British sound artist and musician Sam Belinfante came to Taos with one mission: to seek out and possibly record the Taos Hum. With a month behind him, Belinfante has fallen in love with Taos’ “sonic landscape” and is now heading back to England with about 20 hours of footage and audio from the area to make a film.

Shot and edited by Tina Larkin for The Taos News Media Center April 2009.
Belinfante’s trip was funded by the Slade School of Fine Art

To see the newspaper article, please go to Taos News.

The Voice and Nothing More | Sam Belinfante and Neil Luck

The Voice and Nothing More, January 2009, was a week-long festival exploring the voice as both medium and subject matter in contemporary arts practices. Both established and emerging artists worked with leading vocal performers and composers in an exploration of the voice outside language.

Invited performers included Mikhail Karikis, Lore Lixembourg and Juice, as well as a specially formed large-scale vocal ensemble.
Performers, working with the artists and resident composer Claudia Molitor created new score-objects that culminated in a series of new performances. Artists included Martin Creed, Cornelia Parker, Estelle Thompson and Bruce Mclean.

Video: Kathryn Faulkner and Robin Sewell
Editing: Sam Belinfante

Curated by Sam Belinfante and Neil Luck.

For more information, images and press please go to the Voice and Nothing More website.

Notations 2008 | Sam Belinfante and Neil Luck

In January 2008, to mark the 40th anniversary of John Cage’s seminal publication Notations (Something Else Press, 1968-9), Luck and Belinfante presented a range of investigations into what notation is – and could be. Notations 2008, at the Slade Research Centre, presented performances by leading contemporary musicians including Mikhail Karikis, Anton Lukoszevieze, Sankorfa and members of Apartment House. These performers worked in collaboration with visual artists to produce new graphic scores, sonic artworks and installations. Artists included Jayne Parker, Dryden Goodwin and Simon Morris.

Video: Richard Bevan
Editing: Sam Belinfante

Curated by Sam Belinfante and Neil Luck

Drip Piece | Sam Belinfante

Drip Piece
6-Channel Sound Installation
Dimensions Variable

First shown at Slade Interim Show, Woburn Square, October 2007.

Sam graduated from the Slade MA in 2008. Degree show website.
For more information on this and other works please see sambelinfante.com.

Round | Sam Belinfante

Round
Four Independently looping DVDs

First exhibited at Trace, Slade Research Centre, May 2007

Sam graduated from the Slade MA in 2008. Degree show website.
For more information on this and other works please see sambelinfante.com.