A commission for FirstSite Gallery (collaboration with Stuart Bowditch) documenting their '15 Artists, 15 Days' programme.

'Automatic Listening' involves placing ourselves at a distance from the recording location, streaming sounds via a hacked VOiP connection, aiming to make sense of the disconnection of place and outcome. We remotely recorded 1 hour segments of each of the fifteen one-day residencies over the internet via a microphone and 'headless' computer. The recorded footage has now been edited into a finished soundpiece for publication on the Firstsite website in March 2010. See FirstSite Gallery for more information about the residencies, and a link to the completed soundscape will be added shortly.

15 Artists, 15 Days
...is a series of 15 artist residencies, each lasting a single day.

The participating artists will swap a day in their studio to make new work, test ideas and experiment with their practice in a semi-public space.

Residencies will take place consecutively as a cumulative process, with a showcase event at the end to display a range of outcomes. 15 Artists, 15 Days will feature new media and live works, responses to the site and situation, installations, participatory events as well as painting, drawing and making.

15 Artists, 15 Days will take place in FirstSite's new premises: 4-6 Short Wyre Street, Colchester, Tuesday 1 - Thursday 17 December 2009 (everyday except Sundays). The space will be open 9.30 - 5.00 Monday - Saturday.