TRYST

TRUTH UNIT

Imogene Newland

Imogenes' background is in contemporary classical piano performance and post-modern choreography. Her arts practice combines both forms where the gestural possibilities of piano playing are acknowledged and transformed into choreographic sequences. She is currently a Doctoral student and performance tutor at the Sonic Arts Research Centre, Queen's University, Belfast.

Conan McIvor

Conan's practice explores the dynamics between sound and image in various visual forms. In addition to experimental film projects, Conan currently supports the work of CETL: Centre for Excellence in the Creative and Performing Arts (NI) at Queen's. Conan was awarded Northern Ireland Screens' Bill Miskelly Award 2007.

David Bird

Davids' research interests include the exploration of soundscape composition, using the processes and techniques of acousmatic composition for collaborative projects with other artists and spatialization/diffusion. David is currently a Doctoral student at the Sonic Arts Research Centre, Queen's University, Belfast.

TRUTH UNIT

Imogene, Conan and David first formed the trio TRUTH UNIT in June 2009. They have since presented TRYST at the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama, Glasgow and the Sonic Arts Research Centre, Belfast. A further presentation will take place at Ars Electronica, Linz in October this year. TRUTH UNIT have also collaborated on a new film project, PLAY, which has been presented both in the confines of a freight container at OUTSIDE ISEA (Belfast) and as part of the Cathedral Quarter Culture Night (Belfast). PLAY will be presented in Paris in October this year as part of the Conference of Interdisciplinary Musicology.