About
Sound Designer - Musician - Artist
Nicholas Faris is a sound designer and artist from Wales. Nicholas navigates his practice through the means of improvisation, adopted from his background as a musician. His work traverses the connections between modes of listening and lived experiences.
“My inquiry into listening uses exercises in improvisation as the starting point for modes of discovery that move beyond musical contexts using visual narratives, performances and sonic experience. Improvisation enables me to intuitively respond to my work throughout, forming a dialogical process without the constraints of pre-determining outcomes. My practice observes the performative behaviour of material using sound and vibration as the primary source. My current research reflects on how listening can re-position the frames of reference that we use to make sense of our experiences.”