Matthew Hopkins

This residency will lay the groundwork for an archive and library of Australian sound practices. The aim is for this project to work in conjunction with the Frontyard space, and make available to the public various physical and digital materials associated with experimental and improvised music, sound art, sound poetry, and text-sound composition from Australia. During the residency I will work with Clare Cooper and Peter Blamey to plan the scope of content, how the physical and digital resources can be incorporated into the Frontyard space, what kind of physical and digital forms the project might produce, and develop ideas about how the project can facilitate a public presentation component such as talks from contributors and artists.