Phil Dadson
About Phil Dadson from Auckland
The work of intermedia artist and experimental composer Phil Dadson has been resonating throughout the international music and art worlds since the early 1970s. His sound-based artworks take many forms: from performances and videos to invented musical instruments, sound compositions and installations. A founding member of Scratch Orchestra in London, Dadson launched rhythm/performance group From Scratch in 1974, which subsequently performed to wide acclaim in New Zealand and overseas. Former senior lecturer and head of Intermedia at Auckland's Elam Art School, Dadson is also an award-winning film maker. During his 2003 Artist Fellowship in Antarctica, he travelled with scientists to take video and sound recordings in the remote dry valleys. In 2001, Dadson received an Arts Foundation of New Zealand Laureate Award, and in 2005 he was made an officer of the New Zealand Order of Merit. In 2007 he under took an artist residency in India, and more recently has co-authored a guide to building slap tube instruments.
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