JOLT STAFF 2011

Owen McKern has been both producer and presenter of Delivery every Sunday afternoon between 4:00 and 6:00pm on 3RRR FMsince 1998. Delivery presents two hours of instrumental works from Australian artists. For well over a decade Owen has passionately supported and nurtured Melbourne’s developing new-music community. Delivery explores commonalities (musical, historical and cultural) between seemingly disparate works and artists. From avant-garde experimentalism to richly beautiful acoustic works, Delivery ignores genre boundaries to find appropriate contexts for all musical aesthetics. Since 2007 Owen has held management positions with fine music radio station 3MBS FM, bringing to that station a far greater emphasis on current music practice, local content and exposure for artists working in areas of new media and hybrid arts practice. During his time at 3MBS FMOwen created a range of live music and educational programs as well as subsidizing the recording of a number of new Australian works.

As well as his work with 3RRR FM and 3MBS, Owen has also presented programs on ABC Classic FM, including hosting the live national broadcast from the opening night of Liquid Architecture 6, Australia’s national festival of sound art. Owen has utilized his broadcast time on ABC Classic FM to further his commitment to new Australian music. Through a four-year role with independent arts organization RMIT Union Arts Owen worked closely with the new media communities, including associations with Liquid Architecture, Arts Law Week and a range of presentations and exhibitions at RMIT Union’s First Site Gallery.

With visual artist Jason Maling, Owen co-presented and co-curated the sound series ‘A Poke in the Eye is a Good Distraction for a Ringing Ear’ at Conical Inc. art space in 2008. A graduate of RMIT University’s Media Studies program, Owen has produced and co-edited the 16mm film Budgie (St. Kilda Film Festival), programmed arts and cultural performances for the 2002 Maroondah Festival, and managed independent and experimental musical acts throughout the 1990’s (SEK, Oscillate).

BELINDA WOODS PROJECT MANAGER

Belinda joined JOLT in 2010 and with Hullick shares the large responsibility of keeping projects on time and to plan. Belinda has bought a wealth of skills to JOLT from her previous experience in managing a range of projects and ongoing performance nights such as the Make It Up Club. Belinda is a dymamic flautist and her skills in management of sonic events are significantly enhanced by her hands on knowledge of what artists need in order to deliver stellar outcomes.

Belinda Woods Bio

Belinda has played a major role in supporting and enhancing the development of the local music scene. Through her role as artistic director of the ‘Make It Up Club’ improvised music series from 1993 – 2007 Belinda curated a weekly program of music that attracted a large number of interstate and overseas musicians, building a community of like-minded experimental sound artists. Belinda has also curated, promoted and managed many large scale events including Make It Up Club Festivals and multi-media events focused on improvised artforms, bringing attention to the Melbourne improvised music community.

As a performer Belinda extends her abilities towards the composed music of the 20^th and 21^st centuries, the structure and innovation of which she draws into her own improvising and composition. Her interests lie in the ritual of performance, the relationships that are developed between artists and performers in an industy focused on individuality and the forging of indentity. Research into this area has just begun, inspired through works developed during her Master of Music studies at the VCA.

Belinda’s passion for music that is boundless, challenging and left of centre keeps her explorations alive. Her desire to create a form of music that is inspirational and exciting; building on the energy of creator and listener alike, transcending the unattainable, is the force that oils the machine!

JEROME HAOUST COMMUNICATIONS

Jerome Haoust is JOLT Treasurer and offers internet based communications support to JOLT in a volunteer capacity. We are deeply indebted to his commitment to JOLT and the sonic arts community.

Click here for info about Jerome on JOLT's Board Member page.

KETIL BEDFORD ENGINEER AND TECHNOLOGY CONSULTANT

Ketil has worked with JOLT since 2009 as an engineering and technology consultant and hands on engineer and programmer for several of JOLT's major projects, including working with engineer and sound artist Richie Allen in realizing Hullick's sonic machine projects and real time score projects.

Ketil Bedford Bio

Ketil has been involved in all facets of technical event production for the past 12 years and holds a tertiary qualifications in Electrical Engineering. Ketil has used the programming languages he learnt at this time (such as C++ and Python) for a range of arts projects, particularly those involving interactive and intelligent lighting designs for various theatre productions undertaken through his role as Head of Lighting at the Gilded Balloon in Edinburgh. Along with James Hullick, Ketil Bedford is a mechanical instrument builder with the BOLT Ensemble, having worked with BOLT since 2008.

Recent highlights include: Technical Supervisor - Melbourne Fringe 2008 at Trade Union Hall, Production Manager Comedy @ Trades (Melbourne International Comedy Festival 2009), Programmer, Lighting Designer/Operator and robotics builder on THE NIS in March 2009. Lighting and rigging for Gear house Staging Connection (Dubai, 2009) Currently Ketil works as the venue technician at the Wheeler Centre for Books Writing and Ideas.

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