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Bio

Gary Sinclair is a music composer, sound designer and recording artist. Working in the museum, experiential, public art and broadcast sectors, he has established a multi-discipline practice Tactile Music. Exploring the liminal space where sound design and music reside.

Creating soundtracks referencing contemporary classical, minimalism, ambient and electronic music genres. Gary is committed to integrating traditional music production, field recordings and creative technology. The work is grounded in authentic science concepts and the natural world and morphs from the real to the abstract.

His approach to music and sound is altruistic, allowing existing narratives within science, nature, technology and philosophy to directly inform the production of his soundtracks. Utilising contemporary techniques in data sonification, generative music and sound processing, he views his role as a guide or conduit for the sonic articulation of voiceless ideas.

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Works.  Commissions.  Collaborations:

2024

  • L’Oréal Paris: Fashion event “Your Worth It,” Overseas Passenger Terminal, Sydney.

  • Cartier Foundation: Sydney Biennale Launch, White Bay Power Station, Sydney.

  • Ghost Trees: National Film and Sound Archive, Canberra.

  • Hermès: Melbourne Boutique Launch.

  • Woolmark: 60th Anniversary Film “Still Spinning.”

  • Australian Fashion Week: Carriageworks, Sydney. 8 shows.

  • Dinosaur Designs: “Handmade” Film.

  • Australian National Maritime Museum: Valerie Taylor Interactive Exhibit.

  • Jetstar: Uniform Launch Fashion Event, Melbourne Airport.
     

2023

  • Mirvac: Music and Sound Consultation for large development.

  • Aje Athletica: Fashion Event, Sydney Opera House.

  • Hermès: Le Cavalier Bleu, Carriageworks, Sydney.

  • Semi Permanent: Future States Festival:

  • Sydney Modern (AGNSW): Nagnata : Future Movements. Film, Dance Performance, and Fashion Show.

  • Australian Fashion Week: Carriageworks, Sydney. 12 shows.

  • Carla Zampatti x Lindy Lee: Fashion and art event. Sydney.
     

2022

  • The Lume, Melbourne: "Ghost Trees." Collaboration with James McGrath as "Nature as Data."

  • Hermès: Fit, Hordern Pavilion.

  • Sydney Jewish Museum: Reverberations: A Future for Memory.

  • Tiffany: High Jewellery Event, Sydney Opera House.

  • Australian National Maritime Museum: “Wharfies Mural.” Soundtrack to exhibition.

  • Sydney Modern (AGNSW) Opening: Donors Dinner.

  • Australian National Maritime Museum: "Shaped by the Sea" Exhibition. Permanent music and sound installation: "As It Ends, It Begins Again."

  • Waterhouse Natural Science Art Prize: Finalist, South Australian Museum. "Ghost Trees." Collaboration with James McGrath as "Nature as Data."

  • Vivid Sydney: "We Dream the City." Soundtrack. Collaboration with Dr. Sarah Barns and Michael Killalea of Esem Projects.

  • Vivid Sydney: "Point of View." Collaboration with Michael Killalea and Brad Robson.

  • Nagnata Movement 10: Bangarra Dance Theatre, Sydney. Collaboration with Nagnata, Laura May, Ella Bancroft, and Waangenga Blanco.

  • Semi Permanent: Perspective Festival: Carriageworks, Sydney.

  • Indigenous Fashion Projects (DAAF): Australian Fashion Week, Carriageworks, Sydney.

  • Australian Fashion Week: Carriageworks, Sydney. 10 Shows.

 

2021

  • Australian National Maritime Museum: "One Ocean, Our Future" Exhibition.

  • Luna Fête: Festival of Light, Art, and Technology, New Orleans, USA. "Ghost Trees." Collaboration with James McGrath as "Nature as Data."

  • Dlectricity Festival: Detroit Institute of Art, Detroit, USA. "Ghost Trees." Collaboration with James McGrath as "Nature as Data."

  • Northern Beaches Environmental Art Prize: Finalist, Sydney. "Ghost Trees." Collaboration with James McGrath as "Nature as Data."

  • Port Macquarie-Hastings Council: "Wakulda - Weaving Our Stories as One." Collaboration with Esem Projects, the Ngarrgan Mirrilyn Choir, and the local Birpai people.
     

Archive

  • Rutherford's Den: The Arts Centre, Christchurch, New Zealand. Permanent science museum. Collaboration with Esem Projects.

  • Bathurst Winter Festival: Bathurst Regional Council. Music Composition, Sound Design, Music Direction, and Supervision. Public art projection festival. Collaboration with Esem Projects. 7 years.

  • The University of Vienna: "Sounds of Matter" Exhibition. "Freezing Gold Nanocluster." Awarded Best in the Category of Nucleation.

  • Australian National Maritime Museum: "Voyage to the Deep."

  • Arrivals and Departures: Barangaroo Delivery Authority, Sydney. Collaboration with Esem Projects.

  • Australian Museum, Sydney: "Tyrannosaurs - Meet the Family" Exhibition.

  • Australian Museum, Sydney: "Deep Oceans" Exhibition.

Discography:

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  • 2022. Gary John Sinclair - Public Broadcast Vol.01

  • 2006. Abacus Roolz - The Northern Summer of

  • 2003. Abacus Roolz - The Trials and Tribulations of

  • 1999. Liminal - AA

  • 1998. Tiafro - Tank Engine Blue

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