Matt Stokes

Matt Stokes

For the Australian rules footballer Matt Stokes see Matthew Stokes

Matt Stokes, born 1973 in Penzance, is an artist and film-maker. He had a residency at Grizedale Arts in 2002 during which he researched the history of rave culture in the Lake District.[1] In 2006 he won the Beck's Futures art prize for his film Long After Tonight.[2]

In 2005 Stokes developed Sacred Selections, a series of experimental transcriptions of Underground Music, then performed live on historic Pipe Organs in Dundee, following a commission by Dundee Contemporary Arts. Recordings based from these live performances were released on a CD also titled Sacred Selections.[3]

From the liner notes:-

'Sacred Selections was conceived by artist Matt Stokes, and comprises three pipe organ recitals that present music hosen by people froma range of underground music and cultures strongly represented within Dundee - Northern Soul, Happy Hardcore and Black Metal.'

References

  1. ^ Grizedale Arts Residencies in 2002
  2. ^ Higgins, Charlotte (3 May 2006). "Judging panel's hearts captured by northern soul". The Guardian Arts Section, 3 May 2006 (London). http://arts.guardian.co.uk/news/story/0,,1766308,00.html. Retrieved 3 May 2006. 
  3. ^ "Dundee Contemporary Arts". http://www.dca.org.uk/whats-on/editions-and-publications/sacred-selections-cd.html.