Craig Peter Gell (b. 1982, Bournemouth) is an artist, composer and musician based in Folkestone, Kent, south-east England (UK).
His recent work explores our connection to the natural environment, using field recordings, geoscience data and computer programming to produce sound maps, installations and electroacoustic compositions.
His work has exhibited at Profound Sound, SALT Festival of the Sea and the Environment, Folkestone Triennial and Ramsgate Festival of Sound, and has been broadcast on Radiophrenia (Scotland), Resonance Extra and The Lake (DK). He has also contributed to online exhibitions and live streaming events.
In 2020/21, he was a MagiC Carpets (Creative Europe) resident artist working alongside visiting artist Mary Conroy (IE).
Craig has also composed music for a number of short animated films, including Quarantine (2018), directed by long-time collaborator Astrid Goldsmith. Music for the film Red Rover (2020) was composed while on residency at the Red House, Aldeburgh.
Craig has worked with other artists and practitioners including composer Anna Braithwaite, eco-poet Chris Poundwhite, filmmaker Jemima Hughes, and the Folkestone Fringe.
Further examples of work can be heard on soundcloud.
For all enquiries, please email: info[at]craiggellmusic.com
Artwork / Exhibitions / Events
2022
– Lithoscapes, SALT + EARTH Festival, Folkestone Fringe / Creative Folkestone / Kent Downs AONB
– Tune-In: Field Recording Workshop, Folkestone, Kent
– Incantations, Profound Sound, Folkestone, Kent
– Imogen Holst’s Kitchen / Imogen Holst’s Kitchen in Retrograde, Radiophrenia, Centre for Contemporary Arts, Glasgow, Scotland
2021
– White Cart Stream, Live sonification for COP26, As if radio (AIR) / Soundcamp, Glasgow
– Pent Happenings (II), Exhibition, Workshop and Events, Folkestone Fringe / MagiC Carpets, Folkestone, Kent
– Locus Sonus live stream for Dawn Chorus Day, ‘Reveil 8‘, Soundcamp
2020
– Wave Machine, Radio Art, Radiophrenia, Centre for Contemporary Arts, Glasgow, Scotland
– Wave Machine, festival CHAT 2020, Online Exhibition
– Pent Happenings (I), Exhibition, Workshop and Events, Festival Of Looking, Folkestone Fringe / MagiC Carpets, Folkestone, Kent
– Wave Machine, Multimedia Installation, Silverland Studios, Ramsgate Festival of Sound, Kent
– Wave Machine, Multimedia Installation, Profound Sound, Folkestone, Kent
– Wind Chime, Radio Art, ‘Works for Radio #4’, The Lake Radio, Denmark
2019
– Green Language, w/Chris Poundwhite. Multimedia Installation, SALT Festival of the Sea and the Environment, Folkestone, Kent
– Starling Broadcast, Sound Installation, Profound Sound, Folkestone, Kent
– Starling Broadcast, Radio Art, Radiophrenia, Centre for Contemporary Arts, Glasgow, Scotland
2018
– Folkestone’s El Dorado: An auditory ramble through the Warren, Sound-walk, SALT Festival of the Sea and the Environment, Folkestone, Kent
2017
– House Of Easement, Sound Installation. Folkestone Triennial: Fringe Open, Folkestone, Kent
Film Music
2020
– Red Rover, Composer. Mock Duck Studios / BFI. Animation Short Film. Directed by Astrid Goldsmith.
2019
– Technology For Talking, Composer. BBC Ideas / Screen South. Animation Short Film. Directed by Jemima Hughes.
2018
– Quarantine, Composer. BFI / BBC4 / Wingspan. Animation Short Film. Directed by Astrid Goldsmith (Mock Duck Studios).
2016
– Polymer, Composer and Sound Design. Directed by Astrid Goldsmith (Mock Duck Studios).
– Squirrel Island, Composer. Directed by Astrid Goldsmith (Mock Duck Studios).
Awards / Residencies
2021
– MagiC Carpets (Year 4), Folkestone, Kent
2020
– MagiC Carpets (Year 3), Folkestone, Kent
2019
– Francis Chagrin Award, Sound and Music, soundandmusic.org
– ‘Made At The Red House’ Composers residency, Wild Plum Arts / Britten-Pears Foundation, Aldeburgh, Suffolk