arteles_catalogue_2014

IN THE RESIDENCY
July 2014
“I want my art to smell like me, and be
full of energy, joy, and contradictions.”
TOM HOGAN
Australia
tommehhogan@gmail.com // www.tomhogan.com.au
Tom Hogan is a composer and sound artist, writing and performing
music for theatre, film, dance, and for bands that don’t exist. He
mysteriously moonlights as performance poet Scott Sandwich, but
it’s getting a bit out of hand now.
He is in an ongoing internal battle with himself, about his artistic
sensibilities and identity. However, it’s much less intense than you
think. His ambient music requires time, patience and subtlety,
while his poetry is like a jet-powered bulldozer... and never the
twain shall meet.
He works fast and fun. He juggles multiple projects – using one
idea to take time off from the others. He tries new things, loves
to collaborate, and makes sure his works captures a sense of joy
and energy.
In his second visit to Finland, he will be developing a collection
of large-scale poetry works. Each work will be a representation
of a major composition by Jean Sibelius. This project is based
on a quote from Sibelius: “Music begins where the possibilities
of language end.” The final product will be a response to this
challenge, a celebration of Sibelius’ personality and musical
intuition, and a showcase of the power of words that sit behind
everything we do, even when nothing needs to be said.