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For ten years Clocked Out have produced some of Australia's most innovative contemporary music and interarts projects. Through their varied collaborations they have sought to bring together musicians, performers, artists and audiences from diverse backgrounds. By following their creativity to unexpected places, their work has explored the boundaries between musical styles and artistic disciplines.
In their core group Clocked Out Duo, directors Erik Griswold and Vanessa Tomlinson have made piano, percussion, and toy instruments their sonic playground; in The Wide Alley for 5 Chinese and 5 Australian musicians, they have forged new ground in intercultural collaboration; and in Sounding Wivenhoe and Sounding the Condamine they have created a new form which draws elements from community art, environmentalism, acoustic ecology, experimental music and installation.
Clocked Out are ensemble-in-residence at Queensland Conservatorium, Griffith University and receive annual funding from Arts Queensland. They produce an annual series of concerts and interarts events in Brisbane, and they tour their projects nationally and internationally.
Australian percussionist Vanessa Tomlinson has contributed significantly as a soloist, contemporary chamber musician and an improvisor. She has travelled the world since 1992 performing with red fish blue fish, Clocked Out Duo, Twitch, circa, Aphids and Elision, in places as diverse as Lincoln Center, Sydney Opera House, The Casbah and Nudgee Beach. Dedicated to exploring new musical ideas, she has commissioned and inspired more than 50 new compositions. Vanessa currently lives in Brisbane where she is Head of Percussion at the Queensland Conservatorium, Griffith University, and co-artistic director of Clocked Out.
Eclectic Australian-American musician Erik Griswold fuses experimental, jazz and world music traditions to create works of striking originality. Specializing in prepared piano, percussion and toy instruments, he has created a musical universe all his own that is "sincere" (neural.it), "playful" (igloo magazine), "colourful and refreshingly unpretentious" (Paris Transatlantic). Griswold performs as a soloist, in Clocked Out Duo (with percussionist Vanessa Tomlinson), and collaborates with musicians from diverse backgrounds as well as visual artists, and writers. Griswold has lived in San Diego, Los Angeles, New York, Melbourne, Adelaide, and now calls Brisbane home. He is currently director of Clocked Out, and adjunct professor at Queensland Conservatorium, Griffith University. He holds a PhD from University of California, San Diego.
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