Nic Sandiland
Lecturer & programme leader
Nic Sandiland is a multi-media artist working with installation, performance and film. He originally trained as an electronics engineer before moving on to studying dance and performance in the late 80s.
He has made work in London, Europe and South Asia and has presented at theatres, art galleries, and unusual venues. Much of his work has been site specific. His film work has been shown worldwide and has been regularly broadcast on UK TV (Channel 4).
Over the past 15 years he has made many pioneering events investigating the integration of video within live performance. Since 2000 this work has increasingly involved the application of new interactive technologies.
Recent projects include: Remote Dancing an interactive installation, in collaboration with choreographer Rosemary Lee, commissioned by the Royal Festival Hall, London in 2004 and now touring internationally – currently exhibiting at Centre National de la Danse, Paris; Bench Mark a permanent interactive installation commissioned by the Arts Depot, North London; and a large scale outdoor installation in collaboration with Candoco Dance company commissioned by the South Bank Centre, London.
In the Autumn Nic will be working towards a series of interactive installations in collaboration with Bedlam Dance Company for Saddlers Wells theatre.
Nic has taught workshops on new media in dance around the World including: Bangalore, India and Seoul, South Korea.
As well as teaching performance, installation and electronics on the BA Sonic Arts at Middlesex he also lectures in video production on the MA in dance film at London Contemporary Dance School.
Recent Work
Exhibitions:
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Gravity Shift a video installation
DRHA conference Brunel University
2010 Otter Gallery, University of Chichester -
Everything Looks Beautiful in Slow Motion a window-based interactive installation
Commissioned by Dance Digital and funded by Arts Council England
2010 Dance Digital, Chelmsford
2010 Fuse Festival, Strood, Kent -
Bypasser a window-based interactive installation
Commissioned by Dance Digital and funded by Arts Council England. 2010 Chelmsford, Essex.
2010 Stone Squid Gallery, Hastings. -
Orbital A reactive video installation
Commissioned by Woking Dance Festival and funded by Arts Council England
2010 Oxford City Gallery, Oxford
2010 The Lightbox, Woking
2010 The Place Theatre, London
2010 Stone Squid Gallery, Hastings -
SPDT, a sculptural work
2010 Stone Squid Gallery, Hastings. -
Heat Exchanger a sculptural work
2010 Stone Squid Gallery, Hastings. -
Dimmer. a sculptural work
2010 Stone Squid Gallery, Hastings. -
Doing an interactive installation funded through the Arts Council England
2008 Swindon Dance Agency, Swindon
2008 Chichester University
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Benchmark an permanent interactive installation commissioned by artsdepot, London and funded by Arts Council England
2006 to date artsdepot
North London
- Shrink’d an interactive installation, collaboration with choreographer Yael Flexer and composer Nye Parry, funded by Arts Council England.
- Sadlers Wells, London 2006 The Engine Room, Bridgwater, Somerset 2005
- Dance on Screen (IMZ), Brighton 2005
- Woking Dance Festival, Woking 2005
- Remote Dancing an interactive installation, collaboration with choreographer Rosemary Lee and composer Graeme Miller, funded by Arts Council England.
- Centre National de la Dance, Paris 2006
- Quay Gallery, Isle of Wight 2006
- Bunker Arts, Slovenia 2005
- Spring Dance Festival, Utrecht 2005
- Royal Festival Hall, London 2004
- Metropole Galleries, Folkstone 2004
- Lyric Hammersmith, London 2004
- ICA, London 2004
- A series of interactive installations and sculptures, collaboration choreographer Yael Flexer as part of the Exit Plan, a commission by E-Werk.
- E-Work, Frieberg, Germany 2003
- A site specific interactive installation, collaboration with acoustic artist Joanna Mayes as part of the Nightwalking conference, a commission by Rescen.
- Greenwich Dance Agency, London 2002
- A series of installations in collaboration with choreographer Rosemary Lee commissioned by East London Dance Agency based around 30 school children. Funded through Arts Council, Barking and Dagenham Council, London Arts, Foundation Sports and the Arts. Barking Town Library, East London 2001
- A site specific installation collaboration with choreographer Suzanne Thomas commissioned by Essex Dance Agency Funded through Arts Council Year of the Artist Kelvedon, Hatch Nuclear Bunker, Essex 2001
- A series of audio visual installations commissioned by ATD forth world integrating poetry by people in extreme povety. Exhibition tour: The Diorama Gallery, London 2000, ATD, Norwich, 2001, AT D, Paris, 2001
- The Poetry Installations a commission by the Poetry Society crossing the boundaries between poetry and visual art at The Poetry Café 1999 - a permanent exhibition. Funded by the National Lottery through the Arts Council
- Nine works collectively titled choreography at the Place Theatre foyer 1999
- Four installations as part of the Buoy-O-Lux festival of site specific work at Docklands in 1996
Performances
directed/produced/devised:
- Hypermarket (interactive multi-media performance) (Arts Council England Funded)
- Winchester University 2005
- Chichester University 2004
- The Place 2004
- Frozen Progress (multi-media event) (London Arts Funded)
- Royal Geographical Society, London 2001
Teaching & Running masterclasses/workshops
- 2006 Video in Performance, master class on new media in live performance (with Yael Flexer), Swindon Dance
- 2006 Facets, cross-cultural dance and new technology workshop in Bangalore, India
- 2005 Dance Edits, editing for dance film masterclass (with Peter Anderson), Swindon Dance
- 2003 International dance-technolgy workshop (with Dr Sarah Rubidge, University of Chichester) ,Soeul, South Korea
- The Poetry Installations a commission by the Poetry Society crossing the boundaries between poetry and visual art at The Poetry Caf? 1999 - a permanent exhibition. Funded by the National Lottery through the Arts Council
- Nine works collectively titled choreography at the Place Theatre foyer 1999
- Four installations as part of the Buoy-O-Lux festival of site specific work at Docklands in 1996
Films
- Exosphere, a short film by Nic Sandiland and Simon Aeppli
- 2003 Shadowline Salerno Film Festival, Italy
- 2002 Dance on Camera, New York
- 2002 Dance on Screen, The Place Theatre, London
- Terra Firma, a 10 minute film collaboration with Simon Aeppli supported by the Arts Council
- 2002 IMZ, Monaco.
- 2002 The Place Theatre, London
- If only I could see the World through your eyes, a short film by Nic Sandiland
- 2002 Broadcast as part of 4Dance season on Channel 4
- 2001 Woking Dance Umbrella
- 2001 Streamed on the Arts Council Website
- 2000 Bodyworks Festival, Melbourne, Australia
- 2000 The German Dance Arc hive, Cologne, Germany
- 2002 Dance on Screen, The Place Theatre, London
- The Theory of Falling by Nic Sandiland shown as part of Dance On Screen season, London. 1998
- By Design documentary for Anne Dickie, residency at Chelsea and Westminster Hospital. 1998
- Old Ships? performance video for Angela Pread (A4E funded). 1998
- 500 More or Less film in performance also for Stanley Hamilton (L.A.B.funded). 1996
- Dream Times documentary for Stanley Hamilton dance residency (L.A.B. funded). 1994
