composer | artist | researcher | performer
The Subvert platform is an artist -owned and controlled co-operative entity that seeks to put artists at the forefront of digital music distribution. It went live on 12 May 2026 after several months of testing.
Here’s the link to my page: https://www.subvert.fm/colin-james-woods
Proud to be a founding member of this initiative to provide an artist-owned alternative to the now hideously corporate Bandcamp. See: https://subvert.fm
Well, that’s a wrap for the “I Just Called” Libraries tour. Thanks to all the folks at Libraries NI for their help and support, and to everyone who came along to a talk or a “meet the artist” day. The project is still available online for the moment, and I will continue to solicit contributions in the form of new messages!
From today, there is a new way to participate in I just Called. You can record a message using the SpeakPipe service and It goes straight to my inbox. Why not give it a try? [Click here]
Come check out new PhD research in music and audio at the Ulster Sound Gallery: part of Presence Lab, our new arts research lab
You will hear creative works by PhD researchers in music/audio practices, all of whom have particular (and distinctive) interests in how music can be spatial and immersive. Colin Woods: ‘Transport’. | Henry Eady: ‘Embodied Martial Arts, Improvisation and Immersive, Interactive Sound’ | Aaron McGlinchey: ‘I am Sitting in a Tomb’ | Peter O’Doherty: ‘Topologies I: Textures’.
Happy to be part of this!
Happy to be once again playing a small part in this annual Glasgow-based event.
Link: https://radiophrenia.scot
My piece Near Finsbury Park will be one of the works to be broadcast. This work orininally formed part of my proximity-activated installation, currently on permanent loan to the Audio Foundation in Auckland.
Hear it here:
https://soundcloud.com/colin-james-woods/near-finsbury-park
I Just Called will be launching its Belfast Libraries Tour on 03 October 2024 at the awesome Belfast Central Library at 6:30 pm. The installation will have a telephone seat on each of the three levels, each with access to a unique set of messages. From November, a single-seat version will tour all of the other branches as per the schedule below. There will be an opportunity to interact with the artist (me) and contribute content at each branch (dates to be finalised).
| Nov-24 | Chichester Library |
| Nov-24 | Cregagh Library |
| Dec-24 | Grove Library |
| Dec-24 | Ormeau Road Library |
| Jan-25 | Shankill Road Library |
| Jan-25 | Lisburn Road Library |
| Feb-25 | Ardoyne Library |
| Feb-25 | Falls Road Library |
| Mar-25 | Tullycarnet Library |
| Mar-25 | Whiterock Library |
| Apr-25 | Ballyhackamore Library |
| Apr-25 | Finaghy Library |
| May-25 | Holywood Arches Library |
| May-25 | Suffolk Library |
| Jun-25 | Woodstock Library |
| Jun-25 | Colin Glen Library |
Proud to have I Just Called included as part of the first tranche of projects documented by the team at Liverpool University in the ‘Recovering the Art of Reconciliation’ project! I participated in a workshop session with them last month.
Researcher Dr Pauline Hadaway says, “ Recovering the Art of Reconciliation’ is the first online repository of its kind. Emerging from the findings of the earlier AHRC-funded investigation into the impact of the funded arts on conflict transformation in Northern Ireland, it makes available key information on arts-based peacebuilding projects from the early days of the Northern Irish peace process (c.1994) to the present day.”
I’m looking forward to the launch at the end of October! (More details then)
Link here:
