Mark Vernon A World Behind This World

Mark Vernon is a Glasgow based artist who explores concepts of audio archaeology, magnetic memory and nostalgia through his work. At the core of his practice is a fascination with the intimacy of the radio voice, environmental sound, obsolete media and the reappropriation of found recordings. A rich collection of domestic tape recordings; audio letters, dictated notes, answer-phone messages and lost voices often find their way into his unorthodox soundworlds. These elements are distilled into radiophonic compositions for broadcast, multi-channel diffusion, fixed media and live performances.

A keen advocate of radio as an art form, he co-runs and curates Glasgow’s art radio station, Radiophrenia. Mark was a founding member of Glasgow’s Radio Tuesday collective and went on to set up several other art radio projects in the UK.

Mark is an award-winning radio producer who has created programmes for stations including Resonance FM, VPRO, Sound Art Radio, Radio Revolten, Deutschland Radio Kultur, Radio Cona, Radio Picnic, Kunstradio, Wavefarm, RADIA, EBU and BBC.

Since 2011 Mark has co-run Lights Out Listening Group, a bi-monthly listening event focused on creative uses of sound and radio that takes place in complete darkness.