mnortham
[english]
michael northam (born 1970 in murray, utah) has had from childhood an intimate and direct sense of land, of weather and of places. these formative experiences continue to inform his work.
his artistic trajectory has been a gradual process extending from early actionist performances that explored what makes 'an environment' alive with intention, to current 'sound actions', field recordings explorations and compost(itions). in 1990 northam spent a year living in europe, beginning a new process of cross pollination between his rural experiences in north america and the urban cultural centers in europe. further extended stays in europe have provided his work a crucial balance between inner and outer activities. his many 'sound actions' have taken place at venues throughout europe and north america. he has consistently produced works that give an opportunity for the listeners to challenge and examine themselves -exploring ideas of place, qualities of weather, and perceptions of microscopic worlds.
michael northam is currently living in switzerland and working on the cloudmirror project. cloudmirror has been established to research, commission, record, publish and re-issue the work of artists and composers working to expand and explore the palate and definition of sound as an immense and untapped field of art as phenomena and experience.