KEIRA J. SIMMONS
About
Keira J. Simmons (she/they) is an emerging South Australian sound artist and sound designer based on unceded Kaurna Land. She creates projects that explore bodily engagement with place and sound, through speculative soundwalking and through performing meditative ambient sets.
As a freelance sound designer, she works with local and global artists on creative projects focusing on queerness, ecology, neurodivergence and embodied theatrical experiences.
She is also passionate about creating and supporting opportunities for marginalised and underrepresented voices, both literally (as an audio technician) and systemically (with Creative Original Music Adelaide).
Image courtesy of Braidee Lee
Education
2021-: SAE Institute, Australia. Masters, Creative Industries.
2018: New York University Abu Dhabi, UAE. Bachelor of Arts (Music), minor Anthropology.
Affiliations
2023-: Artist in Residence, Open Space Contemporary Arts + Post Office Projects
2022-2023: Sharehouse Resident, Carclew
2020-: Guildhouse Accredited Member
2019-: Committee, General Operations (Development Programs), COMA (Creative Original Music Adelaide)
2019-2022: Creative Consultant, Carclew
Image courtesy of Dr Jesse Budel
Image courtesy of Dr Jesse Budel
Conferences, Community Engagement and Awards
2022: Transforming Everyday Sites, Participant Artist, OSCA + Onkaparinga Arts, South Australia
2019: Sound::Gender::Feminism::Activism, Presenter, CRiSAP, Japan
2019: National Youth Arts Summit, Attendee, Carclew, South Australia
2019: Riverlands Biospehere Acoustic Ecology Lab, Attendee, Jesse Budel + Country Arts SA, South Australia
2019: Telematic Studio, Participant, CEMENTA + Christy Dena, Remote
2018: NYU Abu Dhabi Research Conference, Presenter, NYU Abu Dhabi, UAE
2018: International Ecoacoustics Congress, Attendee, Australian Chapter of Ecoacoustics, Queensland
2017: Perspectives on Listening Symposium, Attendee, Biosphere Soundscapes, Queensland
2017: Tokyo International Projection Mapping Awards, Jury Award, Tokyo Big Sight, Japan
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Image courtesy of Emma Luker
Industry Experience
2023-: Venue Technician, Nexus Arts, South Australia
2021: Audio Engineering + Balance Engineering Mentorship, Martin Jones + COMA, South Australia
2021: Venue Operator + Audio Engineer, Hartstone-Kitney Productions/Black Box Live, South Australia
2020: Venue Technician, Adelaide Fringe, The Treasury 1860, South Australia
2019: Sound Alliance Participant (Mentor Adam Ritchie, r.domain), COMA, South Australia
2018: Research/Archives Assistant, Music and Sound Cultures Research Group, NYU Abu Dhabi, UAE
2017: Audiovisual Intern, Roulette Intermedium, New York, USA
2017: Archiving/General Operations Intern, Issue Project Room, New York, USA
2015: Archives + Fieldwork Intern, Archives and Research Centre for Ethnomusicology, Gurgaon, India