David Biddlecombe, Author at Photography, people & other adventures

Apr 21

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Byron Wallen’s Indigo at Church of Sound

Byron Wallen’s Indigo at Church of Sound on 21st April 2023. Musicians Byron Wallen – trumpet Tony Kofi – saxophone Tom Herbert – bass Tom Skinner – drums Get the book, CD or DVD of Byron’s Indigo project here. More photos of Tony Kofi here. More images from Church of Sound Kahil El’Zabar Sam Wilkes & Jacob Mann Waaju x Majid Bekas

Apr 05

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Ann Bukla at Total Refreshment Centre

Ann Bukla at Total Refreshment Centre on 5th April 2023. See photos of Ursa Major performing on the same night here.

Apr 05

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Ursa Major Moving Group at Total Refreshment Centre

Ursa Major Moving Group at Total Refreshment Centre on 5th April 2023. See photos of Ann Bukla performing on the same night here.

Mar 23

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Nadav Schneerson at 91 Living Room

Nadav Schneerson at Jazz Refreshed at 91 Living Room on on 23rd March 2023. Musicians: Nadav Schneerson – drums George Richardson – bass Cenk Esen – keyboards Ekin Oykener – oud Sam Warner – trumpet James Akers – saxophone Will Heaton – trombone See more images of Cenk Esen at Jazz Re:fest here. See more images of Will Heaton and James Akers at Orii here. See more images of Sam Warner with Valia Calda here. See more images from Jazz Refreshed and 91 Living Room gigs: Jazz Re:fest Binker Golding Maddy Coombs Doom Canon

Mar 02

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Waaju x Majid Bekkas at Church of Sound

Waaju x Majid Bekkas at Church of Sound on 2nd March 2023. Musicians Abdelmajid Bekkas – vocals, guimbri, thumb piano Sam Rapley – tenor saxophone Ben Rodney – krakebs Tal Janes – guitar Joe Downard – bass Will Fry – percussion Ben Brown – drums Guest appearance by Driss Yamdeh & Simo Lagnawi – krakebs & dance Buy or listen to the CD Waaju recorded with Majid Bekkas here. Watch video footage from the concert here. More images from Church of Sound Byron Wallen Sam Wilkes & Jacob Mann Kahil El’Zabar

Dec 25

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24 x 24

24 x 24 is a multi screen timelapse video installation showing 24 hours in the city through the working days of 24 Hong Kong people, exploring the individual within the collective life of the city. Here we show a few portraits of participants in the project, more detailed update to follow. Press coverage South China Morning Post

Dec 25

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Knowledge Reshapes Destiny

Winner, together with project partner Connie Chu, of an open competition to design an installation for the new Singapore Management University Library on the theme of Knowledge Reshapes destiny. Originally envisaged as an interactive multimedia piece it was in the end implemented as a static mosaic due to budgeting limitations.

Dec 24

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Freedom Ball

Freedom Ball was a guerilla intervention in public space that challenged whether Hong Kong parks were designed, managed and regulated for the benefit of Hong Kong people. Large red balls were placed in parks, encouraging the public to interact in ways that challenged park design and regulations, sparking discussions between the public and park management. This led to public discussion and surveys, TV and press coverage and eventually meeting with government departments, workshops with park management and a large scale intervention filling Shatin Park with hundreds of balls. In the end this led to significant changes in park design, management and regulation as well as commitments to having open, flexible public space in all new park designs, removing restrictions on activities and starting the process of removing fences restricting public access in existing parks. Press coverage South China Morning Post 1 South China Morning Post 2 Varsity, Chinese University of Hong Kong Project Blog

Oct 14

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Usual/Unusual

My first exhibition in 2005 exhibited in Quarry Bay, Hong Kong. The exhibition focused on juxtaposing the unusual and the everyday, encouraging the viewer to look again at their immediate surroundings. All images were captured in the immediate vicinity of the exhibition location.