NOMINATION: Excellence in Experimental Practice
For works, people or events that interrogate, extend, or challenge standard artistic practice within the Australian repertoire
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Nominee
Laurence Pike
Nominated Project/Activity
The Undreamt-of Centre
Nominator Statement
After 20 years of sustained creative practice Laurence Pike continues to push the standard of creative music being made in Australia.
As one of the few truly internationally recognised, Australian based, composer / improviser / performers, I believe that it is important that his continued, consistent excellence in experimental practice is recognised.
With the release of his remarkable solo album The Undreamt-of Centre Laurence effectively transitioned from an improviser / performer, to a composer of significant range.
His work as a collaborator with LIARS, the duo recording with Cameon Deyell, and his high-profile improvising unit BELIEVE all gaining traction in 2024, make this last year a pivotal one for Laurence.
Excellence in experimental practice means setting new standards, it means ideas being realised with mastery. It means collaborating with humility and ingenuity. It means providing benchmarks for the community.
What Laurence is consistently able to do is to provide statements of lasting importance through a practice defined by constant growth.
Nominee
Laurence Pike
Nominated Project/Activity
The Undreamt-of Centre
As one of the few truly internationally recognised, Australian based, composer / improviser / performers, I believe that it is important that his continued, consistent excellence in experimental practice is recognised.
With the release of his remarkable solo album The Undreamt-of Centre Laurence effectively transitioned from an improviser / performer, to a composer of significant range.
His work as a collaborator with LIARS, the duo recording with Cameon Deyell, and his high-profile improvising unit BELIEVE all gaining traction in 2024, make this last year a pivotal one for Laurence.
Excellence in experimental practice means setting new standards, it means ideas being realised with mastery. It means collaborating with humility and ingenuity. It means providing benchmarks for the community.
What Laurence is consistently able to do is to provide statements of lasting importance through a practice defined by constant growth.