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Interview piece with Pilar Cortés and Marcus Dyer/theskyisthinaspaperhere, preceding appearance at Threshold Festival, Liverpool. https://www.artinliverpool.com/features/artist-blog/featured-artist-marcus-dyer-pilar-cortes/

Exhibiting VR art installation, ‘Verisimilitude’ at Threshold Festival, Liverpool on 1st and 2nd April. Featuring artwork by Pilar Cortés alongside music and VR by Marcus Dyer/theskyisthinaspaperhere. http://thresholdfestival.co.uk/visual-performance-arts-programme-2017/

Fantastically overjoyed to have been invited to take part in Collusion: Data Culture. This comes mainly off the back of my generative music work and is a funded week long artists lab being held at Anglia Ruskin University, Cambridge from 16th-20th January 2017. For more information, click here.

A huge thank you to Christelle Atenstaedt for organising an amazing evening at The Old England, Bristol last week! Was an honour to play alongside the brilliant Louise Brady supporting the incredible Silver Waves. Many thanks also to everyone who came along! Photo: Richard Howarth Photo: Christelle Atenstaedt Photo: Christelle Atenstaedt

Very excited to be supporting the incredible Silver Waves as part of the first edition of ‘Lone Wolves’, “…a night for those who carve a solitary path through the musical wildnerness, those who are doing it for themselves and don’t need nobody else.” Entry is free and takes place at The Old England, Montpelier, Bristol on… Continue reading Upcoming performance @The Old England, Bristol, 5th November 2016.

An updated version of ‘Verisimilitude II’ was exhibited as part of the Coexist studios open weekend at Hamilton House, Stokes Croft, Bristol held on 10th-11th September 2016.  The installation was incredibly popular with people often queuing outside the studio to experience it. ‘Verisimilitude II’ combines artwork by Pilar Cortés with sound & music by Marcus… Continue reading ‘Verisimilitude II’ exhibited at Hamilton House studios open weekend

theskyisthinaspaperhere performed a headline set at Hydra Bookshop on 14th August 2016.  Support from Attacked by Wolves and Myth. Poster above many thanks to Samara Hawthorne. Tech notes from left to right: Mac Mini running ‘Logic X’ with custom environment and ‘Kontakt 5’ for main sound sources. Mackie Control for mix control. iPad running ‘Patterning’… Continue reading Performance at Hydra Bookshop, Bristol 14th August 2016

This work was first publicly displayed as part of Carolyn’s Embrace DNR exhibition at 44AD Artspace, Bath, 8th-14th February 2016. Marcus was previously commissioned by performance artist Carolyn Savage to compose an original piece of music, record and edit accompanying dialogue and develop an accompanying sound installation, to be used as part of her exhibition… Continue reading Embrace DNR: Sound installation @44AD Artspace, Bath, 8th-14th February 2016

Proud to have completed ‘Verisimilitude II’ in time to compete in the Archiact Global VR Jam! To see someone playing it alongside actual game footage see: If you have an Android phone and would like to play it yourself, VR gaming site www.wearvr.com has kindly featured the app: DownloadVerisimilitude II Or it can be directly… Continue reading Archiact Global VR Jam: Verisimilitude II

‘Falling to an Ocean’s Floor (Gasping Evermore)’, the new album by theskyisthinaspaperhere, is now available on CD and digital download through Bandcamp. Over the course of eight compositions recorded from 2000-2013, theskyisthinaspaperhere combines post-rock with ambient electronica to create a dark, brooding melancholia. To listen to the album in its entirety or to order, please… Continue reading TSITAPH album now available on Bandcamp

Returning to Falmouth for the second instalment of the Fascinate digital arts conference turned out to be every bit as incredible as the previous year, this time contributing three items to Fascinate’s programme. Here is a short highlights video of the second TSITAPH performance at Fascinate Conference 2014 in Falmouth, this time performing alongside Chris… Continue reading Second performance, ‘Verisimilitude I’ and more at Fascinate Conference 2014, Falmouth

Earlier this year, I entered several pieces of work into Noise Festival 2014. Of the four entered, a total of three pieces of my work have been marked ‘Excellent’ by the Festival’s team. The Festival’s website describes Noise Festival as “A national celebration of the UK’s next generation of creative talent” in which “An impressive… Continue reading Noise Festival 2014 Awards

Virtual Reality art installation, ‘Verisimilitude I’ had its first exhibition at the Mexican Embassy in London earlier this month, after reaching the final stage of Camaradas, a Mexican/UK art competition. The installation, which combines original oil paintings by Pilar Cortés with an iPhone-based virtual reality application and generative music, was hugely popular at the event,… Continue reading Verisimilitude I at Camaradas 2014 Mexican/UK competition