Listen to this podcast to hear about my journey into the world of sound!

I mention:
- Collaborations with Azlee Babar, Anzir Boodoo, Mark Carney, Joe Beedles + more
- Previous works 'In Transition', 'The Abyssal Glow' and 'Inner Horizons'
- The Superposition Collective
- How to monetise and sustain artistic practice as a regular source of income
- Interesting sonic experiences
- Kinetic Art
- plus loads more!

This interview was recorded on 15/03/21 with Sound Artist/Musician Dr Cat McEvoy for Leeds Conservatoire students.

Enjoy and feel free to leave comments below.

Interview with Dr Caterina McEvoy at Leeds Conservatoire

This soundscape was made using hydrophones and bespoke bubble machines in viscous liquids, during the Electric Storm Residency at Spirit Studios with Brighter Sound and Delia Derbyshire Day and with support from the Launchpad mentoring programme.

Bubble Soundscape

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Inside the Dishwasher

For this track I used field recordings from nature of water and underwater air bubbles, mixed with recordings of underwater air bubbles in different viscous liquids in found vessels that I use for my artworks.

I reused the same recordings of bubbles several times, as a starting point, to see how many sounds I could create from a single recording. This is where the title A Deep Dive came from, enabling listeners to deep dive into both a single recording, and a bubble world.

A Deep Dive

Encounter with a Bubble, sound and video installation, 2018

Step inside a living ecosystem of bubbles. Experience each individual bubble form, grow, pop and collapse. Imagine you have shrunk in size to a 1:1 scale, as if you were a bubble submerged inside the landscape. Immerse yourself into a space that we, as humans, cannot physically get inside of ourselves.

Like the universe, the bubble is a living and evolving world. Bubbles connect you and me, as we contain them inside our bodies. We also encounter many bubbles in our everyday lives. Stop for a moment, to observe the bubbles we regularly encounter in our own living world.

This project was created during a residency in collaboration with Dr Kei Takashina (Senior Lecturer in Physics) at the University of Bath, in August 2018. The residency was funded by a Visions of Science Bursary, provided by the Andrew Brownsword Gallery at The Edge, University of Bath.

Find out more at www.catscott.co.uk or email hello@catscott.co.uk.

Encounter with a Bubble

The Abyssal Glow - Cat Scott & https://soundcloud.com/joebeedles

Macro video, micro sound, electronics, hydraulics, reflective film, UV liquid and light.

Enter an intimate, impossible microcosm that we, as humans, cannot physically experience ourselves. As you float through a universe of bubbles, your perception of the space you find yourself in becomes deceiving in scale.

The cosmic beauty of these micro hyperreal happenings enable you to experience the wonders of life at a different scale, and question the boundary between the real and the unreal.

The Abyssal Glow was created from a series of experiments studying the growth of bubbles and was supported by Signal Film and Media, Dr Kei Takashina and Dr Andrew Rhead, Chris Ball and Professor Timothy Leighton.

Find out more: www.catscott.co.uk I @catscottsciart

The Abyssal Glow

Find out more about my kinetic bubble installation Inner Horizons: www.catscott.co.uk/inner-horizons/

Glycerin Bubbles - Inner Horizons

Find out more about the kinetic bubble installation Inner Horizons: www.catscott.co.uk/inner-horizons/

Water Bubbles - Inner Horizons

Recorded of air bubbles in glycerin using hydrophones inside a dome shaped tank, the prototype for Inner Horizons (see photo).

Find out more about Inner Horizons: www.catscott.co.uk/inner-horizons/

Travelling through air bubbles in glycerin

This concept track was made from only three short recordings of bubbles using hydrophones in water.

I gave myself these limitations to see what I could make with them.

Bubble Concept Track

I am an international artist who creates moments of curiosity and wonder, using STEM (science-technology-engineering-maths) processes, and wave phenomena (light, sound, liquids, and gases), to make kinetic sculptures, installations, and experiences.

Using the mechanics of nature itself, I create innovative fluid systems for my artworks, using accessible, democratised technologies.

Find out more about my practice by clicking the links below.