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Thembi Soddell (b.1980) is an Australian sound artist, electroacoustic composer and practice-led researcher with an interest in psychology, perception, extreme emotion and the subjectivity of experience. She works primarily with the sampler, generating sounds from field recordings, instrument textures, played found objects and synthesis to form surreal and ambiguous realisations of place and experience. These volatile, filmic sound worlds exploit the dynamic extremes, toying with the listeners' sense of expectation and disquiet.
 
She creates work for recording, installation, live performance, and concert presentation. Her CV includes the release of four major composition works for CD; guest curation for the National Gallery of Victoria’s Melbourne Now: Now Hear This sound program (Melbourne, 2013-14); works exhibited at the Wellington Art Gallery (Wellington, 2013), Parisonic Festival (Paris 2011), the National Gallery of Australia (Online 2004) and the SFMOMA (San Francisco 2002); solo performances at Australian experimental music festivals such as the Totally Huge New Music Festival (Perth 2009), What Is Music? (Melbourne 2004) the Liquid Architecture Festival of Sound Art (Auckland 2006, Sydney 2005, Melbourne 2001); and two European tours in duo with Anthea Caddy including performances at the Hörkunstfestival (Erlangen 2006), Biegungen Festival (Berlin 2009) and Instants Chavirés (Paris 2006).
 
Thembi has a BA in Media Arts (2002) and is a graduate with honours in sound art (2005) from RMIT University’s School of Art, where she is now a PhD candidate. Her research focuses on the articulation of firsthand experiences of mental illness and psychological distress using sound art practice. She also assists in running the Australian experimental music label, cajid media. Thembi has an ongoing duo with cellist, Anthea Caddy and has worked as sound designer and dramaturg for choreographer, Tim Darbyshire.

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