VIV CORRINGHAM is a British vocalist and sound artist, active since the late 1970s. Her work includes concerts, soundwalks, radio works and multi-channel installations. She is interested in exploring people's sense of place and the link with personal history and memory.
She received two Composer Fellowships from McKnight Foundation, through American Composers Forum. She has an MA Sonic Art from Middlesex University, London. She studied and worked with Pauline Oliveros for many years and holds a Certificate to teach Deep Listening. She facilitates workshops in listening and sounding, most recently in Hong Kong, London, Bangalore, New York, Kolkata and Manila.
Her work has received international recognition and been presented in twenty six countries. Recent work has been presented at Harvestworks Flow Festival, Governors Island NY, Issue Project Room New York Electronic Art Festival, Hong Kong Arts Centre Multichannel Festival, Fonoteca Nacional de Mexico, Universities in Bangalore, Calcutta and Delhi, Ftarri Tokyo, Cafe Oto London, Ohrenhoch Sound Gallery Berlin, Taipei University Taiwan, Shantou University China, Onassis Centre Athens Borderline Festival, Institute of Contemporary Art London Soundworks Festival, Brussels Tempo al Tempo Festival, London Discovery Festival, Echoes from Invisible Landscapes Festival Alp-Adriatic Region and
Superbudda Torino.
She performs solo, in ad hoc improvised groups, with Time Trout in New York and in telematic ensembles such as NowNet Arts Hub, directed by the composer Sarah Weaver, and Doug Van Nort's Electro Acoustic Orchestra.
Invited artist residencies include soundpocket Hong Kong Harvestworks Media Arts NYC Interim Srishti Bangalore India, Emily Harvey Foundation Venice Montalvo Art Center CA Memorial University Newfoundland Cal State University US Sound Meetings Syros Greece Cobh Art Centre Ireland Radio Papesse Florence Italy Serralves Museum of Contemporary Art Porto Portugal NAISA Toronto Soundworks Cork Ireland Deep Listening Institute NY and Binaural Media Nodar Portugal.
Articles about her work have appeared in many publications, including Going Out (Belgium), In the Field (UK), Unfinished Descriptions (Japan), Walking from Scores (France), Art of Immersive Soundscapes (Canada), Organised Sound (UK), Musicworks (Canada), Catskill Made (US), Playing With Words (UK) and For Those Who Have Ears (Ireland).
Resonance FM, London’s art radio station, broadcast a three-hour retrospective of her work in 2015.
Recordings are available on Innova, OTOroku, Flaming Pines, Farpoint, FMR, Linear Obsessional, Slowfoot, Zeromoon, NoMansLand, ARC Music, MASH, Slam, Deep Listening and other labels.
“Ululating, humming and chanting to produce not language but a present soundscape” (The Wire)
"Viv Corringham's astonishing spoken word performance. A restless stream of consciousness that seems to have the primal urgency of a message delivered in a dream." (Otoroku)
“ethno-cyber-punk diva Viv Corringham's voice is a truly wonderful thing, haunting and out-there, yet rooted in tradition. Unmissable.” (Richard Sanderson, programme notes)
