ABOUT
Sarah James is a visual artist based in Bristol, UK. Her background lies in graphic design and photography, graduating from University of Westminster in 2007. Her work includes live visuals; responding to sound in real time to create hypnotic and immersive audio visual experiences. Sarah takes inspiration from the interconnectedness of patterns and textures in the natural world, reinterpreting them using a variety of digital and analogue techniques as well as influence from experimental and expanded film, video and abstract artforms.
Sarah's work also encompasses photography, music video, film and design.
LIVE VISUAL PERFORMANCES
2021
19/09/21 The Reverse Engineer, live visuals: Hidden Door Festival, Edinburgh
20/06/21 Harpoon, live visuals: The Lanes, Bristol
2020
28/10/20 'The Piano' (month long residency + performance), live visuals w/ Manu Maunganidze (sculpture + concept), Yas Clarke (sound design), Joe Evans (sound design): Strange Brew Bristol
15/09/20 Iceman Furniss Quartet, live visuals: The Lanes, Bristol
12/04/20 Viridian Ensemble live visuals w/Laura Phillips: S X H W X O 1: The Crofters Rights, Bristol CANCELLED
28/02/20 RAINBOW YAWN + Thought Forms DJ Set: Lost and Grounded Brewery, Bristol
01/02/20 EP/64 ft Ben Vince, GERM 3(D), live visuals: The Island, Bristol
2019
16/11/19 Guy Metcalfe, live visuals: The Cube Microplex, Bristol
09/11/19 Live visual installation: Lost & Grounded Brewery, Bristol
18/10/19 RAINBOW YAWN - Simple Things Festival Opening w/ William Basinski: Bristol IMAX
22/06/19 RAINBOW YAWN, Toilet Fest 2019: Dan Johnson's toilet, Bristol
28/02/19 RAINBOW YAWN - Frenz Vs. Fire Fundraiser w/ EP/64, Marcy, Frank & Beans, Fat Paul DJ: The Exchange, Bristol
01/02/19 RAINBOW YAWN - w/ Alexander Tucker + Shiver: The Cube Microplex, Bristol
2018
15/12/18 EP/64, live visual collaboration with Laura Phillips: The Brunswick Club, Bristol
15/11/18 RAINBOW YAWN - Silencio. An evening of ambient music: Cafe Kino, Bristol
15/09/18 EP/64, live visuals: The Crofters Rights, Bristol
27/10/18 Totality Fuckery Witchcraft Halloween All Dayer, live visuals: The Old England, Bristol
12/05/18 Thought Forms + Stereocilia + Vena Cava, live visuals: The Lexington, London
23/02/18 BURL + PUSS, live visuals: The Old England, Bristol
22/02/18 Jim Ghedi + dbh + Agathe Max, live visuals: Cafe Kino, Bristol
2017
25/11/17 Stereocilia Album Launch w/ EP/64, live visuals w/ Becca Lewis: The Cube Microplex, Bristol
17/11/17 Dubi Dolczek Album Launch w/ Paddy Steer, live visuals w/ Becca Lewis: All Hallows Hall, Bristol
04/11/17 Ocean Floor Album Launch, live visuals: The Cube Microplex, Bristol
07/10/17 EP/64 Album Launch, live visuals: Roll for the Soul, Bristol
06/10/17 Colin Webster/Graham Dunning Duo + COIMS + Winter Ghost + Adi, live visuals w/ Becca Lewis: The Old England Bristol
03/08/17 EP/64, live visuals: The Crypt, Bristol
30/07/17 Bloom presents Cloudshoes, EP/64, PonPon and Lot Grundy, live visuals w/ STILL JAM: The Wardrobe Theatre, Bristol