Craig Wells research initially took the form of a fourfold consisting of spatial audio, electronic instrumentation, improvisation and philosophy and he attempted to find surrogate connections between these areas distinct from any hegemonic methodologies borrowed from the humanities. In turn this gave his practice the emancipation to spawn its own relations, to accelerate and create its own images of thought whilst at the same time exponentially fabricate a range of monikers and fictional selves that could produce without the expectations of the other. 

This research is essentially an inquiry through sound, sensation and the reconciliation with the self that he has endeavoured to investigate, whilst at the same time proliferating an ontology that hinges on allure and attraction. It is an ontology that is grounded in materiality, accidents and contingency and posits a philosophy of decomposition, degrading repetitions and vibratory cycles of erasure. 

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Bio
Craig Wells is a sound artist and composer based in Bergen Norway. His practice focuses on synthesis, sound diffusion, electroacoustic composition and field recording. His research interests oscillate around materialism and phenomenology with particular emphasis placed upon listening and sonic encounter. He works under various artistic monikers such as Refrains, Klunks and Vonrik Haug and has released multiple albums internationally.

He presents his research at conferences, institutions and festivals throughout Europe and Asia. He cleaves open the epistemological consequences of practice led research through exploring the somatic and vibratory production of knowledge.

Central to his artistic endeavours is the use of sound as a means to inflect philosophical contemplations in order to understand what forms of thought does sound provoke and agitate. An overarching sentiment of his  artistic research is  reconciling sonic experience with the written word.