Furchick

Furchick is a sound artist based in Perth, Australia. She is an experimental musician focusing on  noise and sound art who incorporates science into her creations, taking her sounds from the natural vibrations created from everyday objects. 

Claire runs an internationally recognised net label called Dog Park that facilitates collaborations and promotes local experimental artists internationally. Artists on the label come from across the world, from Asia (including Indonesia), Western to Eastern Europe, USA, New Zealand and across Australia. https://dogparkrecords.bandcamp.com

Her extensive catalogue of work can be found on her website https://furchick.com. She performs regularly and has a prolific catalogue of music making dating back to 1987. She can be heard regularly on RTRFM as well as radio stations in the Eastern States and across the world, including WFMU in NYC and Resonance in London, among others. 

In 2017 she was awarded a WAMI for best experimental musician in WA.

In 2015 she was named as one of the best noise artists in the world in the NYC’s Village Voice (http://www.villagevoice.com/music/here-are-the-36-best-noise-tracks-of-2015-8054338. 

Aside from constant gigging in Perth since 2000, she has toured extensively. Recent touring includes:

• Yogyakarta, Indonesia 2020 - Jogja Noise Bombing 

• Donnybrook 2019 - Camp Doogs

• Melbourne 2105

• USA 2015 - Cincinnati, St Petersburg’s Noisefest, live to air on WFMU New Jersey

• Europe 2015 - London, Berlin, Arnhem including an artists residency in Arnhem

• New Zealand 2011 & 2013 including Audacious Festival in Christchurch, and shows in Auckland, Wellington, Christchurch and Dunedin

• Sydney and Melbourne  2011 - International Noise Conference 

• Newcastle 2011 - Sound Summit

During the late nineties she played the drums and toured the USA with Gerard Cosloy's (Matador Records) improv noise project Air Traffic Controllers when she lived in New York City. 

In the late eighties to mid nineties she lived in New Zealand, coordinated a music centre (label, venue, rehearsal space, zine, recording studio) and played in several bands that frequently toured New Zealand. 

Claire has created sound designs for DAADA/Tracksuit Dance Company in Perth and Jukstapoz Dance Company in Greece.

Claire is also an educator and her specialist skill is used in workshops that incorporate arts with science. She recently presented an improvisation workshop for WAM for the Girls Rock WA in 2019. She also delivered music workshops for the Audacious Festival in Christchurch and has been an ambassador for Propel Arts/KickstArt Festival.