Studio Grant holder in Malmö, 16 March 2026–14 June 2026

Richy Carey is an composer from Glasgow living in the Isle of Skye, Scotland. He works collaboratively with community groups and other artists to make communal sounds that explore the kinds of understanding that can emerge through listening and sounding together. Under the moniker èist sound, he works closely with filmmakers and visual artists to conceptualise, create and install soundtracks and soundscapes, most often experienced in cinemas and galleries. Central to his practice is an interest in the motive tensions between individuality and collectivity in sound, space, and society. Thinking through theories of nonhierarchical and non-binary relation, he creates works that treat difference not as a site of division, but of relation – making these forms of interconnection perceptible and audible.

Photo: Matthew Arthur Williams

Portrait of Richy Carey, face obscured by microphone.

During his IASPIS residency he will exploring the potential of Dolby ATMOS in developing immersive, participatory sound-image works at the intersection of expanded cinema, participatory art. Through a workshops and focused studio time, he will revisit Åčçëñtß, (2019), an audiovisual and live choral piece exploring accents as a musical material in our everyday voice created through his role as Glasgow’s UNESCO City of Music artist-inresidence, 2018. This research will prove the groundwork for devising a new live choral work intended to take place in a large-format cinema space.

Richy Carey holds a PhD from the University of Glasgow, and taught at various arts institutions across Scotland. Recent solo projects include { stereo – type – music }, 2023, commissioned by Art Night, Dundee / the Tetley, Leeds / FLAMM, Cornwall; Wild Tracks Radio | The Listening Crystal, 2022, commissioned by LUX Scotland / BBC Arts. Recent studio projects include The House that Pigs Built, 2026 for Cooking Sections, MAPS Museum, Copenhagen; Bone Stone Voice Alone, 2025, for Lauren Gault, DCA Dundee, Alter Altar, 2024 for Jasleen Kaur, Turner Prize / Tate; NO ARCHIVE CAN RESTORE THIS CHORUS OF DIASPORIC SHAME, 2024 for Onyeka Igwe, Nigerian Pavillion, La Biennale di Venezia, Italy.