Phil is holding one rock in his cupped palm, in his other hand he is delicately holding a larage flat pebble. The pebble is held just above the rock. The look of concentration on Phil's face shows that he is in the middle of striking the two stones together as a musical sound

Phil Dadson is an Aotearoa/NZ visual artist & musician with a transdisciplinary practice including moving image, building and performing with experimental musical instruments, music compositions, graphic scores and drawings. Foregrounding sound has been a feature since the early 70s, referencing body, land, nature, triadics and the human condition. Founder also of the legendary music/performance group, From Scratch (1974-ongoing).

Recent exhibitions include Drawn In (Trish Clark Gallery, Auckland, 2022); Huarere Weather Ear & Eye, TeTuhi Gallery website 2022, Hi/Lo Highs, Bowen Gallery 2022; 546 Moons (Auckland Arts Festival and Te Uru Waitākere Contemporary Gallery, Auckland, 2018); Groundswell: Avant–Garde Auckland 1971-79 (Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, 2018).

Panelists profile photo in front of some of Jim Allen's stained glass works in Futuna Chapel
Rāhoroi - (Sat) 11th Nov 2023, 4-5:30pm

OFFSITE: Panel discussion: ‘Jim Allen, Futuna Chapel and the reverberating present’

Three images superimposed together. On the left, Phil Dadson appears, performing with one of his own invented instruments. In the middle, the stained glass work from Futuna Chapel of Jim Allen, Phil Dadson's teacher, appears. On the right, Jim Allen appears performing a performance art piece of his.
Rāhoroi - (Sat) 11th Nov 2023, 2-3:30pm

OFFSITE: Phil Dadson - a tribute to Jim Allen at Futuna Chapel

Phil Dadson / Rob Thorne: ‘Aurongo/Inner Listening’ album release

A pattern of increasingly narrow vertical stripes alternating black in white. In the center of these stripes are ovals which also alternate black and white and get smaller the narrower the stipe.

Motu Rangitoto – winds fair and foul - Phil Dadson

a photo of the aeolian harp located on Rangitoto Island. It is made from tripod of old boat oars. The strings hang down from the apex and go over a bridge on a taut skin drum. The sky is very blue, and the ground is a very dark black volanic rock.
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