Lewis Gittus
Born 1985. Lives and works in Naarm/Melbourne, Australia.
Education
2024 – Currently a PhD candidate within The University of Melbourne’s Faculty of Fine Arts and Music.
2020 – Completed Master of Fine Art with Distinction, RMIT University.
2008 – Completed BA of Fine Art with Distinction, RMIT University.
Awards
2023 – Recipient of the Graduate Assistantship Program, at The University of Melbourne.
2020 – Recipient of the Vice Chancellor’s Award for Academic Excellence, RMIT University.
Exhibitions, Performances, and Residencies
2024. Heolstor, Project8 Gallery, Melbourne. (collaborative performance with Karina Utomo, curated by Cūrā8)
2023. Jellied Machines Pt.2, Kings Ari, Melbourne, VIC (solo exhibition)
DIG, VCA Artspace Gallery, Melbourne (group exhibition)
Ultra Terrestrial, Elevator Ari, Lismore NSW (group exhibition)
μMuography, Science Gallery, Melbourne (cross-disciplinary on-site project with Jon Butt)
A Shadow Gliding, VCA Artspace Gallery, Melbourne (solo exhibition)
It’s Not You, It’s Me. Fiona and Sidney Myer Gallery, Melbourne (group exhibition)
2022. Music as Image, Project8 Gallery, Melbourne (group exhibition curated by Cūrā8)
Sedimentation, VCA Artspace, Melbourne (group exhibition)
Soft Heaps of Leaves, a Hymn, for UnProjects 16.2 at Seventh Gallery, Melbourne (poetry reading)
2021. Labyrinth, BUS Projects’ Island Island, Melbourne (solo online exhibition)
Collapse, Tributary Projects, Canberra, ACT (solo exhibition)
Estuaries, McClelland Gallery and Sculpture Park, Melbourne (group recital)
2017. APRA SongHubs, Bakehouse Studios. (resident Artist)
2014. RBMA, Tokyo. (resident artist)
2009. Synaesthesia, ACMI (collaborative performance with Jean Poole)
Publications and Conferences
2023. Distant Murmurs: Gothic Soundscapes in Literature, In: The Acoustic Ecology Review, Vol. 1 No. 1 (journal)
Distant Murmurs: Gothic Soundscapes in Literature, World Forum for Acoustic Ecology (spoken paper)
Noise in My Head, Reverberations Symposium, The University of Melbourne (spoken paper)
2022. Soft Heaps of Leaves, a Hymn, In: UnMagazine 16.2. Ed. D. Harding & H. Thurlow
Gothic Ambiguities, Aural Diversity Workshop #4 (spoken paper)
Andrea Meacham, Like a Heartbeat Drives You Mad, Seventh Gallery, Melbourne (exhibition essay)
An Idol Without Organs, In: Noise/Less, Bowen St Press, Melbourne (edited anthology)
Eleanor Louise Butt, Porthmeor Studio 5, In: Reflektor Magazine #04, Melbourne (exhibition review)
Before You Play (panel discussion hosted by Multicultural Arts Victoria)
2016. Kyary Pamyu Pamyu, Tone Deaf Magazine Brisbane (interview)
Commissions
2020. Zoë Bastin’s TWWOF, BUS Projects (commissioned sound design and score)
Gilded Dimension, Miller Design Lab (commissioned sound design and score)
2019. Celestial Float, Pitch Studios, Melbourne (commissioned sound design)
2018. Mood Machine, Standard Vision HQ, Los Angeles (commissioned sound design and score)
2010. Floating Worlds, ACMI (commissioned sound design and score)
Discography
2022. Lewis CanCut – Jellied Machines (x6 lathe-cut records and radio broadcast) – Project8 Gallery
Lewis CanCut – Magic Circuits (x2 tracks. File, FLAC, MP3, WAV) – NLV Records
Lewis CanCut – Magic Circle (x8 tracks. File, FLAC, MP3, WAV) – NLV Records
Lewis CanCut – The Wizard (7” vinyl) – NLV Records
Lewis CanCut – Glass Computer (x1 tracks. File, FLAC, MP3, WAV) – Revolver Upstiars Records
2021. LCC – Animate / Inanimate (cassette tape, File, FLAC, MP3, WAV) – Branch Points Records
2020. DJ Snow Fleas – Let’s Go Swimming (x1 tracks. File, FLAC, MP3, WAV) – Revolver Upstiars Records
2019. Lewis CanCut – Air Condition (x5 tracks. File, FLAC, MP3, WAV) – NLV Records
Lewis CanCut – Scratch Track (x1 tracks. File, FLAC, MP3, WAV) – Revolver Upstiars Records
2018. LCC – Re-Animator (x4 tracks. File, FLAC, MP3, WAV) – No Label
2017. Lewis CanCut & Paz – Pasmo / Funky Flesh (7” vinyl) – Dream Service Records
Lewis CanCut – i-15 feat. Jordan Variant (File, FLAC, MP3, WAV) – NLV Records
Lewis CanCut – Plastic Games feat. Hatsune Miku (File, FLAC, MP3, WAV) – NLV Records
2016. Lewis CanCut & Tigarah – Say Ok (File, FLAC, MP3, WAV, and music video) – NLV Records / i-D
Lewis CanCut – Indoor Rainforest, NLV Records (x5 tracks. File, MP3, WAV)
2015. Tkay Maidza, Swick, and Lewis CanCut – Wishes, Secret Songs (x1 track. File, MP3, WAV)
2012. Lewis CanCut – Social Mixer, Coco Records (x3 tracks. File, MP3, WAV)
2010. Lewis CanCut – Neon Saxophone, Scattermusic (x6 tracks. File, MP3, WAV)
Production and Writing Credits
2020. Haiku Hands – Mechanical Animal (co-writer credit) – Mad Decent Records / Downtown
2018. Blaq Carrie - Sendereka ft Kwasi (co-writer credit) – No Label
Sophie Grophy – Fa$t Life (co-writer credit) – WVS Music
2015. Jennifer Lopez – Booty Ft Iggy Azealia (co-writer credit) – Universal Music (platinum record) ⏺
Branko – Atlas (co-writer credit) – Enchufada Records
2014. Taky Maidza – Switch Tape (co-writer credit) – The Fader
2013. Sk Simeon – Loving Machine (co-writer credit) – Scattermusic
2012. Congo Tardis #1 – Number One (co-writer credit) – Scattermusic