Residencies & Fellowships

• Gilbert Seldes Multimodal Postdoctoral Fellowship, Annenberg School for Communication, University of Pennsylvania, US (2023-2025)
• Byrne-Bussey Marconi Fellowship in the History of Science, Technology and Communication, Bodleian Library, University of Oxford, UK (2023)
• Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens, US (2022)
• Kone Foundation, Saari Residency (Mehiläisten seura), FI (2021)
• CEC ArtsLink, Back Apartment Residency, St Petersburg, RU (2020)
• The British School at Rome, Mead Scholarship, Rome, IT (2017)
• AER: International Artist Residency Programme. Joya: arte + ecología, Almeria, ES (2016)
• The National Museum of Computing, Bletchley Park, UK (2015)

Education

• PhD in Sound and Media Arts – CRiSAP, London College of Communication, UAL (2019)
• MMus Music Technology (Distinction), Birmingham Conservatoire (2014)
• BA (Hons) Philosophy with Psychology, University of Leeds (2006)

Awards & Funding

• International Placement Scheme Research Fellowship, (AHRC) (2022)
• Group Award: Mehiläisten seura, The Paavo Koskinen Fund, Finnish Cultural Foundation, FI (2021)
• Prix Field Recording. Phonurgia Nova Awards, FR. Nominated (2018)
• Digital memory and the sonic architecture of Mercury. Arts Council England Funding (2017-2018)
• Doctoral Research Scholarship. Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) (2015-2018)
• New Art West Midlands. First Prize (2016)
• The Imitation Archive. Arts Council England Funding (2015)
• Aesthetica Art Prize. Shortlisted (2015)
• Without Words Film Festival, Marseille, FR. Grand Prize (2015)
• Deutsche Bank Creative Prize for Music (2014)
• Ideas Tap, Five Elements – Digital. First Prize (2014)
• The Birmingham Conservatoire Postgraduate Prize (2014)

Exhibitions

• Mehiläisten seura, Galleria Salmi, Laajasalo Library, Helsinki, FI (2023)
• Sound Envelope HK-LDN, SPARK Festival, British Council, Hong Kong, HK (2021)
• In the Clouds, Stavanger Art Museum, NO (2020)
• These Times, Coventry Cathedral, Coventry, UK (2019)
• Memory Line, The Computer Laboratory, Festival of Ideas, Cambridge, UK (2018)
• Memory Line, MK Central Library, MK Festival Fringe, Milton Keynes, UK (2018)
• Net Sounds, Biennale Musiques en Scène, Les Subsistances/GRAME, Lyon, FR (2018)
• Five Years On, Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery, Birmingham, UK (2018)
• Art for the Environment, Nunnery Gallery, London, UK (2018)
• Trajectories, Watermans, London, UK (2018)
• Future Proof, The LAB, Dublin, IE (2017)
• Connecting Columns, Srishti Outpost, Kochi Muziris Biennale, Kochi, IN (2017)
• Fields of Athenry, Brighton Digital Festival, Brighton, UK (2016)
• Acts of Searching Closely, ASC Gallery, London, UK (2016)
• Strongrooms, Warwickshire County Council Touring Project, UK (2016)
• New Art West Midlands, Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery, UK (2016)
• New Art West Midlands, Midlands Art Centre (mac) (2016), UK
• New Art West Midlands, Wolverhampton Art Gallery (2016), UK
• New Art West Midlands, Herbert Gallery, Coventry (2016), UK
• The Cloud is More Than Air and Water, Queen Street Studios, Belfast, UK (2015)
• Aesthetica Art Prize Show, York St. Mary’s, York, UK (2015)
• (((echo))), Stryx Gallery, Birmingham, UK (2014)
• The Cloud is More Than Air and Water, Birmingham Conservatoire, Birmingham, UK (2014)

Publications

• Parker, M. (2023). ‘Crystal Clear: A conversation with Michael Pettersen at Shure Microphones’. In: A Row of Trees Journal 2, 1.
• Parker, M. (2022) ‘Fieldworking from home: Models, minerals, ecologies and cultures of media history’ In: Heliotrope Journal At: https://www.heliotropejournal.net/helio/fieldworking-from-home
• Parker, M. (2022)  ‘Communities of electromagnetic resistance: more-than-human responses to a wireless world’ In: Kafka, G. (ed.) Sonic urbanism: Listening to non-human life. London, UK: Theatrum Mundi
• Parker, M. (2022). Memory Line: A history of British computing At: Oral History Society. https://www.ohs.org.uk/creative/memory-line-a-history-of-british-computing/
• Parker, M. (2020) ‘The People’s Cloud’ In: Jørgensen, D. (ed.) Silver Linings: Clouds in Art and Science. Trondheim, NO: Museumsforlaget AS
  
• Parker, M. (2019) ‘An Apple a day: Listening to data centre site selection through a sonospheric investigation’ In: Culture Machine 18 pp.1-15
• Parker, M. (2016) Mechanical Calculators. [HD video with stereo sound] At: http://photomediationsmachine.net/2016/02/01/mechanical-calculators/
• Parker, M. (2015) ‘The Imitation Archive: Recording the Sounds of the World’s First Computers’ In: Tipp, C (ed.) An Antidote to Indifference: A Tributary of Caught by the River 13 pp.24-27

Performances and Screenings

• Boring Talks, BBC Radio 4 Podcasts, London, UK (2020)
• New Babylon, Arcade East, London, UK (2019)
• CRiSAP Official Playlist, Helicotrema 6,  Blauer Hase, Venice, IT (2017)
• No Maps for These Territories, Jerwood Staging Series, Jerwood Space, London, UK (2016)
• Zealous X, Rich Mix, London, UK (2016)
• Without Words Film Festival, Marseille, FR (2015)
• The Imitation Archive, Soundproof, ABC Radio National, Australia (2015)
• European Media Art Festival (EMAF), Osnabrück, DE (2015)
• Reflections on Collection, Sainsbury Centre for Visual Arts, Norwich, UK (2015)
• #howtodisappear, Melbourne Fringe Festival ’14, Melbourne, AU (2014)
• SOUNDKitchen, Vivid Projects, Birmingham, UK (2014)
• Turbulence in the Chamber, Trispace Gallery, London, UK (2014)
• Iridaceae, Liz Johnson and the Fitzwilliam Quartet, King’s Place, London, UK (2014)
• The Frontiers Festival, Birmingham, UK (2014)
• Midnight Davis, Session Bass Player (Five Easy Pieces Records, 2013)
• In a Dim Light, Nedry. Album. (Monotreme Records, 2012)
• Condors, Nedry. Album. (Monotreme Records, 2010)
• Oko-oo-ho, Oko-oo-ho. DVD (No Sleep Production, 2008)
• Method of Loci, Unspeakable Easels (Broken Branch Records, 2007)
• Air Wonder Stories, Unspeakable Easels (Unlabel, 2006)

Teaching

• Visiting Lecturer – Cinema and Media Studies Theory + Methods (PG), University of Pennsylvania (2024)
• Visiting Lecturer – Mobile Phone Cultures, University of Pennsylvania (2024)
• Workshop Facilitator – Listening to Electricity Workshop, Electronics Faire, Temple University, Philadephia (2024)
• Visiting Lecturer, Elemental Anthropology, University of Texas at Austin (2024)
• Sessional Lecturer, MA Sound Art, Oxford Brookes University (2023)
• Associate Lecturer, BSc/MMus Music Technology, Royal Birmingham Conservatoire (2018 – 2019)
• Internal Examiner, BMus/MMus Music Technology, Royal Birmingham Conservatoire (2019)
• Associate Lecturer, MA Sound Arts. London College of Communication, UAL (2017- 2019)
• Graduate Teaching Assistant, MA Media, Communications and Critical Practice. London College of Communication, UAL (2019)
• Field recording workshop, Art for the Environment, Nunnery Gallery & Bow Arts, London (2018)
• Visiting Lecturer, MA in Art and Research Collaboration, IADT Dun Laoghaire, Dublin (2017)
• Visiting Practitioner, BA/MA Sound Arts. London College of Communication, UAL, London (2016)
• Walking Studies Symposium, The People’s Cloud, Keele University, Keele, UK (2015)
• Performing live electronic music training (NEET 16-21), Modular Music School, Manchester (2014)
• Music Technology for Assistive Technology Learning Training, Soundbeam with 3DOM & Birmingham City University, Birmingham (2014)

Speaking and Conferences

• Communication Networks Before and After the Web: Historical and Long-Term Perspectives, CERN, Switzerland (forthcoming 2025)
• Tele-Visions Research Group Invited Speaker Series, Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne, Paris, FR (2024)
• activateCHAT, Contemporary and Historical Archaeology in Theory, Plymouth, UK (2024)
• In The Field 2, London College of Communication, London, UK (2024)
• CARGC Postdoctoral Colloquium, Center for Advanced Research into Global Communication, Annenberg School for Communication, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, US (2024)
• Eectronics Faire, Temple University, Philadelphia, US (2024)
• Avian Anthropocenes, Association of American Geographers, Denver, US (2023)
• Beastly Landscapes, Newcastle University, Newcastle, UK (2021)
• Crafting a Sonic Urbanism: Listening to non-human life, Theatrum Mundi, la Gaîté Lyrique, Paris, FR (2021)
• Sounding the Archive, ECR Masterclass, Wellcome Trust, London, UK (2019)
• Re-imagining the Opposition: The Art of Empathy, St Michael’s House, Coventry Cathedral, Coventry, UK (2019)
• In the Clouds, International Symposium, Stavanger Art Museum / University of Stavanger, Stavanger, Norway (2019)
• Invisible Symposium, Iklectik Art Lab. London, UK (2018)
• Investigating Infrastructure, Space and Place Research Network Symposium. Sheffield Hallam University, Sheffield, UK (2018)
• FameLab, Guest Speaker. British Council and Science Gallery Dublin, Dublin, IE (2018)
• Large Objects Moving Air, Co-Director of one day international conference. London College of Communication, UK (2018)
• Data Centers: Investigating Socio-Technological Assemblages of the Cloud. Stockholm University, SE (2017)
• ‘Socially Engaged Artists’ and the Residency Model. Guest Lecture. National Trust Croome and New Art West Midlands (2017).
• Sound and the Environment. University of Hull, Hull, UK (2017)
• The Sound Of Memory: Sound-track / Sound-scape. Whitechapel Gallery, London, UK (2017)
• Open Fields. Vibrating the Web. RIXC Conference, Riga, LV (2016)
• Points of Listening. Listening to the Internet. Guest Lecture. London College of Communication, UAL (2016)
• Sound Passages: passaggi di suono. Università Iuav di Venezia (IUAV), Venice, IT (2015)
• NPR Interview, The Imitation Archive, Weekend Edition with Simon Scott (2015)
• Introduction to Field Recording, Keele University, Keele, UK (2015)
• BBC Click Interview, The Imitation Archive, BBC World Service (2015)
• Producing the Imitation Archive, Part I and Part II, British Library Sound and Vision Archive (2015)
• Easter Bytes sponsored by Bloomberg, The Imitation Archive, Bletchley Park (2015)
• Tech Review Interview, The Imitation Archive, NPR Radio USA (2015)
• BBC Click Interview (with Vint Cerf), The Imitation Archive, BBC World Service (2015)

Field Recordist, Sound Design, Post Production