Performance
Collings's work contrasts the crushed guitars and textures of My Bloody Valentine or Sonic Youth with structures more akin to contemporary classical composers like Steve Reich or David Lang. This music is textural, melodic and often sonically overwhelming.
His 'audio-visual opera' 'A Requiem for Edward Snowden' (2014, with Jules Rawlinson) for strings, clarinet, electronics and real-time visuals, was premiered to a sell-out crowd in October 2014. It has since been performed at Glasgow's Centre for Contemporary Art and will be shown 3 times as part of Made in Scotland's showcase at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe. His pieces have been performed throughout Europe, Iceland and Canada.
Other work includes an invitation to the 50th Design Biennial in Ljubliana, Slovenia (2014), an ALT-W award from New Media Scotland (2012) for 'The Third Mind', an algorithmic cinema performance and installation with Erik Parr, premiered at sell-out shows at Glasgow's Centre for Contemporary Arts (CCA), and various commissions for theatre and dance productions.
His work for films includes a specially commissioned live score for Dziga Vertov's 1929 silent classic, 'The Man with the Movie Camera' for the Reykjavik Design Festival (2010) and an invitation to work on 'The Invisibles' (2010), a commission from Amnesty International with Ben Frost, featuring Gael Garcia Bernal. His score for Hákon Palsson ́s film 'Guilt' was recently performed at the opening of the Glasgow Short Film Festival.
His installations have appeared at Glasgow City Halls (2011), Glasgow Royal Concert Hall (2012), Dundee Neon Digital Arts Festival (2012), Burning Man Festival (2010, USA), Chattanooga Gallery of Contemporary Art (2010, USA), Icelandic Academy of Arts (Iceland, 2009) and Manipulate Festival (2011, UK).
