work
exhibitions / curated and produced / writing / discography / playlists
selected exhibitions
2024
- Performing Media Festival, South Bend Museum of Art, Indiana, USA
2023
- 24 Hours of Radio Art, Vancouver, Canada (as Ubu Kung)
- Alternative Film Video Festival, New Belgrade, Serbia (as Ubu Kung)
- Arrrtoury Art Festival, Ulsan, South Korea
- Frozen festival, Thessaloniki, Greece (as Ubu Kung)
2022
- Futurology exhibition, Weimar, Germany (as Ubu Kung)
- Listening To a Brave New World festival, Murcia, Spain and Istanbul, Turkey (as Ubu Kung)
2021
- Paadmaan Video Event, Paadmaan Events space, Tehran, Iran (as Ubu Kung)
- Traces of the Future exhibition, Momentum Gallery, Kraków, Poland (as Ubu Kung)
- PUNTOMOV festival, Universidad Autónoma del Estado de Morelo, Mexico (as Ubu Kung)
- Nacht van de Jonge Zwervers festival, Gent, Belgium (as Ubu Kung)
- Kreisch Festival für Straßenkünste 2021, Essen, Germany
- VIDEOFENSTER festival, Cologne, Germany (as Ubu Kung)
- HERE & THERE exhibition, Philadelphia / Florida, USA (as Ubu Kung)
2020
- Apocalipsis tecnocrático exhibition, Buenos Aires, Argentina (as Ubu Kung)
- La traición de las imágenes exhibition, San Juan, Argentina (as Ubu Kung)
- Helicotrema sound art festival, Modena, Italy (as Ubu Kung)
- Fest Miden online experimental video festival, Greece (as Ubu Kung)
- Datscha Radio / Listening To the Universe festival, Berlin, Germany (as Ubu Kung)
- Earlid - The Dream Had Me, online exhibition - US (as Ubu Kung)
- Connect online exhibition, Rooftop Arts Centre in Corby, UK (as Ubu Kung)
- Living Window exhibition, various locations, Philadelphia, US (as Ubu Kung)
- Wretched of the Screen exhibition, Magdalene Art Space, Oxford, UK (as Tse Tse Fly Middle East)
2019
- Where Light Falls exhibition, Coventry Cathedral, UK (as Ubu Kung)
- Wretched of the Screen, online digital residency - UK (as Tse Tse Fly Middle East)
- Sightlines exhibition, Central Tunis gallery, Tunisia (as Ubu Kung)
- Mobile Lantern film festival, Milwaukee, US (as Ubu Kung)
- How Do You Spell A Scream? exhibition, Caraboo Projects, Bristol, UK (as Ubu Kung)
- destruktiva festival, AZ Mülheim in Germany (as Ubu Kung)
- Yinka Shonibare studio residency, London, UK (as Tse Tse Fly Middle East)
2018
- Exeter Art Week, Bomb Factory Film Festival, Exeter, UK.
2017
- BINNAR Arts Festival, Vila Nova de Famalicão, Portugal
- Electroacoustic Music Festival OUA, Osaka, Japan
- The Sound of Memory, Whitechapel Gallery/Goldsmiths College, London, UK
- FAS Sound Art Festival, Sulaymaniyah, Iraq
- ToBeContinued 2017 International 24 hour experimental music concert
2016
- Connect the Dots, Sheffield, UK
- Paratissima 2016 Art Fair, Turin, Italy
- Radiophrenia, Glasgow, UK
- Artist Film Festival, Bomb Factory Art Foundation, London, UK
- Dronestruck sound art exhibition, Hamline University, Minnesota, USA
- Cairotronica Festival, Cairo, Egypt
- Audioblast Festival, Nantes, France
- The Listening Booth project (as A Taxi For My Uncle), London, UK
2015
- Safina Radio Project (as A Taxi For My Uncle), Dubai/Venice Biennale
- Radiophrenia (as A Taxi For My Uncle), Glasgow, UK
2014
- PNEM Soundart Festival (as A Taxi For My Uncle), Uden, Holland
2013
- Noise & Whispers, GV Gallery, London
- Bodied Spaces (film collaboration with Sara Al Haddad), Art Claims Impulse Gallery, Berlin
- The 01 Video Art Review Tour, various venues, Poland
- The Next Resistance (film collaboration with Sara Al Haddad) FIVAC Film Festival, Camaguey, Cuba
- Hybrid Identities (film collaboration with Sara Al Haddad). Edinburgh, UK
2012
- PNEM Soundart Festival, Uden, Netherlands
- CINETORO Festival, Toro/Pereira, Colombia
- Museum of Virulent Experience, Conway Hall, London, UK
- Bound/Unbound, JLima Gallery, Pennsylvania, USA
- Billboard Art Project, Albany, NY, USA
- RadiaLX Radio Art Festival, Lisbon, Portugal
- Commonist Gallery, Leeds, UK
- BEAM Festival, Uxbridge, UK
- IVAHM International Video Festival, Madrid, Spain
- KoPAS, Sound Art Performance Night, Seoul, South Korea
- Magmart International Videoart Festival 2012, Naples, Italy
2011
- Holding the Locust - joint exhibition with Ephrem Solomon, Gallery of Light, Dubai, UAE
- Artist In Residence, Gallery of Light, Dubai, UAE
- Project Works 2010-2011, The Rotational Gallery, DUCTAC, Dubai, UAE
- Squash Box, Heel Gallery, Shoreditch, London, UK
- Recession, Work Progress Collective, New York, USA
- Artist In Residence, SIKKA Art Fair, Dubai, UAE
2010
- Sleeping Runners, Brick Lane Gallery, London, UK
- BHVU Winter Open - Stoke Newington, London, UK
curated and produced
2020
- India Shorts - Tse Tse Fly Middle East online exhibition, UK
- OK. Ready. Let's Do It - Tse Tse Fly Middle East online exhibition, UK
- Station Electric - Tse Tse Fly Middle East online exhibition, UK
2019
- Tse Tse Fly Middle East Guest Projects residency at Yinka Shonibare's London studio
2018
- Tse Tse Fly Middle East Live In London (at the Green Rooms, Wood Green)
- Tse Tse Fly Middle East LIVE, Fringe Arts Bath Festival (Bath, UK)
- Tse Tse Fly Middle East Live In London (at the Landor_Space, Clapham)
- Tse Tse Fly Middle East Live In London (at The Others, Stoke Newington)
2017
- Tse Tse Fly Middle East Live In London (at IKLECTIK, Waterloo)
- Tse Tse Fly Middle East - London Debut (at IKLECTIK, Waterloo)
- Mode, Modem, Modus - three online exhibitions curated for Google Arts & Culture in partnership with UK charity Sound and Music
- Fully Booked artist book exhibition - curated selection of Middle East sound/experimental music videos. Dubai, UAE
2016
- Other Worlds Music Film Festival - curated selection of Middle East sound/experimental music videos. UK
- Tse Tse Fly Middle East on Al Noor, Sharjah, UAE
- Tse Tse Fly Middle East at Other Worlds Festival, UK
- Tse Tse Fly Middle East at Quoz Arts Festival, Dubai, UAE
2015
- commissioned artwork: Jonny Farrow Sous Les Paves Le Plage, Dubai, UAE
- Cairo Video Festival Highlights, The Gallery of Light, Dubai, UAE
2014
- Giorgio Moroder's Pyramid, The Gallery of Light, Dubai, UAE
- Jeremy Deller - English Magic, The Gallery of Light, Dubai, UAE
- Luma - Art In Film, The Gallery of Light, Dubai, UAE
- Praxis - An Exhibition On Drawing, The Gallery of Light, Dubai, UAE
- Pan Arabia Enquirer - Dalai Lama in Bananarama Karama Shawarma Drama: A Retrospective, The Gallery of Light, Dubai, UAE
- peace in an open space, The Gallery of Light, Dubai, UAE
2013
- commissioned artwork: Vikram Divecha Reclaimed Void, Dubai, UAE
writing
2024
- Frank Auerbach Charcoal Heads exhibition review for the New York Observer
- Barbara Kruger Thinking of You. I Mean Me. I Mean You exhibition review for the New York Observer
- Sonita Alizadeh interview for Service95
- Who Was Jan Toorop, the Artist Who Inspired Gustav Klimt? for the New York Observer
2023
- Wols and the Tachisme Art Movement for Whitehot magazine - December issue
- Beirut album review for Paste magazine - December issue
- What is the Metaverse, Exactly? for Service95
- Artist George Wyllie feature for The National - November issue
- Anti-LGBTQ+ Legislation in the UAE for The New Internationalist - September issue
- Embroidered Tales: The Women Voicing Resistance Through Craftivism for Service95
- Vagabon album review for Paste magazine - September issue
- The Ongoing Fight For Inclusivity in Esports for Service95
- The Rise of Literary Censorship for Service95
- naafi interview for The National - July issue
- South Korea's Feminist 4B Movement for Service95
- Federico García Lorca, Flamenco And The Spirit Of Duende for The New Voice - July issue
- Ukrainian Artists Find Haven in Scotland for The National - June issue
- The Love Hihad Conspiracy Theory for Service95
- The Delgados and the Chemikal Underground record label feature for The National - May issue
- Callas and Pasolini: The Diva and the Director for The New European - April issue
- Silver Moth album preview for The National - April issue
- The Accursed Share exhibition preview / curator interview for The National - March issue
- Tiffany Boyle curator interview for The National - March issue
- Final Girls for Service95
- Zen and the Art of Antoni Tapies for The New European - February issue
- Mark Jenkin interview for The New European - February issue
2022
- Belarus Free Theatre: Exiles Theatre of War for The New European - March issue
- William Kentridge: SYBIL for The New Voice website
- Moving Images: The Human Rights Watch Film Festivals for Lay It Out magazine - February issue
- Tulips, NFTs and Natural Exuberance for Lay It Out magazine - February issue
- Mumufication: The KLF and Being In With the Bricks for The National - February issue
- Louise Bourgeois: The Woven Child for The New Voice website
- NFTs, Post-internet Art, and Why Constant Dullaart Buys Fake Social Media Followers for the CLOT website
- Ivo von Hove Interview for The New European - April issue
- The Return of Belle and Sebastian for The National - April issue
- Gentle Sinners interview for The National - April issue
- Clare Grogan: The Return of the Queen of Pop for The National - July issue
- Lucian Freud's Male Gaze for the Reaction website
- Caravaggio: The Man Who Invented Cinema for The New European - November issue
- Soheila Sokhanvari & Women's Rights in Iran - Service95
- Jan Švankmajer: The Czech Curiosity Shop for The New European - December issue
- Matthew Arthur Williams interview for The National - December issue
2021
- Hogarth & Europe - Tate exhibition curator interview for The New European - December issue
- Singing Wells - East African music article for Songlines - November issue
- Shilpa Gupta In Conversation for the FLUX website - October
- Experimental Words: Where Poetry Meets Science for the CLOT website - October
- Is the Protest Song Dead? for The New European - September issue
- What's It Like To Own a Bansky? for the New European - August issue
2018
- guest editor for the month of April for The Sampler (UK Arts Council-backed new music website)
2016
- Bringing the Noise: The Early Days of Sound Art in the UAE - Contemporary Practices magazine article - Spring/Summer issue
- A Tale of Two Cities: The Dubai and Abu Dhabi Art Scenes - Contemporary Practices magazine article - Spring/Summer issue
- Sara Al Haddad artist interview/profile (Sara Al Haddad - Into Orbit) Harpers Bazaar Art Arabia magazine - Spring issue
2015
- Edward Sutcliffe artist interview/profile (Copying and the Compton Cricket Club) - Harper’s Bazaar Art Arabia magazine - Sept issue
- UAE: Unlimited Arab Exploration: group art exhibition in Dubai curated by Mohammed Kazem and Cristiani de Marchi - Forward Voice and the Potency of Art: exhibition catalogue essay
2014
- Giorgio Moroder’s Pyramid: group art exhibition in Dubai - exhibition catalogue essay
- Artist profile: Cristiana de Marchi - Contemporary Practices magazine - Spring issue
- peace in an open space: group art exhibition in Dubai - exhibition catalogue essay
2013
- Sound art article (Vipralambha: Union Through Separation) - Guernica website - July
- Arcadia Blank artist interview/profile (The Medium and the Message) - Harper’s Bazaar Art Arabia magazine - Summer issue
- Tectonic: The Moving Museum – Dubai group exhibition review - Harper’s Bazaar Art Arabia magazine - Spring issue
- Sara Al Haddad artist interview/profile (Sara Al Haddad: Artist In Progress) - Harper’s Bazaar Art Arabia magazine - Winter issue
2012
- Sound art in the UAE article (Renegade Soundwaves) - Harper’s Bazaar Art Arabia magazine - Winter issue
1995 – 2010
- Articles and reviews for bbc.co.uk, The Face, TOUCH and Blues & Soul.
discography / playlists / mixes
- Ubu Kung Panda Skies - 2024 - digital track - IFAR label compilation Солярис
- Tse Tse Fly Middle East The Whip - 2021 - digital track - Liquid Library label compilation Rites of Kindling
- Ubu Kung In Heaven - 2020 - digital track - Cian Orbe label compilation Tribute To David Lynch
- Ubu Kung Wala Kung Hindi Palaam - 2020 - digital track - Tse Tse Fly Middle East album This Is Kafala
- Ubu Kung Rofinka - 2020 - digital track - Liquid Library label compilation Stay Safe
- Ubu Kung Damn & Yvette - 2020 - digital track - Video Head Cleaner compilation GREED
- Ubu Kung - Touchstone No.1 - 2020 - digital track - Sunset Grid label compilation
c l i m a t e c h a n g e w a v e
- Ubu Kung - OMG (Duppy Dubplate) - 2019 - digital track - Musique Concrete label compilation Flexi-disc Cut-ups & Other Vinyl Extrusions
- These Are Our Friends Too mix - Art Licks Weekend Radio, London, UK
- Noods Radio - 2019 - Tse Tse Fly Middle East mix
- Ubu Kung - Bandura Bobo Doll - 2018 - digital track - Tse Tse Fly Middle East album Instruments of the State
- Stray Landings - 2018 - Tse Tse Fly Middle East mix
- The Attic Podcast - 2018 - Tse Tse Fly Middle East playlist
- Simon Coates Jebel Hafeet - 2017 - digital track - Linear Obsessional label compilation A View From A Hill
- Simon Coates Wham Bang Boogie - 2017 - digital/tape - Concrete Tapes label compilation Red Flag
- Simon Coates Discipline (For Voices) - 2017 - digital track - GimpGash label compilation Motel
- Visqueen Breaths From X - 2017 - digital track - IFAR Musique Concrète label compilation Melodies of Noise Substrates
- A Taxi For My Uncle Bright Marsa Sun - 2017 - digital album - Tse Tse Fly Records
- A Taxi For My Uncle Hesperus - 2017 - digital album - Tse Tse Fly Records
- Simon Coates Project Works: 2013 - 2015 - 2017 - digital album - Tse Tse Fly Records
- Tse Tse Fly Middle East Easy Listening Vol.1 - 2016 - CD/ vinyl / digital - Must Die Records (as Simon Coates and Visqueen)
- Visqueen Live in Dubai: September 2016 - 2016 - digital E.P. - Tse Tse Fly Records
- Visqueen Downers - 2016 - digital track - Xernex label compilation XE40 Into Hidden Visions
- A Taxi For My Uncle Life - 2016 - digital track - ATTN Magazine compilation BRINK
- A Taxi For My Uncle Death - 2016 - digital track - ATTN Magazine compilation BRINK
- A Taxi For My Uncle We Sent Out A Search Party But Couldn't Find It - 2016 - digital track - Sun Monolith label compilation Sun Heard II
- Simon Coates Fit Not Fury - 2016 - digital track - Footslane Records label compilation V/A Vol.1