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	Untitled installation for 300 speakers, player piano and vacuum cleaner This solo show at Beaconsfield Gallery in London has now closed. However the installation has become the first piece of sound art in the collection of Charles Saatchi and will show at the new Saatchi Gallery, Chelsea, in an exhibition called Newspeak in June 2010. Click here for my research diary on the development of this piece.
	Faster Higher Stronger is a 5-channel installation which makes use of publicly visible graphic subversions of the Olympic rings gathered from various sources. It was exhibited in Sound Proof 2, a recent exhibtion in London about the Olympics curated by Monica Biagioli.
	Anspayaxw is a new 12-channel installation at the Museum of Anthropology in Vancouver with photography by Denise Hawrysio. The exhibition, a group show called Border Zones: New Art Across Cultures, is curated by Karen Duffek.
	Hearts, Lungs and Minds, a half-hour composed documentary for radio was broadcast for the second time on BBC Radio 3 in December 2009. This piece is based on recordings made with Tim Wainwright while we were artists in residence at Harefield Hospital, one of the world's leading centres for heart and lung transplants. It can be heard, along with another of my works for BBC Radio, at the Sound and Anthropology website of St Andrews University in Scotland. John and Tim will give a public lecture and on this project along with rb&hArts manager Victoria Hume for Create, Ireland's national development agency for collaborative arts in Waterford on April 27, 2010.
	Transplant A book and DVD edited by Victoria Hume and designed by Fraser Muggeridge Studio Includes a 35-minute video by John Wynne and Tim Wainwright A collection of essays with a wide range of perspectives on the Transplant project and the wider issues it raises by contributors including David Toop, Magdi Yacoub, Marcia Farquhar. Available through rb&hArts: arts@rbht.nhs.uk
	Playing with Words: The spoken word in artistic practice A book edited by Cathy Lane and published by CRiSAP (Creative Research in Sound Arts Practice) Contributions from artists including Laurie Anderson, Ansuman Biswas, Jaap Blonk, Brandon LaBelle, Katharine Norman, David Toop, Trevor Wishart, John Wynne, Pamela Z Click here for more information. A double audio CD will be released in 2010
	Autumn Leaves: Sound and the environment in artistic practice A book with 27 free downloadable audio tracks edited by Angus Carlyle and published by CRiSAP (Creative Research in Sound Arts Practice) Audio compilation won a 2009 Qwartz Electronic Music Award in France Contributions from artists including Peter Cusack, Jem Finer, Christina Kubisch, Phil Niblock, Hildegard Westerkamp, Chris Watson, John Wynne Click here for more information Click here for the audio tracks
	Upcoming publications include contributions to: Between Art and Anthropology, edited by Arnd Schneider and Chris Wright The Art of Immersive Soundscapes, edited by Pauline Minevich and Ellen Waterman Beyond Text, edited by Rupert Cox