In conversation with Peter Cusack - Unpredictable: Conversations with Improvisers

’Unpredictable: Conversations with Improvisers’ is a collection of videos that have grown out of a deep research into the nature of Free Improvisation, its history in the UK and its international connections. The collection responds to the urgent need to investigate the genre and its rich legacy. Research and filming began in 2011. It was directed and produced by artist, curator and educator Blanca Regina in collaboration with Steve Beresford and Pierre Bouvier Patron. The series was commissioned by Sound and Music for the 50th anniversary of the British Music Collection. #BMC50 -- Peter Cusack is a field recordist, musician and sound artist with a long interest in the sound environment. He has been a lecturer in Sound Arts & Design at the University of the Arts, London from 1998 and is currently a research fellow and member of research group CRiSAP (Creative Research into Sound Arts Practice). He produced Vermilion Sounds - the environmental sound program - for ResonanceFM Radio, London, which ran for more than 50 shows. During 2011/12 he was DAAD artist-in-residence in During Berlin, where he instigated Berlin Sonic Places a wide-ranging collaborative project on the theme of urban soundscapes and city development. A small book, Berlin Sonic Places: A Brief Guide was recently published. In the role of musician, he plays guitar and uses field recordings and photographs in performance. He had played numerous concerts worldwide and collaborated with many international musicians, Clive Bell, Nic Collins, Alterations, Evan Parker, Chris Cutler, Max Eastley, Kahondo Style and Viv Corringham.