DALE BERNING SAWA
Artist, writer, journalist
Untitled, 1974
Soundtracks and discography
In 2024 I contributed a track, One Step Two Step, to the letters sewn through another compilation released by Berlin-based Sair collective
My album, The Horse Stories, first released in 2007 on vinyl on Bo'Weavil Records and on CD on Flau , was released in 2021.
Between 2004 and 2019, I composed and recorded the soundtracks for 20 film and video works by the London-based Japanese artist Hiraki Sawa. These works include:
Lineament, with German cellist Ute Kanngiesser, 2012
Sleeping Machine I, 2011
Sleeping Machine II, 2011
Going Places Sitting Down, 2004
Other collaborations with Hiraki Sawa:
Memoria Paralela, with British cellist Hannah Cawston, 2019
Stash, 2018
Mining, 2018
Flying, 2016
Man in Camera, 2016
Envelope, with Japanese multi-instrumentalist and vocalist Saya/Tenniscoats, 2014
Sleeping Machine I, 2011
Within, 2010
Silts, 2009
O, 2009
Out of the Blue, 2008
Hidden Tree, 2007
Hako, 2007
Unseen Park, 2007
Passer-by, 2005
Between, 2005
Trail, 2005
In Here, 2004
Soundtracks composed and recorded for other artists:
7Sins, a film by French filmmaker Franck Lesbros (2020)
Gobi Atacama (with German cellist Ute Kanngiesser), an installation by Magdalena Correa (2008)
Flock, a film by British designer Stephanie Caw (2005)
Dancing Spirit, a film by Korean artist Myoung Woo Kim (2003)
On It’s Way, a film by German artist and designer Astrid Nippoldt (1999)