"Richardson is defining a niche of playful, minimalist music... I love the inventiveness, the audacity and the fun."His experience as a curator and project coordinator includes work in galleries and museums, as well as online projects.
In addition to exhibiting in solo and group gallery shows, Richardson publishes field recordings, music and videos using the pseudonym Bassling.
Bassling is an active contributor in online communities, including co-coodinating the Shinobi Cuts remix chains and participating in projects with the Disquiet Junto (300+ videos) and Naviar Records (100+ videos).
Richardson's video productions include commercial work, such as television commercials and short documentaries. Clients include the Leeton Art Society, Leeton Shire Council and The Cad Factory.
As a freelance writer and critic he has been published in The Canberra Times, Realtime, Cyclic Defrost and elsewhere.
In 2019 Jason Richardson published Earthwords, an innovative publication combining haiku poetry and the cut-up technique, as part of his solo exhibition at Griffith Regional Art Gallery.
“Jason has an unconventional approach to art-making that is grounded in and informed by conventions of the past. His interdisciplinary approach is shaped by concepts found in literature and poetry, classical and modern art as well as underground music.”He has also developed projection work for Albury, Griffith and Wagga Wagga councils.
Jason Richardson has been a resident of Leeton since 2009 and his projects in the town have generated national and international interest.
Selected exhibitions, projects, mentions and commissions
Forthcoming
Beak Technique project
Beak Technique project
See details here
Collaborative project led by Kim Goldsmith
Our Riverina exhibition
Group exhibition
May 2022
Rescue of Riverina Birds exhibition
Jerilderie and then touring the Western Riverina
May 2022
Audio Visions exhibition
Griffith Regional Art Gallery
Penny Paniz Arts Acquisitive Competition & Exhibition
Leeton Museum & Gallery
Dec 2021
Murrumbidgee Short Story Competition
First Place Winner Open Category
Nov 2021
Contributor to 'From The Ground Up' by Long Distance Dan
'Water blessing song' on Naviar Haiku 23
Oct 2021
Published in Poetry for the Planet anthology
Naviar Virtual event
Interview and performance
Review of Akio Suzuki: SENSE OF EKŌ
July 2021
Lismore residency with RealArtWorks
July 2021
Five Flying Things videos
Five Flying Things videos
Supported by Western Riverina Arts and Create NSW, this series of activities was developed for entertaining children of varying ages while stuck at home during lockdown.
May 2021
Kandos residency with RealArtWorks
April 2021
Quoted in "Electronic Music School: A Contemporary Approach to Teaching Musical Creativity" by Will Kuhn and Ethan Hein
'How to make wind organs' video
See article at CDM here
Premiere of soundtrack for 'The Lost World'
See article on Cyclic Defrost here
Leeton Space Program screening
See trailer here
My Fivebough banner installed at the Wetland
Photo by Kathy Tenison
Contributor to Seven Years of Naviar Haiku
Published in The Canberra Times
Published in Cyclic Defrost
December 2020
Contributor to Cities and Memory's Sounds From Venice Project
Contributor to Cities and Memory's Inferno project, with my track 'Drive It Like You Stole It'
November 2020
Contributor to The (un)Usual at Artstate in Wagga Wagga
Soundscapes at Wagga Wagga Art Gallery
July 2020
Our Riverina video profiles with Leeton Art Society
Fivebough At The Heart of Leeton
Contributor to ART e-PARTIES
Remix for #StayHomeSounds by Cities And Memory
Solo album SING published on Bandcamp
Mar 2020
Producer of The Penny Effect
See trailer hereMar 2020
Contributor to Cities and Memory's #StayHomeSounds
Feb 2020
Disquiet.com: Layers by the River
Dec 2019
Haiku published in Echidna Tracks fourth issue
Dec 2019
Tanka written with Dr Greg Pritchard published in Atlas Poetica 39
Dec 2019
Contributor to Six Years of Naviar Haiku
Dec 2019
Contributor to RealArtWorks’ event The (Un)Usual in Lismore
Nov 2019
Haiku poem included in the Poetry Pea podcast of 30 November
Oct 2019
Artist talk for Earthwords & Soundscaping at Griffith Regional Art Gallery
Photo by Dawn Richardson
Sept 2019
Solo exhibition Earthwords & Soundscaping at Griffith Regional Art Gallery
June 2019
Launch of CASP-funded ‘Big Guitar’ project with Narrandera Shire Council
Apr 2019
Contributor to ‘Yellowstone’ album compiled by Cities and Memory
See profile hereJul 2018
Contributor to ‘Fragments’ exhibition at Narrandera Arts Centre
Dec 2017
Contributor to soundtrack of ‘A Spiral Mind’ documentary on ABC
Nov 2017
Contributor to ‘Land. Home. Country.’ exhibition at Griffith Regional Art Gallery
Curator of ‘Crossing Streams’ international collaboration and exhibition in Narrandera
Photo by Derek Motion
Apr 2017
Contributor to ‘Clouded Lands’ exhibition at Rich Mix in London
Apr 2017
Coordinator of CASP-funded workshops at Pioneer Park Museum’s Action Day
Jan 2017
Coordinator of Multicultural NSW-funded Australia Day activities at Pioneer Park
Commissioned to create projections for Wagga Wagga City Council ‘Nightlights’ program
Nov 2016
Contributor to ‘Flower Power’ exhibition at Griffith Regional Art Gallery
Aug 2016
Developer of an experimental blindfolded audio tour at Pioneer Park Museum
Curator of ‘Now and Then’ exhibition at Griffith Regional Theatre
Jun 2016
Coordinator of CASP-funded ’Pioneering Projections’ workshop and website at Pioneer Park Museum
Oct 2015
Coordinator of ‘Lost World’ screening at Lillypilly Winery for Taste Riverina Festival in Leeton
Oct 2015
Commissioned to develop art installation at Burning Seed outside Matong
Oct 2015
Contributor to ‘Nothing Is Useless’ exhibition at Wagga Wagga Regional Art Gallery
Sep 2015
Developer of art installation in Narrandera as part of Bring To Light Projects
Sep 2015
‘500 Words’ story broadcast on ABC Radio National’s ‘Life Matters’ program throughout Australia
June 2015
Creator of projections developed with poet Derek Motion for Wagga Wagga City Council
Apr 2015
Bassling video profile screened four times on ABC News 24 throughout Australia
Jan 2015
Coordinator of photography workshops on behalf of Western Riverina Arts in Narrandera and Leeton
Nov 2014
Contributor to ‘State of Origin’ exhibition at Unit24 Gallery in London
Aug 2014
Speaker at ‘Dream Big’ conference in Narrandera on DIY Public Relations
Aug 2014
Live performance (as Bassling) in Grong Grong
Photo by Derek Motion
Contributor to ‘Reimagining the Murrumbidgee’ exhibition at Wagga Wagga Art Gallery
Jan 2014
Contributor to New Weird Australia’s Rural, Regional & Remote compilation
Dec 2013
Contributor to ‘Reimagining the Murrumbidgee’ exhibition at Roxy Art Space in Leeton
Coordinator and content creator for various ‘For 100 Years’ screenings in Leeton
See RealTime profile hereSep 2013
Contributor to urban art projections program in Albury
Jan 2013
Contributor to ‘Art Misadventure #3’ exhibition at Roxy Art Space in Leeton
Oct 2012
‘For 100 Years’ solo exhibition at Roxy Art Space in Leeton
Coordinator of ‘Metropolis’ screening including mixing new soundtrack for Leeton Art Deco Festival
Photo by Michael McNamara
Aug 2009
Contributor to ‘Notes from the Underground’ screenings at Federation Square, Melbourne
Jul 2007
Curator of ‘First Three Songs, No Flash’ exhibition at HR Gallop Gallery, Wagga Wagga
Oct 2006