Vernon C David
Composer/Cellist
EVENTS
Jul 14, 2023
Imprisoned Absence at Langford and OakShott Rooms, Lincoln College, University of Oxford
A performance of chamber music played by the Ligeti Quartet , composed by Vernon C David with original poetry by Banafshé Larijani .
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wqZxmUnZ5jc
March 1 – July 21, 2024
To Understand a Tree
Gina Siepel
To Understand a Tree is a multi-disciplinary project focussing on the dignity of a living tree, its network of eco-systemic relationships, and the ubiquity of the material of wood in design and daily life. It includes many collaborations and public engagements with artists, ecologists, including composer and cellist
Vernon David
https://museumforartinwood.org/event/gallery-talk-and-performance-for-to-understand-a-tree/
https://museumforartinwood.org/exhibition/gina-siepel-to-understand-a-tree/
Vernon David performing at "to understand a tree"
Video by Gina Siepel

Pictured above: Gina Siepel, To Understand a Tree (Time): One Year, video still composite image, 2020

July 23rd 2024, University of Oxford
Forging a transdisciplinary collaboration to pursue the novel science of pain and
pain management
An interface of Art and Science
Participants: Siri Hustvedt, Paul Stenner, Bill Laughey, Emma Fisher, Luke Baxter, Ben Seymour, Rebeccah Slater, Katy Vincent, Banafshé Larijani, Vernon David, Lauren Heathcote, Monica Grecco, Geert Crombez, Andrew Moore, Amanda Williams, Mel Channon
"Music is a whole other language in which
pain can be expressed;
modern music expects you to resolve resistance to
resolution of chronic pain."
Vernon David
