Olivia Louvel

Olivia Louvel is an artist, composer and researcher whose practice encompasses sound recordings, sound art installations and video art. She won an Ivor Novello Award in Sound Art (2023) for LOL, a sonic intervention delivered via the public address system of Middlesbrough's CCTV surveillance network, which reflected the state of political affairs in Britain.

The Sculptor Speaks, a resounding of a 1961 tape of Barbara Hepworth's voice, was nominated for an Ivor Novello Award in the Sound Art category at the Ivors Composer Awards 2020.

She was interviewed by Stuart Maconie on his BBC Radio 6 programme Freak Zone about her "compelling sculpture-inspired work" on Barbara Hepworth.

She has presented her work at Towner Eastbourne, The Hepworth Wakefield, the Hepworth Research Network, Yorkshire Sound Women, Chapter Arts Centre, Middlesbrough Art Week, Resonance FM /Extra, De La Warr Pavilion, Ikon Gallery, IKLECTIK, Brighton Dome and Brighton Digital Festival.

She has published in journals, including Leonardo (The MIT Press) and Organised Sound (Cambridge University Press).