Nigel Helyer is a Sydney based Sculptor and Sound Artist with an international reputation for his large scale sonic installations, environmental sculpture works and new media projects. His practice is actively inter-disciplinary linking creative practice with scientific Research and Development. His activities include; the development of a ‘Virtual Audio Reality’ system in collaboration with Lake Technology (Sydney) and the ongoing AudioNomad.He is an honorary faculty member in Architectural Acoustics at the University of Sydney and has recently been a visiting Professor at Stanford University. He maintains active research links with the SymbioticA lab at the University of Western Australia and has recently been Artist in Residence at the Paul Scherrer Institut in Switzerland. Nigel is a co-founder and commissioner of the SoundCulture organisation; was a fellow of the Australia Council for 2002/3, the winner of the Helen Lempriere National Sculpture Award 2002 and curator ofSonic-Differences, part of the Biennale of Electronic Arts Perth 2004.