A Playground for Sound.
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London Event
CANCELLED
Fri 30th September 2016, midday
Cross Stitch and Radio
Rest and its discontents
Mile End Art PavillionMany apologies, we’re afraid this event has been cancelled. For our first event for the the “Rest and its discontents” exhibition we’re collaborating with writer and journalist Penny Anderson. Penny is known for her unique artwork that combines overheard tetsimonies with the traditional craft of cross stitching. Penny will be giving a beginners how-to that […]
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London Event
Tue 4th October 2016
Mindwandering: good for the mind?
Mile End Art PavillionIn The Dark’s Nina Garthwaite will be on a panel including Psychiatrist Philip Asherson, literary scholar Shannon McBriar and psychologist Joydeep Bhattacharya to discuss mind-wandering. The event is chaired by BBC presenter Claudia Hammond. As recently as a decade ago, the phenomenon of ‘mind-wandering’ – which is to say: a kind of mental restlessness; an […]
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London Event
22nd October 2016
Inner Ears
Rest and its discontents
Mile End Art PavillionAs part of our varied activities for the “Rest and its discontents” exhibition, we’ll of course be doing a good old-fashioned In The Dark curated listening. This time it will be on the theme of restless inner voices. From unwanted thoughts to flights of fancy, radio has long been a medium that likes to explore […]
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London Event
Weds 26th October 2016
The Hubbub of News
Rest and its discontents
Mile End Art PavillionFor our final event for the “Rest and its discontents” exhibition we’ll be exploring the Hubbub of News. News is available 24 hours a day. It’s hard to avoid, but would we be happier without the hubbub of news disrupting our rest? Are there new ways of creating news that can avoid making us feel […]
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Bristol Event
7th September 2016
The RadioCinema
The Cube MicroplexBristol folk. We’ve missed you. We’ll be back after the summer with a special event at the Cube Microplex…. The RadioCinema, a communal, lights-out listening event celebrating the best in audio storytelling from around the world. This is cinema for the mind’s eye. Road movies, horror, sci fi, romance, noir, art house – we’re hitting all […]
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Festival Event
29th-30th July 2016
Otherfield FestivalLater this month we’re off to Otherfield documentary festival to bring a little audio magic to the proceedings. There will be the return of our hugely popular “One Night Stand” x-rated listening event, we’ll be holding a workshop on “Sound as a Character” and hosting a film version of our “audio wake”. We hope to […]
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Hubbub Residency
October 2016
Rest and its discontents
Mile End Art PavillionAfter 2 years as collaborators of Hubbub at the Wellcome Collection, we’re delighted to be a part of the final exhibition Rest and its discontents happening at the Mile End Art Pavillion. And there won’t be much rest for us! We’re doing a record number of events, activities and happenings over the month of October […]
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London Event
June 2016
Louis MacNeice Special Series
British LibraryOur friends at the British Library are holding a wonderful series of listening events exploring the work of writer and radio producer Louis MacNeice. Each of these radio programmes from the archives will be introduced briefly by Amanda Wrigley, the curator of the season, and will be followed by discussion with an expert in MacNeice […]
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London Event
22nd June 2016
Dark Room
Open City Doc Fest
UCLBring along your audio or just come along and listen as we play and give feedback on a selection of works in progress in front of a friendly crowd. This is a creative gathering where you can share your ideas and independent projects, however developed, with like-minded producers. Audio played will be eligible for the Dark Room […]