Pink Loudspeaker • Issue #68
Weekly listings of UK and Irish sound art (03–09 Feb 2025)
Pink Loudspeaker is a weekly roundup of sound-related exhibitions and events taking place across the UK and Ireland.
Issue #68 covers all events this week from Monday 3rd to Sunday 9th February. Scroll down for over fifty sonic artworks, exhibitions and events across the British Isles that you can experience this week.
We’ve been posting these listings weekly on Instagram since October 2023 and have recently embraced Substack so we’re able to provide additional context to these events. We now post on both platforms every Monday.
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The School of Wild Listening: SOA - Um Filme de Raquel Castro
📍 Unit 44, Dublin
🗓️ 06 Feb 2025
Dublin’s School of Wild Listening hosts a screening of SOA, the feature-length documentary by Portuguese sound researcher/director/curator Raquel Castro. The film explores the soundscape and details encounters with the sounds of daily life. SOA features a host of international sound artists and field recordists such as Chris Watson, David Toop, Hildegard Westerkamp, Leah Barclay and Peter Cusack.
“We are surrounded by all kinds of sounds, but how far are we conscious about them? The director and investigator Raquel Castro has been working with the concept of sound landscape. And in particular the way sounds, silences, noises, frequencies and all spectral densities - infra or ultrasounds - can shape each place and all of us. This is also a film essay about citizenship, ecology, and the responsibility we have for the sounds we produce.” – Raquel Castro
The screening of SOA takes place at Unit 44, Dublin on 6th February 2025.
kirkosensemble.com
vimeo.com/raquelcastro
SOIL. The World at Our Feet
📍 Somerset House, London
🗓️ 23 January – 13 April 2025
SOIL. The World at Our Feet, Somerset House’s current exhibition in their Embankment Galleries brings its focus to the ground and the life beneath us. The show features a huge line-up of international artists and researchers, with many works examining the soil from a sonic perspective.
Artist Miranda Whall presents visual and sonic works from her When Earth Speaks project which utilises soil sensor data in a manner of performative and representational ways; whilst Marshmellow Laser Feast’s Fly Agaric I installation explores the hidden rhyhtms of the soil through pulsating mushrooms and narration from mycologist/author Merlin Sheldrake.
Also on display at Somerset House is the collaborative work between micro-photographer Wim van Egmond and sound artist Michael Prime, who have produced the installation Soil in Action, which features microscopic time-lapse footage alongside amplified sounds of microbial life beneath the soil.
“Uncovering the hidden depths of soil through specially commissioned work, is Dutch artist Wim van Egmond, whose practice combines art with modern digital techniques, and who regularly collaborates with scientists. Presented in the magnificent double-height space of the exhibition, this installation is in collaboration with musician Michael Prime, who has recorded the sounds of the microbial life in soil. This work will take audiences deep into the dynamic and dramatic underworld, making the invisible visible through spectacular sound and micro-photography. “ – Somerset House
SOIL. The World at Our Feet runs at Somerset House until 13th April 2025.
somersethouse.org.uk
mirandawhall.space
marshmallowlaserfeast.com
wimvanegmond.com
instagram.com/michaelallenzprime
Jayne Dent – The Dazzling Far-Near
📍 36 Gallery, Newcastle
🗓️ 07 – 16 Feb 2025
Newcastle’s 36 Gallery presents The Dazzling Far-Near, a new exhibition by artist-composer Jayne Dent. The show debuts a new interactive audiovisual installation exploring ideas of intimacy, sacred folk traditions, forging connections between technological mediation and transcendental experience. The installation is a result of the artist’s recent research and development of touch-responsive e-textiles. Visitors can activate and control the sonic composition by interacting with the tactile fabric elements.
“How do you commune with the invisible? Where do you meet? Shapes of sanctuary blueprints and open doors, this visible, divisible light. Mirrors to step through, reflections and shadows, eyes closed, hands clasped, a spiritual experience. A ladder to climb, a call and response, turning inward and reaching out. Getting lost in mapping and making and remembering. Open the songbook at any page and sing: voices synchronised, sit together in dazzling light.” – Jayne Dent
The Dazzling Far-Near has its exhibition preview on Friday 7th February at Newcastle’s 36 Gallery, continuing until 16th February 2025 (Sat–Sun only).
jaynedent.com
36limestreet.co.uk
Opportunities
Ambient Receiver
Issue Two
Ambient Receiver – the Journal of Creative Ecologies are seeking submissions for their second issue. There is currently an open call for submissions of sound, poetry, visual art and various forms of text-based work. More information on the application process can be found at this link.
The deadline to apply is 16 February 2025.
Cities and Memory
Sonic Heritage Project
The Cities and Memory project is looking for artists to submit compositions that reimagine field recordings from their large database. The project has amassed over 200 audio recordings from UNESCO World Heritage sites. Cities and Memory are looking to launch a collection of works on World Heritage Day 2025 (18th April).
The deadline to apply is 23rd March 2025.
Everything on this week
3rd–9th February 2025
Events/exhibitions are sorted by closing date. Opening hours may vary so please check with venues before venturing out! We have grouped all of the London events together, scroll down for listings from all other locations.
🔊 LONDON LISTINGS 🔊
Bow Gamelan Ensemble: Maps of Other Possibilities
📍 Tate Britain, London
🗓️ 06 Feb 2025
Time Loops
📍 Science Museum, London
🗓️ 06 Feb 2025
Ella Fleck - Spray
📍 Season 4 Episode 6, London
🗓️ 07 Dec 2024 – 08 Feb 2025
Jim Hobbs – Polytechneiou - When the Order breaks the Fractures Lull
Contact (part 2)
📍 New Art Projects, London
🗓️ 18 January – 08 Feburary 2025
Weathered Radio with Angela YT Chan
📍 Somerset House, London
🗓️ 08 February 2025
Beneath Our Footsteps
📍 No. 1 Church Lane, Leytonstone, London
🗓️ 06-09 February 2025
Luca Nasciuti – Bayt Yakan
📍 DIVFUSE, London
🗓️ 08-09 February 2025
Gisou Golshani – Preserve the Light
Burned House Horizon
📍 Mimosa House, London
🗓️ 18 January - 09 February 2025
Diego Marcon – ToonsTunes (Four Pathetic Movements)
📍 Sadie Coles HQ (The Shop at 62 Kingly Street), London
🗓️ 18 January - 15 February 2025
Acaye Kerunen: Neena, aan uthii
📍 Pace, London
🗓️ 15 Jan – 15 February 2025
Olivia Louvel – doggerLANDscape
Joining Doggerland
📍 APT Studios, London
🗓️ 06–16 Feb 2025
The Archive of Forgotten Forms
📍 Seager Gallery, London
🗓️ 07–22 February 2025
Gary Stewart – A Ripple In Time
📍 Orleans House Gallery, London
🗓️ 06 July 2024 – 23 February 2025
Taliesin Gilkes-Bower – New Earth Radio Outpost
(Ongoing) Meme
📍Hypha Gallery Stratford, London
🗓️ 24 Jan – 01 March 2025
Black Holes: Act 1, by Suley
📍 Meadow, London
🗓️ 07 Feb – 01 March 2025
REVERB
📍 180 The Strand, London
🗓️ 22 May 2024 – 02 March 2025
Massimo Bartolini – Sparse Steps
📍 Frith Street Gallery, London
🗓️ 01 February – 08 March 2025
Mike Kelley – Ghost and Spirit
📍 Tate Modern, London
🗓️ 03 Oct 2024 – 09 March 2025
Tom Fairlamb – The Current Current Of Current
Bloomberg New Contemporaries
📍ICA, London
🗓️ 15 Jan – 23 March 2025
Millie Shafiee – Amir
Bloomberg New Contemporaries
📍 ICA, London
🗓️ 15 Jan – 23 March 2025
Tanat Teeradakorn – National Opera Complex
📍 Gasworks, London
🗓️ 30 January – 30 March 2025
Greenaway & Greenaway – Trialogue
📍 Wembley Park, London
🗓️ 27 November – March 2025
Wilm van Egmond & Michael Prime – Soil in Action
SOIL. The World at Our Feet
📍 Somerset House, London
🗓️ 23 January – 13 April 2025
Miranda Whall – When Earth Speaks; A Dirty Ensemble
SOIL. The World at Our Feet
📍 Somerset House, London
🗓️ 23 January – 13 April 2025
Marshmellow Laser Feast – Fly Agaric I
SOIL. The World at Our Feet
📍 Somerset House, London
🗓️ 23 January – 13 April 2025
Hard Graft: Work, Health and Rights
📍 Wellcome Collection, London
🗓️ 19 Sept 2024 – 27 April 2025
Nassim Azarzar – Hayat al Noujoum / La vie des Étoiles
📍 The Showroom, London
🗓️ 26 July 2024 – 07 July 2025
🔊 LISTINGS FOR ALL OTHER CITIES 🔊
Make Shift Meet Up: Nik Rawlings
📍 Watershed, Bristol
🗓️ 04 Feb 2025
The School of Wild Listening: SOA - Um Filme de Raquel Castro
📍 Unit 44, Dublin
🗓️ 06 Feb 2025
Palestinian Sound Archive
📍 Unit 41, Middlesbrough
🗓️ 07 February 2025
Palestinian Sound Archive
📍 Wharf Chambers, Leeds
🗓️ 08 February 2025
Palestinian Sound Archive
📍 Pan Pan, Birmingham
🗓️ 09 February 2025
Towards New Worlds
📍 MIMA, Middlesbrough
🗓️ 19 July – 09 Feb 2025
Aliyah Hussain – She was waiting for her roots
Local / National / International
📍 The Lowry, Salford
🗓️ 23 Nov 2024 – 16 Feb 2025
Jayne Dent – The Dazzling Far-Near
📍 36 Gallery, Newcastle
🗓️ 07 – 16 Feb 2025
Maryanne Royle – The Land That Has Fallen Within You
📍 Whitaker Museum & Art Gallery, Rossendale
🗓️ 14 Nov 2024 – 23 Feb 2025
Tape Letters Scotland (Edinburgh)
📍City Art Centre, Edinburgh
🗓️ 03 Oct 2024 – 23 Feb 2025
Scott Myles - Head in a Bell
📍 Gallery of Modern Art, Glasgow
🗓️ 27 July 2024 – 23 Feb 2025
Zinzi Minott
Conversations
📍 Walker Gallery, Liverpool
🗓️ 19 Oct 2024 – 09 March 2025
Rob St John – Emergent Landscapes
Exploring LAND: A Conversation Through Art
📍 Peter Scott Gallery Lancaster
🗓️ 20 January – 15 March 2025
Hannah Perry – Manual Labour
📍 Baltic Centre for Contemporary Art, Gateshead
🗓️ 22 June 2024 - 16 March 2025
Nell Catchpole – Transported
📍 Middlesbrough Railway Station, Middlesbrough
🗓️ 16 Dec – 31 March 2025
Ed Carter – Transient
📍 Middlesbrough Railway Station, Middlesbrough
🗓️ 16 Dec – 31 March 2025
Emma Critchley – Soundings
📍 John Hansard Gallery, Southampton
🗓️ 08 Feb – 03 May 2025
Colin Woods - I Just Called
📍 Belfast (various libraries)
🗓️ Oct 2024 – June 2025
Soundmarks York
📍 DIG, York
🗓️ on-going
Jamie Jenkinson – Nattering
📍 Millom Library, Cumbria
🗓️ on-going
Susan Philipsz - By Sound Near Seawall
📍 Whitehaven Harbour, Cumbria
🗓️ on-going
SoundEscapes
📍 Sainsbury Centre, Norwich
🗓️ 06 Dec 2024 – on-going
Justin Wiggin – Echo Point
📍 Royal Cornwall Hospital, Truro
🗓️ on-going (launched 20 January 2025)
Full listings
Since October 2023 our team has produced comprehensive listings for sound art exhibitions and events taking place across the UK and Ireland.