Pink Loudspeaker • Issue #73
Weekly listings of UK and Irish sound art (10–16 March 2025)
Pink Loudspeaker is a weekly roundup of sound-related exhibitions and events taking place across the UK and Ireland.
Issue #73 covers all events this week from Monday 10th – Sunday 16th March 2025. Scroll down for details on sixty-six sonic artworks, exhibitions, and events across the British Isles that you can experience this week.
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Light Up Leicester
📍 Leicester (various venues)
🗓️ 12–15 March 2025
Light Up Leicester festival returns for its third edition, filling the East Midlands’ city centre with luminous large-scale artworks, performances and interactive events. This year’s programme features ten installations, half of which include sound as a primary element. Ray Lee’s Chorus is one such work, a huge installation constructed of kinetic sound sculptures, including flocks of rotating loudspeakers spinning atop giant tripods. Chorus has been presented countless times since its creation in 2013 but at the Light Up festival, Lee will present a new iteration of the work in collaboration with Darbar Arts Culture & Heritage Trust & santoor virtuoso Eeshar Singh, that offers an experience blending sound sculpture, Western classical minimalism, and south Indian music.
Parisian new media artists Collectif Scale present two kinetic works at the festival: Hulahoop, and Double Flux. Both pieces feature choreographic geometric light forms synchronised with soundtracks written by composer Grégory Sémah.
In the city’s Jubilee Square Atelier Sisu will stage the temporary architectural forms of Evanescent, a massive work where where an array of giant pearlescent bubbles pulsate with light and sound. In the city’s historic town square, artists Gemma Wood & Andy Johnson-Smith will present Henge, an interactive light and sound sculpture recontextualising neolithic stone circles for the digital age.
Light Up Leicester runs 12th–15th March 2025 across multiple sites in Leicester’s city centre. Access to the festival is free!
lightupleicester.com
invisible-forces.com
collectifscale.com
ateliersisu.com
being-nowhere.com
Chisato Minamimura – Mark of A Woman
Dam Van Huynh – In Realness
Undisciplined Festival
📍 Brighton Dome, Brighton
🗓️ 13 + 15 March 2025
Throughout March South East Dance’s Undisciplined Festival showcases a programme of genre-crossing experimental dance and perfomance across Brighton. There are two works at the festival, where sound and vibration play important roles.
Chisato Minamimura will present Mark of A Woman, a performance exploring historical and cultural relationships between women and tattooing. Minamimura is a Deaf performance artist and choreographer whose work utilises digital technologies to visualise sound and recontextualise sensory perceptions. Her performances present sound and vibration in expansive ways, particularly through the use of wearable haptic transducers that can be worn by audience members.
At the Brighton Dome’s Studio Theatre, Vietnamese choreographer Dam Van Huynh will present In Realness, featuring performer Tommaso Petrolo. The work explores representations of the voice and its role in resistance, dissent, and identity. In Realness has been praised for its intricate use of sound and text alongside expressive choreographic movement.
Chisato Minamimura’s Mark of A Woman will be performed at the Brighton Dome on 15th March. Dam Van Huynh’s In Realness will be presented at Brighton Dome’s Studio Theatre on March 13th. Tickets are required for both events but combined tickets for both performances are available at a reduced rate. See the Brighton Dome website for more information.
southeastdance.org.uk
brightondome.org
chisatominamimura.com
damvanhuynh.com
Resonant Forms
📍 The Hepworth Wakefield, Wakefield
🗓️ 08 March 2025 – January 2026
The Hepworth Wakefield’s latest exhibition, Resonant Forms explores connections between sound and sculptural form. The exhibition looks at the influence of music on the work of Barbara Hepworth and features many of her stringed, harp-like sculptural works including 1966’s Spring and 1957’s Orpheus. Many other works from the museum’s diverse collection will displayed alongside Hepworth’s sculptures, including Haegue Yang’s resonant Sonic Gym — Milky Coiffered Cosmic Compression, a suspended sculptural mass formed of hundreds of tiny silver bells.
“Music played a crucial role in Hepworth’s creative life. She excelled at the piano from a young age, counted composers among her friends, and by the 1950s, began naming many of her sculptures after musical forms. For Hepworth, rhythm, structure, and harmony were not confined to sound but fundamental to the language of sculpture. Her forms suggest movement and flow, with sweeping curves and open spaces that mirror the dynamic contrasts found in music.”
Resonant Forms runs at The Hepworth Wakefield until January 2026.
hepworthwakefield.org
heikejung.de
Opportunities
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. citiesandmemory.com
ZKM
Global Sonic Research Residency
ZKM are launching a Global Sonic Research Residency in collaboration with the Arts Council Korea and the European Center for the Arts HELLERAU. There is currently an open call for international artists and researchers working with sound to create immersive experiences with spatial audio. The theme of the residency is ‘Futureproofing Connection’ and there are three residency positions available. The residencies will take place in Germany but the call is open to artists worldwide without geographical restrictions. The deadline to apply is 25th March 2025. zkm.de
Everything on this week
10th–16th March 2025
Events/exhibitions are sorted by closing date. Opening hours may vary so please check with venues before venturing out! All London are grouped together at the top, scroll down for listings from all other locations across UK and Ireland.
🔊 LONDON LISTINGS 🔊
Sounding Sanctuaries presents: Jacob Dwyer & Loma Doom
📍 Reference Point, London
🗓️ 11 March 2025
LCC/CRiSAP Sound Arts Lecture Series: Sensingsite
📍 LCC, London / online
🗓️ 13 March 2025
Morgan Quintance – Available Light
📍 Cafe Oto, London
🗓️ 13 March 2025
Concrete Voids: Peter Gregson + Liam Byrne x Cleek Schrey
📍 Southbank Centre, London
🗓️ 16 March 2025
Zish – Kin-Aesthetic Mother Tongue: A Ritual to Derive Divinity from Displacement
📍 Metroland Cultures, London
🗓️ 06–16 March 2025
Ivan Seal – Prelude
📍 Alma Pearl, London
🗓️ 30 Jan – 22 March 2025
Tom Fairlamb – The Current Current Of Current
Bloomberg New Contemporaries
📍ICA, London
🗓️ 15 January – 23 March 2025
Millie Shafiee – Amir
Bloomberg New Contemporaries
📍 ICA, London
🗓️ 15 Jan – 23 March 2025
Barbara Long – Stairway to Heaven
📍 Ruup & Form, London
🗓️ 05–29 March 2025
Tanat Teeradakorn – National Opera Complex
📍 Gasworks, London
🗓️ 30 January – 30 March 2025
Tiffany Wellington, Tamara Al-Mashouk, Divine Southgate-Smith – Hard Evidences
📍 198 Contemporary Arts and Learning, London
🗓️ 14 Feb – 30 March 2025
Greenaway & Greenaway – Trialogue
📍 Wembley Park, London
🗓️ 27 November – March 2025
Nikita Gale – LOCKED LUNGS
Ensemble
📍 The Perimeter, London
🗓️ 18 January – 04 April 2025
Theaster Gates – Woah Dee Woah
Theaster Gates – 1965: Malcolm in Winter: A Translation Exercise
📍 White Cube, London
🗓️ 07 Feb – 06 April 2025
Lisa-Marie Harris – Ease the Tension
📍 Studio/Chapple, London
🗓️ 28 Feb – 12 April 2025
Sophie Birch & Rachel Youn – Figures of Speech
📍 Alice Amati, London
🗓️ 07 March – 12 April 2025
Wilm van Egmond & Michael Prime – Soil in Action
SOIL. The World at Our Feet
📍 Somerset House, London
🗓️ 23 January – 13 April 2025
Michael Prime – One Hour as Peyote
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
Semantica & Juan Cortés – As Above So Below
SOIL. The World at Our Feet
📍 Somerset House, London
🗓️ 23 January – 13 April 2025
David Sappa – TAMESIS!
Winter Sculpture Park 2025
📍 Thamesmead, London
🗓️ 02 March - 26 April 2025
Alvaro Barrington (feat. Tiffany Calver, Naima Nefertari and Friendly Pressure) – Back Home / I Am... I Said
📍 Sadie Coles HQ, London
🗓️ 05 March –26 April 2025
Hard Graft: Work, Health and Rights
📍 Wellcome Collection, London
🗓️ 19 Sept 2024 – 27 April 2025
Katarzyna Krakowiak – Oh no, please don’t
What is it Like?
📍 Arebyte Gallery, London
🗓️ 28 Feb – 04 May 2025
Nassim Azarzar – Hayat al Noujoum / La vie des Étoiles
📍 The Showroom, London
🗓️ 26 July 2024 – 07 July 2025
Abbas Zahedi – Begin Again
Gathering Ground
📍Tate Modern, London
🗓️ 29 January 2025 – 04 January 2026
🔊 LISTINGS FOR ALL OTHER CITIES 🔊
Sound Games
📍 The NewBridge Project, Newcastle
🗓️ 10 March 2025
Archival Skills Workshop: Preserving Sounds and Memory in Urgent Times
📍 University of Cambridge, Cambridge
🗓️ 13 March 2025
Dam Van Huynh – In Realness
Undisciplined Festival
📍 Brighton Dome Studio Theatre, Brighton
🗓️ 13 March 2025
Digital Music and Sound Arts Showcase
📍 The Rose Hill, Brighton
🗓️ 14 March 2025
Chisato Minamimura – Mark of A Woman
Undisciplined Festival
📍 Brighton Dome, Brighton
🗓️ 15 March 2025
Echoes of Old Shoreham: A Community Sound Art Project
📍 St Nicholas Church, Shoreham-by-Sea
🗓️ 15 March 2025
Fiona Brehony – Liquid History workshop #2
📍 Central Library, Manchester
🗓️ 15 March 2025
Ray Lee & Darbar Arts Culture & Heritage Trust x Eeshar Singh - Chorus
Light Up Leicester
📍 Market Street, Leicester
🗓️ 12–15 March 2025
Collectif Scale – Hulahoop
Light Up Leicester
📍 High Street, Leicester
🗓️ 12–15 March 2025
Collectif Scale – Double Flux
Light Up Leicester
📍 Bath House Lane, Leicester
🗓️ 12–15 March 2025
Atelier Sisu – Evanescent
Light Up Leicester
📍 Jubilee Square, Leicester
🗓️ 12–15 March 2025
Gemma Wood & Andy Johnson-Smith – Henge
Light Up Leicester
📍 Town Hall Square, Leicester
🗓️ 12–15 March 2025
Rob St John – Emergent Landscapes
Exploring LAND: A Conversation Through Art
📍 Peter Scott Gallery Lancaster
🗓️ 20 January – 15 March 2025
Changing Gear
📍 National Science & Media Museum, Bradford
🗓️ 15 March 2025
Make Some Noise! Family Fun Day
📍 National Science & Media Museum, Bradford
🗓️ 15 March 2025
Maryanne Royle tape loops workshop
📍 National Science & Media Museum, Bradford
🗓️ 15 March 2025
Time Loops
📍 National Science & Media Museum, Bradford
🗓️ 15 March 2025
Hannah Perry – Manual Labour
📍 Baltic Centre for Contemporary Art, Gateshead
🗓️ 22 June 2024 - 16 March 2025
Present Voices
📍 Electrostudios Project Space, St Leonards-on-Sea
🗓️ 14–16 March 2025
Jude Browning – Ranters
📍 16 Collective, Glasgow
🗓️ 07–23 March 2025
Maria Fusco & Margaret Salmon – History of the Present
📍 Golden Thread Gallery, Belfast
🗓️ 15 Feb – 29 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
Maryanne Royle
📍 Rochdale Pioneers Museum, Rochdale
🗓️ 08 March–05 April 2025
Everyday Algorithms
📍 NewBridge Project, Newcastle
🗓️ 22 Feb – 19 April 2025
Emma Critchley – Soundings
📍 John Hansard Gallery, Southampton
🗓️ 08 Feb – 03 May 2025
Paul Nataraj – Repetitions of 108: Counting Almost Nothing
Jerwood Survey III
📍 Collective, Edinburgh
🗓️ 28 February – 04 May 2025
Alliyah Enyo – Aphotic Archaeology
Jerwood Survey III
📍 Collective, Edinburgh
🗓️ 28 February – 04 May 2025
Christopher Kulendran Thomas – Safe Zone
📍 FACT, Liverpool
🗓️ 21 Feb – 11 May 2025
Martin Osman – Free Abel
Reject Reflect Reclaim
📍Beecroft Art Gallery, Southend
🗓️ 22 February – 11 May 2025
Leap Then Look – Play Interact Explore
📍 BALTIC, Gateshead
🗓️ 12 Oct 2024 – 01 Jun 2025
Colin Woods - I Just Called
📍 Belfast (various libraries)
🗓️ Oct 2024 – June 2025
Imran Perretta – A Riot In Three Acts
📍 HOME, Manchester
🗓️ 22 Feb – 08 June 2025
Resonant Forms
📍 The Hepworth, Wakefield
🗓️ 08 March 2025 – January 2026
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
🗓️ 20 January 2025 – on-going
These listings are created by the Sound Arts UK team in an effort to support the UK sonic arts community and to help bring the artform to a wider audience. If you find these listings useful please share! You can subscribe below to receive Pink Loudspeaker as a free weekly newsletter. Please get in touch if you have any comments or want to let us know about any events we’ve missed. Thank you for reading! 🔊