15 October 2005
The Arches
Directing Hand
Directing Hand
A life force of ecstatic clarity capable of loquacious bursts of affirmation.
INSTAL 05
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17 August 2020
Online
System Errors: Abolitionist Technologies and Aesthetics
American Artist Danielle Brathwaite-Shirley Juliana Huxtable Legacy Russell
A panel exploring the radical potential of technologies through fugitivity and opacity: their ability to obscure, to make it impossible for us to be known, to render us untraceable by every arm of the state even under the all-consuming spectre of surveillance capital.
Revolution is not a one-time event
22 November 2019
Tramway
Cottonmouth Liturgy
Alexander Moll Jackie Wang
A multi-media harp and spoken word tribute to the incalculable, the in-deducible, the suspicious static noise that accompanies the voice of truth, and the attempted aberrations in the domain of emergence.
Episode 10:
A Means Without End
29 November 2008
BFI Southbank
CCA
Arnolfini
Out of Sight Out of Synch
Various Artists Hollis Frampton John Smith
Sound and image slipping out of synch and into discord, the programme includes (in London at least) a very special version of Hollis Frampton’s masterful (nostalgia) with a live narration by Michael Snow.
Kill Your Timid Notion on Tour
14 April 2019
Performance Space New York
Dispatches from the Intersection of Hurting & Joy
Camisha L. Jones
Writing that shows us that, even in struggle, there is light to be let in.
I wanna be with you everywhere
21 June 2023
Altar: Odes to the Lost/ never lost with ASL Centered Hang
Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha
Offering a crip grief transformation and witness altar. A place to sit and breathe, remember our dead, wash our hands and leave offerings to and for loved ones we’ve lost – and for ourselves. Expect fire and a little bit of smoke. Concluding with a D/deaf centered social space with conversational interpreters available for those who do not speak ASL.
I wanna be with you everywhere 2023
13 November 2010
Tramway
SOLITON(E) STAR, RESONANCE REGION 1A [ZERO-TIME SONIC MIRROR]
Catherine Christer Hennix
Complexly interacting colossal drones by the creator of some of the most legendary yet least heard music of the 70’s.
INSTAL 10
21 May 2005
The Sage Gateshead
My Cat Is An Alien
My Cat Is An Alien
Italian duo of brothers Maurizio and Roberto Opalio utilising an array of acoustic and electric guitars, various toy-instruments and toy-microphones.
Music Lover’s Field Companion 05
20 – 22 March 2009
The Arches
INSTAL 09
Looking at and listening to different ideas about sound and music, INSTAL 09’s collection of artists included Tetsuo Kogawa, vocalist Joan La Barbara, Phil Minton (and his Century FC feral choir), Austrian Actionist Hermann Nitsch, Steve McCaffery and many more.
22 March 2009
The Arches
Century FC
Phil Minton
A 100 strong Feral Choir of people who’ve never improvised with their voices before, conducted by composer Phil Minton.
INSTAL 09
20 March 2009
Extra Friday Set
Klaus Filip Radu Malfatti Sean Meehan Taku Unami
Quartet improvisation by Klaus Filip – laptop, Radu Malfatti – trombone, Sean Meehan – snare & cymbals, Taku Unami – rice and dish.
INSTAL 09
5 May 2025
Week Nine: Closing Session
Lisa Fannen Sapna Agarwal
This closing session will be a space for reflection and feedback. We can discuss ways we can share what we’ve learned and explored with our wider communities. We can talk about if we want to do more sessions and /or projects together.
In Our Hands 2025