21 – 23 August 2026
Hard Labour
All welcome to a weekend of sex worker resistance and joy! Workshops, talks and visual art, hosted by Scotland for Decrim.
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11 December 2004
DCA
Text of Light and Films by Stan Brakhage
Alan Licht Lee Ranaldo Stan Brakhage Tim Barnes Ulrich Krieger
As opposed to suggesting soundtrack’s to Brakhage’s works [which are almost entirely silent] Text of Light use his works to stimulate improvisation, enveloping them into the structure of the group much like an additional musician.
Kill Your Timid Notion 04
15 February 2008
Stereo
Michiyo Yagi
Michiyo Yagi
Sometimes delicate, sometimes harsh and jarring, Yagi’s koto solos are as much inspired by Nancarrow or Cage as they are traditional.
INSTAL 08
23 June 2006
Smoo Cave
Smoo Cave
Akio Suzuki John Butcher
Akio Suzuki and John Butcher performing in a remote sea cave near Durness.
Resonant Spaces
15 February 2008
The Arches
Self Cancellation – Removal Service / Transition Hide and Seek
Sarah Washington
Sarah Washington uses electronics and wind-up radios, running out of charge to repsond to the festivals’ Self Cancellation provocation.
INSTAL 08
15 February 2008
The Arches
Self Cancellation – Seed Burn / adh
Lee Patterson Rhodri Davies
Rhodri Davies plays two deconstructed harps. Lee Patterson examines the sonic properties of burning nuts.
INSTAL 08
24 March 2012
Tramway
Combatant Status Review Tribunal
Andrea Geyer Ashley Hunt David Thorne Sharon Hayes Katya Sander
Somewhere between performance, stripped down theatre and an intense kind of public learning or maybe even a public hearing.
Episode 3:
Copying without Copying
14 April 2019
Performance Space New York
Eli Clare
Eli Clare
Poems are kisses, fists, and underground rivers. For all these reasons and many more, I am a poet.
I wanna be with you everywhere
10 December 2004
The Music Box (2004)
Petteri Nisunen Tommi Grönlund
Finnish duo Grönlund Nisunen are known for their extraordinary work fusing incredible sounds with stunning objects in large scale sculptural installations.
Kill Your Timid Notion 04
16 February 2008
Stereo
Neil Davidson, Aileen Campbell & Robin Hayward
Aileen Campbell Neil Davidson Robin Hayward
Sparse and miniature free thought workouts involving guitar, vocals and tuba.
INSTAL 08
12 May 2007
The Sage Gateshead
Angharad Davies, Tisha Mukarji, Andrea Neuman
Andrea Neuman Angharad Davies Tisha Mukarji
Improvising violinist Angharad Davies performing with pianists Tisha Mukarji and Andrea Neumann.
Music Lover’s Field Companion 07
12 May 2007
The Sage Gateshead
Gateshead 21
Northern Sinfonia Radu Malfatti
We commissioned Radu Malfatti to write a new piece for the 21-piece string section of the Northern Sinfonia: Music striving to discover the exact point at which sound resonates the clearest amidst long drawn out silences.
Music Lover’s Field Companion 07