sonic art for the visually mindedcountries, with a particular focus on the seductive sounds and...

26 Oct – 5 Nov 2017Glasgow-wide

S O N i c a r t f o r t h e v i s u a l l y m i n d e d

Welcome to Sonica 2017, our fourth edition in Glasgow.

We bring you an 11-day city-wide exploration of the best visual sonic arts from 14 countries, with a particular focus on the seductive sounds and sights of the Czech republic and mexico. make sure you see Archifon IV at Glasgow university’s memorial Chapel and the literally otherworldly Sideral at Glasgow science Centre.

We are delighted to return to many of our favourite venues, including the CCa, tramway, Govanhill Baths and the hamilton mausoleum. in addition, this year sees a special commission for the historic titan Crane in Clydebank.

our opening performance, AquaSonic, is a ravishing underwater concert by five extraordinary danish performers. the work took nine years to create, involving a team of artists, scientists and divers and the invention of many unique aquatic instruments, including a carbon violin.

2017’s artist in residence is the Prix ars electronica winning nelo akamatsu from Japan, who presents two works, one a commission for the iconic mackintosh tower at the lighthouse.

sonica 2017 also brings you a further seven commissions, many from our Cryptic associates, three world premieres and 14 uK premieres, including oliver Coates’ first major full length commission, Shorelines, featuring the outstanding ragazze Quartet from the netherlands.

there are also lots of family friendly events this year, including The Megaphone Project at Kelvingrove Bandstand – part of Glasgow unesCo City of music.

We are delighted that so many organisations and institutions have chosen to partner with sonica. Without these partnerships and our essential funders, the festival could not take place – we thank each and every one of them for their continued support.

sonica aims to bring innovative, unmissable art to all corners of your city. We hope you enjoy the festival – and please give us your feedback.

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AquaSonic Between Music ( Denmark )

running time: 55 minutes

Masterpiece from another world – fine spind (denmark)

denmark’s Between music present an otherworldly, underwater spectacular.

Working with divers, scientists and instrument-makers to investigate the

ways in which science and art can meet and influence one another, Between

music have developed compositions for five musicians submerged in vast

tanks of water that glow in the darkened space. With performers both

singing beneath the surface with specially developed vocal techniques and

playing instruments custom-designed for use underwater – including adapted

strings and percussion – AquaSonic melds whale song and chamber music to

produce a spectacle that’s dreamlike, transporting and utterly original.

The Creation of AquaSonicPost-show discussion with robert Karlsson, Between music

PerfOrmaNce // thU 26 – Sat 28 OctOBer // 19 .30 // £18/£9 // tramWay

DiScUSSiON // fri 27 // 20.50 – 21 .30 // ticKet hOlDerS ONly // tramWay

Co-produced by line nordentoft, futurePerfect Productions & aarhus 2017 european Capital of Culture supported by danish arts foundation, aarhus Kommune & dJBfa

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as fascinating as it is eerie… extraordinarily original – daily star (uK)

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Infinite LivesRobbie Thomson ( UK )


the nature of consciousness has long fascinated and frustrated artists

as much as scientists, from the science-fiction of Philip K dick to the

psychiatric work of rd laing, and today’s pioneering researchers into

artificial minds. in Infinite Lives, Glasgow-based robbie thomson performs

a kind of live lab experiment, studying bacteria only visible under extreme

magnification. these tiny entities are alive, but are they – could they

ever be – conscious? surrounded by weird and fantastical organisms and

robotic devices, thomson’s experiments are transformed into projections

which react both to a live electronic soundtrack and to his investigations

into the vanishingly tiny complexities of our world and the limits of human

consciousness.

a psychedelic, hallucinatory atmosphere… you can leave the

LSD at home

– dagblad van het noorden (the netherlands)

Parental Guidance, age 10+ recommended

t h U 2 6 – S at 2 8 O c t O B e r // 2 1 . 0 0 // £ 1 2 / £ 6 // t r a m Way

a Cryptic commission for sonica 2017 in partnership with the Grand theatre, Groningen, nl

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OMNISMaotik ( Canada )


the instantaneous transmission of information – and the possibility that soon people, as well as data, will be available everywhere simultaneously – has inspired OMNIS, an immersive installation by montréal-based maotik. drawing on optical illusions and other visual effects, maotik gradually fills the darkened space with twisting, writhing patterns of light that generate an effect of expanding depth and of unending travel. as a glittering soundtrack unfolds, courtesy of composer metametric, the dimensions of the space

Jonny Knox ( UK )


Remote Sense delves deep into our ancient past, tracing the story behind some of the world’s earliest art forms. Knox’s inspiration is the altered states of consciousness that ancient artists employed to visualise complex geometries and abstractions. the viewer is taken on a journey from the ancient past – through ethereal three-dimensional scans of real-life caves that were once painted in equally immersive vistas – to futuristic renderings of perspective and vanishing points. Jonny Knox’s background in music, architecture and computer graphics informs this expedition through the centuries, accompanied by darien Brito’s haunting, restless soundtrack.

It’s not really an event that should be talked or written about – it’s to be experienced

– metro (uK)

RemoteSense


The Macula ( Czech Republic )


inspired by the writing of William Gibson, ‘the father of cyberpunk’, whose dystopian novels of the 1980s and 1990s (including Neuromancer and All Tomorrow’s Parties) now seem like documents that have both predicted and informed our present day, Czech studio, the macula, presents an audiovisual journey through cyberspace. an ominous drone grows as the viewer is sent on a twisting, turning 360° trip through kaleidoscopic virtual space, where just as patterns seem to become identifiable, they shift and warp once more: clouds of particles give way to infinitely complex geometrics, mysterious mechanisms and star-filled spaces. Part of the Czech season in

scotland, supported by Czech

Cultural Centre, london

HiddenTowers

gorgeous, mind-melting and inspiring

– vice’s the Creators on SIM/NEBULA

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seem to dissolve and the viewer, too, might feel themselves destabilised as time and space seem to merge into one.

supported by the Canadian high Commission & Québec Government office, london

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Shorelines Oliver Coates ( UK ) Ragazze Quartet ( The Netherlands ) & Josh Armstrong ( UK )


Radiohead’s secret weapon – faCt (uK) on oliver Coates

When the north sea flooded in 1953, it swept away lives and homes in the

netherlands, Belgium and the uK. drawing from the tape-recorded memoir

of a woman who lost everything to the flood, Shorelines – directed by Josh

armstrong – is a music-theatre work exploring the aftermath and effects of

the disaster, as well as mankind’s increasingly vexed relationship with the

natural world. Composed by oliver Coates (london-based winner of the royal

Philharmonic society young artist award 2011) and performed by the ragazze

Quartet, Shorelines sees performers interact with ghostly recordings of

themselves, while acting out the constantly shifting tug of war between the

current and the remembered, between man and nature.

W e D 1 & t h U 2 N O v e m B e r // 1 9 . 3 0 // £ 1 5 / £ 8 // t r a m W ay

a Cryptic / ragazze Quartet Co-Commission, in partnership with desingel (Belgium) and Grand theatre Groningen (the netherlands), produced by Cryptic

The playing of the wittily named all-female Ragazze Quartet is fresh, light in texture, nimble and... always spirited

– the Guardian (uK)


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supported by fast forward – fonds Podiumkunsten, Performing arts fund nl; Creative scotland; Prs for music foundation; the embassy of the Kingdom of the netherlands; eduard van Beinum stichting (evBs) & the hinrichsen foundation

Struggle & EmergeLakker ( Ireland )


virtually flawless – Pop matters (usa)

irish duo lakker present a remarkable

audiovisual performance, inspired by the

dutch people’s relationship with water.

delving deep into the archives of the

netherlands institute for sound and

vision, lakker sample the soundtracks of

documentaries on life at sea, shipping,

canal journeys and water sports to

build propulsive electronic dance

music, repurposing the nostalgic imagery of long-gone times to utterly

contemporary effect. for Struggle & Emerge’s live show, lakker manipulate

this archive footage in real time, syncing it to the music it inspired, and

revealing the hidden detail in visual and musical elements alike.

supported by Culture ireland

t h U 2 N O v e m B e r // 2 1 . 0 0 // £ 1 2 / £ 6 // t r a m W ay

the documentary Struggle & Emerge, which follows lakker’s journey to understand the dutch people’s relationship with water and translate it into sound, is being screened every day between 12.00 and 22.00 in the tramway foyer.

lakker: dara smith & ian mcdonnell, Directed, filmed and edited by: linda visassistant filming by: Kasper van der horst, Produced by: Gregory markus

Created as part of the netherlands institute for sound and vision’s re:vive initiative

XFRMRRobbie Thomson ( UK )


Bridging the technical and the spectacular, the popular and the arcane

– aesthetica (uK)

in XFRMR, robbie thomson harnesses the power of the tesla coil, the

19th century invention that first made electricity visible. thomson’s

musical accompaniment – a soundtrack played on laptop and

synthesiser, by turns melodic and soothing, then pulsing, skittering and

searing – strikes visuals from the coil, sending light signals flaring

through the faraday cage that contains it. the grid of the cage displays

ever-changing geometries, as light seems to fuse with sound to make

synaesthetic patterns, in a unique sensory phenomenon.

Propels the viewer into an intense electromagnetic experience

– digital arti (france)


P e r f O r m a N c e // W e D 1 N O v e m B e r // 2 1 . 0 0 // £ 1 2 / £ 6 // t r a m W ay

a cryptic commission for Sonica 2016 in association with cove Park

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Dear Esther Live Jessica Curry & The Chinese Room ( UK )


Blurring the boundaries between video game, ghost story and film screening,

Dear Esther invites the viewer to a virtual hebridean island of derelict

buildings, forests and catacombs. Where are all the people? Why have we

been brought here? and who is esther? Putting familiar first-person gaming

techniques to new use, developer the Chinese room replaces shocks and

scares with wonder and discovery. a spoken-word narrative, and the live

soundtrack composed by Bafta winner Jessica Curry, respond differently to

each individual playthrough of the game, meaning that no two audiences will

have the same experience of their visit to the island.

It is oil painting, poetry, eulogy and video game all at once. And it’s never less than fascinating

– the telegraph (uK)

The Journey from Game to PerformancePost-show discussion with Jessica Curry, Composer, Dear Esther

P e r f O r m a N c e // f r i 3 N Ov e m B e r // 1 9 . 3 0 // £ 1 8 / £ 9 // t r a m Way

DiScUSSiON // fri 3 // 20 .40 – 21 .30 // ticKet hOlDerS ONly // tramWay

supported by arts Council england, music Beyond mainstream touring Production & Barbican, london



MembranesNicola L. Hein ( Germany ) & Lukas Truniger ( Switzerland )


exploring the boundaries where music and language overlap, hein and

truniger use hybrid instruments – constructed from drum-skins and

electronic components – as devices to turn written texts into pulses of light

and percussive sound. as each machine translation emerges, the network

of instruments starts to share the texts, transforming written material into

aesthetic, visual and sonic patterns, for the performers to further interact

with. extrapolating from the example of the african talking drum, Membranes

builds up an altogether new kind of tone language, constantly shifting and

adapting itself before the viewer and performers alike.

P e r f O r m a N c e // f r i 3 N O v e m B e r // 2 1 . 0 0 // £ 1 2 / £ 6

i N S ta l l at i O N // S at 4 N O v e m B e r // 1 2 . 0 0 – 2 2 . 0 0 // f r e e // t r a m Way

supported by prohelvetia, diCream; le fresnoy – studio des arts contemporains; sibylle Kalkhof-rose foundation / Johannes Gutenberg-universität mainz

Sonica presents Tundra (Lakker)

and XFRMR (Robbie Thomson)

LAPS: Alicia Matthew (SUE ZUKI, Organs of Love) and Cassie Ezeji (Golden Teacher)

VAJ.Power: Holly McGowan and Sofya Staune

too expansive and colourful to fit under the umbrella of club music – Pitchfork (usa)

sonica presents a one-off club night at the art school, featuring dJ sets,

video projections from local vJs, and live shows from two of the festival’s

foremost audiovisual acts.

robbie thompson is no stranger to the Glasgow club scene, having previously

played at optimo and the arches. in XFRMR, he harnesses the power of the

tesla coil, the 19th century invention that first made electricity visible, to

fuse sound and light in an unforgettable spectacle.

lakker’s Tundra mixes eerily beautiful vocals and electronica that conjures

up glaciers, tectonic shifts and vast open spaces scoured by extreme

weather. for their live show, visuals pulse and pattern in response to their

propulsive, pulsating dance music.

over 18s only

f r i 3 N O v e m B e r // 2 3 . 0 0 // £ 5 // t h e a r t S c h O O l


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Alex Augier ( France )

running time: 30 mins

a new audiovisual work from Paris-based alex augier places the artist at the centre of four screens, where he uses a modular synthesiser to produce music ranging from minimalist washes of sound to pummelling, skittering beats. on the screens, patterns of light are generated live in response to the music – drifting woozily at quieter moments, then bursting into frantic activity as the music gathers pace. the soundscape, broadcast through four speakers, surrounds and immerses the viewer while augier is visible only intermittently, a shadowy figure lurking in the deep space at the heart of his layers of light.

experimental electronic musician Paul Jebanasam’s 2016 album Continuum is an exploration of the mystery and power of the universe – by turns awe-inspiringly melodic and patterned, and blisteringly chaotic. visual accompaniment from the netherlands’ tarik Barri brings Continuum alive in this mesmerising live performance: where the music suggests volcanic eruptions, tectonic movements or the descent of angelic choirs, the metamorphosing visuals – produced live by the artist – fill the otherwise blacked-out room with dazzling flares, flickers and cosmic starbursts, taking the viewer on a thrilling, galactic-scale journey.

supported by the embassy of the Kingdom of the netherlands

ContinuumPaul Jebanasam ( UK )

& Tarik Barri ( The Netherlands )


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all around us, invisible and inaudible electromagnetic forces are at work. With Field, martin messier allows us to see and hear these forces in real time: using microphones attuned to electromagnetic flow, he turns the ebb and flow of invisible fields into audible signals. ‘Playing’ two connection patches, messier plugs and unplugs various inputs, adding and subtracting layers of sound to generate music that responds to the real-time flux of the em fields, while his projected shadow looms enlarged behind him in frankensteinian silhouette as he brings to life the unseeable.


Field Martin Messier (Canada)


a virtuosic gesamtkunstwerk

– classicalmusic.com (Canada)

supported by the Canadian high Commission & Québec Government office, london

extremely slick [and] a touch macabre – Xl8lr (usa)

You don’t just see and hear Continuum – you feel it in every particle of your being – resident advisor (uK)

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Titan: A Crane is a BridgeMichael Begg ( UK )

high over Clydebank, in the wheelhouse at the top of the titan Crane, michael

Begg presents a site-specific installation that transforms the iconic

structure into both musical inspiration and musical instrument. the crane

symbolises past and future, both a monument to an industrial age of

unprecedented feats of engineering and exploration and, today, signalling a

prospective epoch of ambition, imagination and outgoingness. in Begg’s piece,

the crane and its environment become the basis for a work for electronics,

cables, strings and breaths, playing on the material of the structure and the

voice of the wind that sings around the elevated wheelhouse.

outdoor event, please dress appropriately

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S U N 2 9 O c t O B e r // 1 2 . 0 0 - 1 8 . 0 0 // £ 5 ( £ 1 5 / £ 1 0 i N c l U D i N G S O N i c a

t r a N S P O r t – S e e W e B S i t e f O r D e ta i l S ) // t h e t i ta N c r a N e

a Cryptic commission for sonica 2017

supported by West dumbartonshire Council

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Viola Mathis Nitschke ( Germany )


Blurring the conventional boundaries between audience and performer,

venue and stage, mathis nitschke’s short opera Viola places its audience

in the window of a shop, and turns the whole of the outside world into a

stage. While audience members become an object of curiosity for passing

pedestrians, one of the members of the public goes almost unnoticed – until

she starts to sing. the shop windows become huge glass loudspeakers,

transmitting viola’s plaintive song to the viewers within, yet also preventing

her from being able to make the connection she seems so ardently to desire.

S at 4 & S U N 5 N O v e m B e r // 1 4 . 0 0 , 1 5 . 0 0 & 1 6 . 0 0 // £ 5

l i m i t e D c a Pa c i t y, a D va N c e D B O O K i N G r e q U i r e D // S t e N O c h c e N t r e

supported by Goethe-institute, Glasgow


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SideralMarcela Armas & Gilberto Esparza ( Mexico )

a bridge between the ear and the touch – nexus (uK)

in Sideral, armas and esparza challenge the perception of space as silent.

as iron meteorites make their journey through space, the extreme events

they pass through are recorded as changes in their magnetic field – a

kind of log, by which scientists can understand where the meteorite has

come from. armas and esparza go one step further: here, an 82kg chunk of

space debris named Boxhole, found in australia in 1937, is cradled in spidery

wooden sensor-limbs that ‘read’ the meteorite and generate an eerie,

modulating music that’s also a kind of storytelling, the account of an almost

unimaginable journey through the void.

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supported by anglo arts, the cultural department of the anglo mexican foundation a.C.Boxhole is on loan courtesy of the trustees of the natural history museum, london

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ChozumakiNelo Akamatsu ( Japan )

they remind us of the possible disturbances in the infinitely large – mediaartdesign.net (france)

sonica’s artist in residence, Japan’s nelo akamatsu, presents a brand new

work, playing on one of our most common natural phenomena: the vortex.

from weather patterns to the turn of electrons, the turn of galaxies to

the water swirling down the plughole after we wash our hands, the vortex

is everywhere. in this calming, meditative installation, each of akamatsu’s

three purpose-built glass beakers contains a continuous vortex, controlled

by magnets, that whirls unceasingly in water. visitors can watch the endless

undulations through the fragile vessels, and listen to each subtle,

ever-changing rush and bubble through each container’s speaker-like mouth.

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supported by the Great Britain sasakawa foundation, the daiwa anglo-Japanese foundation, the British Council and Creative scotland Partnership & the lighthouse

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Nearer Future Heather Lander ( UK )

I could have watched it all night – the Cusp (uK)

for sonica 2017, maine-born, Glasgow-based heather lander has collaborated

with sonic artist robert Bentall (uK) to investigate the ways in which we

might retain a sense of reality in a world where technology offers ever more

opportunities for immersion in the virtual. Bentall’s ambient work Telian –

played on the nyckelharpa, a traditional swedish string instrument – is the

soundtrack for lander’s visual composition. symmetrical webs and waves

of light rise upward, sculpted and spun into ethereal three-dimensional

structures, building an extraordinary crystalline cathedral of light. lander’s

translucent virtual reality shows us where technology has taken us – and

asks us to question where we may go next.

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a Cryptic commission for sonica 2017 in association with Cove Park

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SingularitySolveig Settemsdal ( Norway ) & Kathy Hinde ( UK )

randomness finds form in this new collaborative work from artist solveig settemsdal and musician Kathy hinde. an isolated point of white light suspended in a void of darkness swells, expands and takes on ever more complex forms before collapsing in on itself and blooming once again into a completely new shape. Kathy hinde’s music mimics this representation of a coalescing of all matter and all knowledge into a single point, grouping initially abstract sounds – from the violin and prepared toy pianos – into an increasingly organised soundtrack.

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Zzzzzzzzz Manuel Rocha Iturbide ( Mexico )

for anyone who still thinks vinyl is a dead format, here’s evidence that it’s only ever resting: a portable record player complete with 12-inch record lies in a chair as if abandoned. though it mostly lies inert, sometimes spontaneously the record starts to turn, making a noise that sounds suspiciously like… snoring? as science investigates the potential for new technology to gain a kind of life, here’s one of our most recognisable and venerable pieces of musical equipment that rocha iturbide casually suggests

has been a living entity all along.

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supported by anglo arts, the cultural department of the anglo mexican foundation a.C.; Cmmas (Centro mexicano para la música y las artes sonoras); embassy of mexico united Kingdom & mexican agency for international development Cooperation (ameXCid)

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Collisions Lynette Wallworth ( Australia )


a pioneer in the realm of immersive film – international Business times

the Pilbara is one of australia’s sparsest, most remote outback territories.

the native peoples lived the same way of life for a thousand years – until

they were confronted with the invasion of Western science and technology.

lynette Wallworth’s Collisions explores the impact of this meeting of vastly

different cultures, through the story of indigenous elder nyarri nyarri

morgan and his encounter in the 1950s with nuclear technology. 360° filming

and immersive sound from nick Cave, Warren ellis and max richter allows

viewers to take a virtual journey to the most remote outback, 1500 miles

from the nearest city, and hear morgan’s story.

a glimpse into the future and a memory of the past – the australian


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ChijikinkutsuNelo Akamatsu ( Japan)

A minimal, poetic experience, indeed – martin honzig, ars electronica (austria)

fusing scientific research with ancient Japanese custom, nelo akamatsu

uses the principle of geomagnetism – chijiki – to explore a traditional

form of sound sculpture, suikinkutsu. traditionally the sound, amplified

through bamboo tubing, of water dripping into a buried clay pot, akamatsu’s

Chijikinkutsu employs the equally delicate sound of electromagnetised

needles gently striking the walls of glass vessels filled with water as they

respond to the invisible influence of geomagnetic forces. the subtle sound

of this micro-tide soothes as it glimmers and tinkles just at the threshold of

hearing.

Winner of the prestigious Golden nica in the sound art and digital musics

category at Prix ars electronica 2015.

t h U 2 6 O c t O B e r – S U N 5 N O v e m B e r // S e e D i a r y f O r t i m e S // f r e e

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supported by the Great Britain sasakawa foundation, the daiwa anglo-Japanese foundation, the British Council and Creative scotland Partnership


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Archifon IV Floex & Initi ( Czech Republic )

This tricked out church is truly a religious experience – vice (uK)

one part video game, one part holographic display, one part gigantic musical

instrument: floex and initi will bring the interior of the memorial Chapel to

life as you’ve never seen it before. elements of the architecture are primed

to respond to the beams from laser pointers handled by the audience:

statues might suddenly sing when light strikes them, or ornamental details

might spring to life and writhe across the walls. the excitement is in finding

and activating each of the hidden objects, in an audiovisual easter egg

hunt – while also discovering the overlooked architectural details of one of

Glasgow’s great buildings.

W e D 1 – S a t 4 N O v e m B e r // 1 8 . 0 0 – 2 2 . 0 0 // £ 5

t h e U N i v e r S i t y O f G l a S G O W m e m O r i a l c h a P e l


Part of the Czech season in scotland, supported by Czech Cultural Centre, london


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Phase TransitionKathy Hinde ( UK )

an abandoned swimming pool is the setting for Kathy hinde’s Phase

Transition, a sculptural sound installation raising awareness of global climate

change and the greenhouse effect. Blocks of ice melt at rates determined

by climate-change data, their drips resonating in water-filled metal vessels.

the dripping of meltwater blends with metallic sounds engraved on vinyl and

played on customised turntables which turn faster and slower in accordance

with the rate of melt, generating throbbing, fluctuating tones. as visitors

explore the swimming pool, it fills not with water but with sonic waves that

ebb, flow, rise up and subside in unguessable patterns.



a Cryptic commission for sonica 2017 in association with Cove Park


Buzz Aldrin Syndrome Quentin Euverte & Florimond Dupont ( France )

Buzz Aldrin Syndrome is the term, named for the great astronaut, for the

feeling of melancholy that can follow some unrivalled achievement. for this

immersive, multi-sensory installation, french artists euverte and dupont

are inspired by real-life space exploration and its most famous fictional

depictions. Classic science fiction movie soundtracks are ‘translated’

into electrical currents that induce change in bottled chemical solutions.

Projections and live soundtracks are generated using the contents of these

bottles, the illumination of their processes matching and blending with

footage from films and the hubble telescope. fiction and reality, the

micro- and the macrocosmic all combine in a mashup of the high-tech and

the improvised lash-up.



supported by fluxus arts Projects, fluxus foundation & alliance française de Glasgow


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The Extended Tension Manuel Rocha Iturbide ( Mexico )

a spine-tingling piece of work … a profound gift – Glasstire (usa)

mexican composer and artist manuel rocha iturbide deconstructs musical

instruments to investigate what makes them tick, and open up new

possibilities for making music from them. two electric guitars hang in space,

each suspended by its strings which extend outwards across the space in all

directions, as though the guitar is a dissected specimen. Plucking, stroking

or tapping any of these tautened, elongated strings makes the guitars

vibrate and generates long, unexpected, resonant tones, picked up and

amplified to fill the space. visitors can try out the guitars for themselves,

discovering a new twist on the idea of playing an instrument.

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D e c i D e O N t h e D ay // G O v a N h i l l B a t h S

supported by anglo arts, the cultural department of the anglo mexican foundation a.C.; Cmmas (Centro mexicano para la música y las artes sonoras); embassy of mexico united Kingdom & mexican agency for international development Cooperation (ameXCid)

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The Megaphone ProjectMadeleine Flynn & Tim Humphrey ( Australia )

an experience that eludes words while asking questions of a different order – the age (australia)

for The Megaphone Project, australian-based flynn and humphrey will fill

Glasgow science Centre and the bandstand of Kelvingrove Park with bright

red megaphones of different shapes and sizes. investigating how people

listen and communicate in public spaces, The Megaphone Project allows

visitors to play with the instruments, shout and listen through them, lift and

reposition them, or simply to listen to the sounds, generated by a wireless

audio network – from jaunty musical pieces and the buzz of bees, to a

thrilling chorus when disembodied voices speak as one through all the

megaphones in unison.

outdoor event, please dress appropriately

t h U 2 6 O c t O B e r // 1 0 . 0 0 – 1 4 . 0 0 // f r e e // G l a S G O W S c i e N c e c e N t r e

S at 2 8 – S U N 2 9 O c tO B e r & f r i 3 – S U N 5 N Ov e m B e r // 1 0 . 0 0 – 14 . 0 0 // f r e e

K e l v i N G r O v e B a N D S t a N D

supported by the australian Council for the arts and Glasgow unesCo City of music


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Monoid mk II Robert Pravda ( The Netherlands )

We’re used to certain types of musical technology looking and acting a

certain way. robert Pravda’s Monoid mk II considers the stereo speaker –

usually a circular arrangement that vibrates with the sound passing through

it – and reimagines this means of transmission as something like a square

gyroscope whose concentric metal structures spin as it turns around three

360° axes. fittingly, Pravda has chosen to play a recording by experimental

poet Brion Gysin – inventor of the cut-up method beloved of William

Burroughs and david Bowie – that is broadcast by and fed back through his

own piece of deconstructed, reimagined technology.

Cold environment, please dress appropriately

t h U 2 6 – S at 2 8 O c t O B e r // 1 2 . 0 0 - 1 6 . 0 0 // f r e e

S U N 2 9 O c t O B e r // 1 2 . 0 0 - 1 6 . 0 0 // f r e e ( £ 1 5 / £ 1 0 i N c l U D i N G S O N i c a

t r a N S P O r t – S e e W e B S i t e f O r D e ta i l S ) // h a m i lt O N m a U S O l e U m

supported by the embassy of the Kingdom of the netherlands

Siren Servers The Butler Brothers, ISOdesign, Giles Lamb & Numbercult (UK)

in the victorian catacombs beneath the merchant City, in a building which

housed one of the city’s first print shops, lurks a siren summoning us towards

the post-print age. donning a vr helmet, visitors make their way through a

series of immersive digital environments – designed in a unique collaboration

among four of scotland’s foremost audiovisual art teams – that draw

from their makers’ background in 3-d imaging, games design, soundtrack

composition, neuroscience and more. reacting to human movement, each

environment becomes a spectacular vista, by turns playful and mesmerising:

visions of an alluring future that’s coming closer with every moment.


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f O r t i m e S // f r e e , B U t t i c K e t e D // i S O D e S i G N S t U D i O

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Táifeng and the Motorway Saint Mark Lyken ( UK )


randomness and order collide in a new work by mark lyken. the first of two

films, playing simultaneously, documents the overlooked areas and unheard

voices of three taiwanese cities. long contemplative shots of locations at

rest are intercut with footage of the bustle of everyday urban life. field

recordings, and the responses of previous viewers of lyken’s film, mingle

with an improvised soundtrack from tainan’s 12 dog Cycle, as the film moves

towards a climax in which taiwan is struck by natural disaster. on the second

screen, a more benign, equally mysterious natural process is shown in close

detail: the bubbling and steaming of a jade-green geothermal spring, full of

the potential to erupt at any moment.

t h U 2 6 O c tO B e r – S at 4 N Ov e m B e r ( e xc . S U N ) // 1 1 . 0 0 – 1 6 . 0 0 ( h O U r ly )

f r e e // G l a S G O W S c U l P t U r e S t U D i O S


supported by British Council taiwan & taipei artist village.

River of FundamentMatthew Barney & Jonathan Bepler ( USA )

running time: 350 mins (inc. two 20min intervals)

five hours long and over seven years in the making, matthew Barney’s epic

2014 film River of Fundament receives a rare screening at sonica 2017.

loosely based on norman mailer’s novel of the egyptian pharaohs, Ancient

Evenings – a book Barney loves, despite its critical slating – the film

explores themes of decay and reincarnation, of digestion and consumption, of

the end of one kind of life and the birth of another. With a cast that includes

maggie Gyllenhaal, deborah harry, salman rushdie, and Barney himself, and

music by celebrated composer Jonathan Bepler, Barney’s film is ambitious,

surreal, scatological, satirical, confrontational, awe-inspiring – and always

surprising.

Too grand, too ambitious, contains moments far too beautiful and grotesque to reckon with

– new york observer

over 18s only

S U N 2 9 O ctO B e r // 1 1 . 0 0 - 17. 0 0 // £ 9 . 5 0 / £ 7. 5 0 // G l a S G OW f i l m t h e at r e

a film by matthew Barney and Jonathan Bepler, produced by matthew Barney andlaurenz foundation

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Conversations, discussions, workshops, talks and tours exploring inspirations, technologies and creative practice produced in partnership with emerging artists’ collective, the visual artist unit.

all talks are free but ticketed

O c t O B e r ta l K S

fri 27 Oct // 13.00 – 14.00 // cca Are We At the Tipping Point? Kathy hinde in conversation with artist vivian ross-smith

fri 27 Oct // 13.00 – 14.00 // the lighthouse Site Specific Work & Sound Spatialisation madeleine flynn, tim humphrey, robert Pravda and manuel rocha iturbide in conversation with dr alistair mcdonald, Composer

Sat 28 Oct // 12.00 – 13.00 // Glasgow Sculpture StudiosMark Lyken in conversationmark lyken discusses the making of Táifeng and the Motorway Saint

Sat 28 Oct // 14.00 – 15.00 // the lighthouseNew Ways of Hearing SoundKathy hinde, robert Karlsson and robert Pravda in conversation

Sat 28 Oct // 17.30 – 18.30 // ccaThe History of Mexican Sonic Art Presented by manuel rocha iturbide with live link to marcela armas and Gilberto esparza

Sun 29 Oct // 13.00 – 14.00 // ccaSculptures of Light – The Pros and Cons of Making Work for Full DomeJonny Knox, maotik and Jan sima in conversation

Sun 29 Oct // 14.15 – 15.15 // the lighthouseNelo Akamatsu a conversation with sonica artist in residence

N O v e m B e r ta l K S

Wed 1 Nov // 13.00 – 14.00 // ccaVR – In the Realm of the SensorsPanel discussion with damien smith, Creative Partner at isodesign

thu 2 Nov // 13.00 – 14.00 // ccaThe World of RD Laing & JG Ballard robbie thomson and Quentin euverte in conversation

fri 3 Nov // 09.00 – 10.30 // Glasgow Sculpture StudiosCulture & Regeneration – Two Journeysrob morrison of taKtal and Botanic Concrete in conversation with viviana Checchia, Public engagement Curator, CCa

fri 3 Nov // 13.00 – 14.00 // ccaEstablishing a Creative Career – The Role of Residenciesheather lander and robbie thomson in conversation with alexia holt, visual arts Programme Producer at Cove Park and Project Coordinator at little sparta

Sat 4 Nov // 13.00 – 14.00 // the lighthouse Playing with Soundtomáš dvorák (floex) and lukas truniger in conversation

Festival Diary Work artist venue time

fri 6 - Sun 29 October

Sideral marcela armas & Gilberto esparza Glasgow science Centre 12.00 - 17.00

thu 26 October

The Megaphone Project madeleine flynn & tim humphrey Glasgow science Centre 10.00 - 14.00

Táifeng and the Motorway Saint mark lyken Glasgow sculpture studios 11.00 - 16.00

Monoid mk II robert Pravda hamilton mausoleum 12.00 - 16.00

Buzz Aldrin Syndrome Quentin euverte & florimond dupont Govanhill Baths 12.00 - 17.00

Chijikinkutsu nelo akamatsu Govanhill Baths 12.00 - 17.00

The Extended Tension manuel rocha iturbide Govanhill Baths 12.00 - 17.00

Phase Transition Kathy hinde Govanhill Baths 12.00 - 17.00

Collisions lynette Wallworth CCa 12.00 - 19.00

Nearer Future heather lander CCa 12.00 - 19.00

Singularity solveig settemsdal & Kathy hinde CCa 12.00 - 19.00

Zzzzzzzzz manuel rocha iturbide CCa 12.00 - 19.00

AquaSonic Between music tramway 19.30

Infinite Lives robbie thomson tramway 21.00

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Siren Servers the Butler Brothers, isodesign, Giles lamb & numbercult isodesign studio 12.00 - 18.00











Sat 28 October

The Megaphone Project madeleine flynn & tim humphrey the Kelvingrove Bandstand 10.00 - 14.00




Titan: A Crane is a Bridge michael Begg the titan Crane 12.00 - 18.00 intake times





Nearer Future Live heather lander & robert Bentall CCa 15.00, 15.30, 16.00 & 16.30





Full Dome Triple Bill maotik, the macula & Jonny Knox Glasgow science Centre Planetarium 18.30 & 21.00



t O U r S

Sat 28 Oct // 14.00 – 17.30 // £20.00 // cca & Govanhill BathsCurated TourPlease see website for details

Sun 29 Oct // various times // £10–£15 Bus tour to Hamilton Mausoleum & The Titan Crane Please see website for details

Sat 4 Nov // 14.15 – 17.55 // £25.00 //cca, Govanhill Baths, the lighthouse & tramwayCurated Tour with Kitty anderson, Curator, the Common Guild Please see website for details

W O r K S h O P S /m a S t e r c l a S S e S

Sat 28 Oct // 10.00 – 14.00 // £10.00 refundable deposit // the lighthouseSound, Sculpture & Improvisation masterclass with manuel rocha iturbide

Sun 29 Oct // 15.00 – 19.00 // £30.00 // ccaIntroduction to Touch DesignerWorkshop with maotik

mon 30 Oct // 13.00 – 17.00 // £30.00 // Glasgow Science centre PlanetariumDesigning Realtime Content for a Spherical Environmentmasterclass with maotik

Sat 4 Nov // 10.30 – 12.45 // £15.00 // the lighthouse Create your Own ChozumakiWorkshop with sonica artist in residence, nelo akamatsu

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Work artist venue time

Sun 29 October


River of Fundament matthew Barney & Jonathan Bepler Glasgow film theatre 11.00 - 17.00 not in festival schedule



Titan: A Crane is a Bridge michael Begg the titan Crane 12.00 - 18.00









The Extended Tension manuel rocha iturbide Govanhill Baths 15.00 & 16.00

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Archifon IV floex & initi the university of Glasgow memorial Chapel 18.00 - 22.00

Shorelines oliver Coates, ragazze Quartet & Josh armstrong tramway 19.30

XFRMR robbie thomson tramway 21.00

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Shorelines oliver Coates, ragazze Quartet & Josh armstrong tramway 19.30

Struggle & Emerge lakker tramway 21.00

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Dear Esther Live Jessica Curry & the Chinese room tramway 19.30

Membranes nicola l. hein & lukas truniger tramway 21.00

Sonica Club Night lakker & robbie thomson the art school 23.00 - 03.00

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Membranes nicola l. hein & lukas truniger tramway 12.00 - 22.00

Viola mathis nitschke st enoch Centre 14.00, 15.00 & 16.00


AV Triple Bill Paul Jebanasam & tarik Barri, martin messier & alex augier tramway 19.30

Sun 5 November











Viola mathis nitschke st enoch Centre 14.00, 15.00 & 16.00

thu 26 October - Sun 7 January 2018

Chozumaki nelo akamatsu the lighthouse 10.30 - 17.00

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Venues & Directionsthe art School20 scott street, Glasgow, G3 6PeBus: first 3, 4/4a, 18 or 19/19a; mcGill’s 17subway: 5 minute walk from Cowcaddens subway stationtrain: 6 minute walk from Charing Cross station

centre for contemporary arts350 sauchiehall street, Glasgow, G2 3JdBus: first 3, 4/4a, 18 or 19/a; mcGill’s 17subway: 8 minute walk from Cowcaddens subway stationtrain: 6 minute walk from Charing Cross station

Glasgow film theatre12 rose street, Glasgow, G3 6rBBus: first 3, 4/4a, 18 or 19/a; mcGill’s 17subway: 6 minute walk from Cowcaddens subway stationtrain: 10 minute walk from Charing Cross station

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Glasgow Sculpture Studios2 dawson road, Glasgow, G4 9ssBus: first 7/7a or 75subway: 15 minute walk from Cowcaddens subway stationtrain: 20 minute walk from ashfield train station

Govanhill Baths99 Calder street, Glasgow, G42 7raBus: first 3, 4/4a, 6/6a, 29, 38/38B or 57/57a; mcGill’s 103subway: 20 minute walk from West street subway stationtrain: 6 minute walk from Queens Park station

hamilton mausoleummausoleum drive, hamilton, ml3 0dlBus: first 263 or 267; stagecoach X74train: leaves regularly from Glasgow Central station. 20 minute walk from hamilton Central station

iSOdesign Studio65 virginia st, Glasgow G1 1tsBus: first 6/6a, 21, 240, 255, 263 or 267subway: 4 minute walk from Buchanan street & 9 minute walk from st enoch subway stationstrain: 3 minute walk from argyle street & 4 minute walk from Glasgow Queen street stations

Kelvingrove BandstandKelvin Way, Glasgow, G12 8nrBus: Citybus 15; first 2, 3, 4/4a or 77; mcGill’s 17; stagecoach X76subway: 9 minute walk from Kelvinhall & 16 minute walk from Kelvinbridge subway stationstrain: 20 minute walk from Partick station

the lighthouse11 mitchell lane, G1 3nuBus: first 6/6a, 7/7a, 9/9a, n9/n9a, 18, 21, 41, 75 or 263subway: 4 minute walk from Buchanan street & 6 minute walk from st enoch subway stations train: 3 minute walk from Glasgow Central & 7 minute walk from Glasgow Queen street stations

St enoch centre55 st. enoch square, Glasgow, G1 4BWBus: first 1, 5, 6/6a, 7/7a, 21, 31, 64, 65, 75, 164, 267 or 309; n6, n7 or n75; mcGill’s 59subway: 1 minute walk from st enoch subway stationtrain: 5 minute walk from argyle street & Glasgow Central stations

titan clydebankPursers ticket office, next to titan enterprise building, Clydebank, G81 1BfBus: avondale Coaches 100, 200 or 300; Citybus 184; first 1d, 2, 40, 60, 81, 335, 872 or m60; mcGill’s 81 or X22all 10 minute walk from Clydebank shopping Centre Bus depottrain: 10 minute walk from Clydebank & 20 minute walk from singer stations

tramway25 albert drive, Glasgow, G41 2PeBus: first 3, 4/4a, 6/6a, 29, 38/38B or 57/57a; mcGill’s 103subway: 17 minute walk from West street subway stationtrain: 2 minute walk from Pollockshields east station

the University of Glasgow memorial chapel entering at main Gatehouse, university avenue, G12 8QQBus: Citybus 15; first 2, 3, 4/4a or 77; mcGill’s 17; stagecoach X76subway: 7 minute walk from hillhead & 13 minute walk from Kelvinbridge subway stationstrain: 20 minute walk from Partick station

nextbike Glasgow has 170 bikes for hire close to the majority of sonica venues, available 24/7. you can rent a bike via nextbike’s android/iPhone app, by the on-bike computer, or by phoning +44 (0)20 816 69851. rental starts at £1 for the first 30 minutes. Please go to their website for further details on locations, prices and membership details. nextbike.co.uk/en/glasgow/

for more information on how to plan your journey to all sonica events please visit the following public transport websites:firstgroup.com/greater-glasgowscotrail.co.ukspt.co.uk travelinescotland.com

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tramway0845 330 3501tramway.orgBooking fees: £1 in person and online, £1.50 phone

centre for contemporary arts (cca)0141 352 4900cca-glasgow.comBooking fees: £1 per transaction

Glasgow Science centre (GSc) Planetarium0141 420 5000glasgowsciencecentre.org

Glasgow film theatre (Gft)0141 332 6535glasgowfilm.orgBooking fees: £1.50 phone

the art School0141 354 0544 musicglue.com/the-art-schoolBooking fees: £1 per transaction

all festival details are correct at time of going to print, but may be subject to change.Please see website for details

for cryptic:artistic Director: Cathie BoydProducer: Claire moranhead of Planning: Caroline thompsonmarketing & communications manager: Christopher GlasgowProject manager: Jana robertfinance manager: Brian dalyadministrator: rachel hendrytechnical Director: nick millarPress manager: ruth marshcopy editor: neil stewartDesigner: mark Gatti (Gatti Creative)Photography & videography: louise mather (no middle name)

cryptic’s Board of Directors: april Chamberlain (Chair); Bob downes; alan eccles; Professor steven spier; ian smith; Gina Wilson and Cathie Boyd.

2016/17 cryptic Gold angels: april Chamberlain, m.C., derek mitchell & Gina Wilson

cryptic would like to thank:Philip allen; Gilles alvarez; simon anderson; iboyla Bakos-tonner; matthew Barney; linda Barrett and staff at south lanarkshire leisure & Culture; dr. stephen Breslin and staff at Glasgow science Centre; lone Britt Christensen; susan Chapman; steve smith and staff at anglo arts; Kenneth Chrystie; emmanuel Cocher and staff at institut français d’Écosse; silvia de la Cueva; david mcdiarmid and emma rogers, visual artist unit; rares donca; laura ducceschi; lorna duguid; Jannet duijndam and staff at the embassy of the Kingdom of the netherlands; Julian forrester and staff at Cove Park; roddie Galbraith; allison Gardner and staff at Gft; Glasgow unesCo City of music; sean Greenhorn; Brendan Griggs; tracy heath; scarlett hill and staff at st enoch Centre; Joan Keenan and staff at the university of Glasgow memorial Chapel; Jackie Killeen and staff at British Council scotland; nathalie Korkmaz; anna Krzystek; maude laflamme; david laing and staff at Glasgow life; Ben lowry and staff at Glasgow sculpture studio; lesley macdonald; Gregory markus; Claire mcGinley and staff at West dumbartonshire Council; francis mcKee and staff at CCa; ronan mcmahon; stuart mcQuarrie, david mcQueen; susan meehan; Jim monaghan and staff at Govanhill Baths; marie morin; alan morrison and staff at Creative scotland; rob morrison & helen teeling, taKtal; Paul mowbray, nsC Creative; tim nunn and staff at tramway; John Paul o’hagan; steve owens; nikolai Petersen; Paul Prendergast; tereza Porbyna and staff at Czech Cultural Centre, london; lewis Prosser and staff at the art school; vanessa reed and staff at Prs for music foundation; susan robertson; raphaëlle rodocanachi and staff at institut français du royaume uni; Craig rooney; Graham rose; dr. rodrigo sigal and staff at Cmmas; ann-Christine simke and staff at Goethe-institute, Glasgow; Brad spolding; Caroline smith and staff at the natural history museum; damien smith and staff at isodesign; Paul sorley; roland spekle; raymond strachan and staff at the lighthouse; osamu tanabe; daphne thissen; sebastian torrella reinoso; sophie travers; lynette Wallworth; Ciaran Walsh; Wendy Were and staff at australia Council for the arts; stevie West; mark yeoman and all our sonica volunteers.

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Glasgow Sculpture Studios0141 353 3708glasgowsculpturestudios.org

Govanhill Baths 0141 433 2999govanhillbaths.com

hamilton mausoleum01698 535125slleisureandculture.co.uk

iSOdesign Studio0141 572 9150isodesign.co.uk

the lighthouse0141 276 5365thelighthouse.co.uk

St enoch centre0141 285 3734st-enoch.com

the titan crane 0141 562 2889 (mon – fri, 08.30 – 17.00)0141 952 3742 (sat & sun, 10.00 – 16.00)titanclydebank.com

the University of Glasgow memorial chapel 0141 330 2000gla.ac.uk

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