The residents of central London’s sprawling creative hub subvert its institutional history with dance, performance and archival stories Somerset House, London, UKPhoto: Samir Kennedy at Assembly by Anne Tetzlaff Returning to the palatial interiors of Somerset House for the fifth time, Assembly is a festival… Read More
Cafe Oto, London, UKPhoto: Viviana Almas There are two halves to Mihály Víg, the Hungarian composer known for his collaborations with the late film director Béla Tarr. The first is the minimalist whose scores submit themselves to Tarr’s austere monochrome palette, extended takes and character… Read More
Corsica Studios, London, UK Originally active from 2001-08, Yellow Swans have acquired mythic status among lovers of dirty transcendental drone. If some of tonight’s audience have seen them before, many would have been too young the first time around. To warm things up, aya’s twin… Read More
Various Venues, Tromsø, NorwayImage: Ismistik at Insomnia Festival by Celine Richard Inspired by the sleepless nights imposed by the midnight sun, Insomnia takes place in Tromsø, which lies beyond the Arctic Circle. Since 2002, the festival has fostered a culture of inclusive and forward thinking… Read More
The duo of Koshiro Hino and Yuki Nakagawa team up with Polish percussionist Adam Gołębiewski for an album composed and recorded in a single improvised session Watching KAKUHAN at last week’s Insomnia festival in Tromsø, Norway, I was struck by how a duo performing with… Read More
St James Garlickhythe, London, UKPhoto by 00bars Tonight’s edition of Boundary Condition, an event series curated by the Egyptian artist Alaa Yousry aka Cerpintxt, centres around the launch of her new album Refugees Of The Symbolic Network. The record’s identity is rooted in an impulse… Read More
Cafe Oto, London, UK Photo: Verði Ljós Dave Welder, a prolific Brighton project led by the film maker Ben Wheatley and music producer Simon Byrt, have amassed over a dozen eclectic lo-fi releases on Bandcamp since August 2024. Seated behind synths, laptops and MIDI controllers,… Read More
In Focus: Michael Snow ICA, London, UK | Image: still from *Corpus Callosum (2002) Michael Snow’s films are largely about film itself: its structure, texture, purpose and aesthetics. Presented by Dream Of Light, this weekend of screenings celebrates the late Canadian artist’s cinematic works, which… Read More
Various venues, Sheffield & Rotherham, UK Photo: Lord Spikeheart by James Ward After taking a year out in 2023, No Bounds returns with a sprawling programme for its seventh edition. Things begin in a low key fashion with a lecture at Sheffield University’s Firth Hall.… Read More
Berliner takes radical politics and 12th-century Persian poetry and sets them to an infectious disco beat, finds Ilia Rogatchevski Mary Ocher reclines on a rubber dinghy that is perilously adrift at sea. Her voice lifts above the waters as a shuffling backbeat dominates the track.… Read More
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