Practical Sound

The Birley are please to announce 'Nearly Present', a configurable multichannel streaming installation by that broadcasts live streams from around the world.

Each speaker is enclosed in a Wardian Case, an item developed in the 19th century to facilitate the global and commercial conveyance of living plants in closed environments 🌿

Julian draws parallels between, and attention to, historical and contemporary transportations of materials within microclimates.

💥 Join us on Friday 15th November at 6pm for the preview 💥
The exhibition runs until 7th December, open on Thursdays, Fridays & Saturdays between 11am-4pm 📅
Free entry, open to all, and our gallery spaces are wheelchair accessible.
📍 Birley Street, Preston, PR1 2QE

On Saturday 21st, The Birley - artist studios & project space are delighted present a screening of three films by Anna Thew, followed by an 'in conversation with Daniel Adams, host of the essential How to Enjoy Experimental Film podcast...

Linguist, writer, painter, turned film-maker and performer, active in making and promoting film and video exhibition and education for over 25 years, her single and multi-screen 16mm films have screened in major International film festivals globally. Here she will present and discuss three of her own films, alongside other films by Nick Gordon Smith and Barbara Meter. Admission is free.

Came across a Dr Zeuss book about a sound poet. Mr Brown's basically a genius... There must be recordings out there somewhere.

Many years ago now I did a PhD on creating sound from light, and came across Eric Archer's Sound Cameras. He now makes these fantastic devices for doing just that - generating often unique sounding tones from all manner of surprising things. I've recorded smoke drifting across the sun, light glittering off of the sea, LED displays, bees flying in and ouf of their hive, a cloud of midges over a pond, fireworks - anything that causes light to flicker. Beautifully constructed with a built-in headphone/line out for recording.

https://rarewaves.net/products/lite2sound-qb/lite2sound-qb-stereo/

When sculpture meets sound recording on a budget.