Sound, Becoming Space
Saturday 16 May
6pm–8pm
Tickets
Standard: £5 (per evening)
Concession: £3 (per evening) (Senior Citizen, Unemployed, Student, Disabled Person)
Free for carers
NOMADIK Pass (access to all events Wednesday–Saturday)
Standard: £15
Concession: £10 (Senior Citizen, Unemployed, Student, Disabled Person)
The NOMADIK Pass can be purchased on any evening event page.
Foundations of Spatial Audio
Isa Ferri (Head of Sound, IKLECTIK)
6 pm
If you’re new to 3D sound, this specially designed programme is a wonderful opportunity to discover the basics of creating and producing immersive audio. It also offers a friendly introduction to working with multichannel sound systems.
Led by the Head of Sound at IKLECTIK, this introductory session explores the history and evolution of spatial sound through a talk and live demonstration, covering Ambisonics, loudspeaker environments and contemporary immersive listening practices.
About IKLECTIK
Founded in London in 2014, IKLECTIK has built an international reputation for presenting work that sits between music, performance, technology and research. We support artists working at the edges of form — where sound becomes spatial, performance fills the space, and audiences are invited into new ways of listening.
IKLECTIK is one of the few grassroots organisations in the UK developing work with multi-channel and three-dimensional audio systems, enabling artists to compose in space, not just in stereo.
Move sound through and around audiences.
Explore listening as a physical and emotional experience.
For us, sound is not background. It is architecture. It is the environment. It is something you step inside.
Venus / Zohreh by Shiva Feshareki (British-Iranian experimental composer)
Spatial sound live performance
8 pm
Venus / Zohreh (2018) is a living work that has continuously transformed across multiple forms: from string quartet to solo electric guitar, string orchestra and spatial electronic versions, while retaining a constant core foundation. Originally developed by Shiva Feshareki in collaboration with geologist Dr Philip Mason — a key researcher on Venus and planetary expeditions — the work draws on both scientific inquiry and spiritual energy. Inspired by Feshareki’s mother, Zohreh, whose name means “Venus” in Persian, the piece unfolds as a process of exponential intensification in speed, density and volume, with sound emerging as evolving matter.
For this performance — the first time Feshareki has performed the work herself — Venus / Zohreh appears in a new form for bowed bass guitar, 3D electronics and speaker dome. Presented for the first time since her mother’s passing in April, this rendition is dedicated to the honour, memory and aura of Feshareki’s beautiful mother, Zohreh.
Audience target/s
Everyone, newcomers to 3D sound, musicians, audiovisual artists, sound engineers and producers, and Asian communities
Address: Patrick Studios, East Street Arts, St Mary’s Lane, Mabgate, Leeds LS9 7EH
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Accessibility:
Patrick Studios is wheelchair accessible. If you have specific access requirements, please contact us at programme@esamail.org.uk
Book early—capacity is limited to ensure the best possible listening experience.
This programme is supported by the Arts Council England and Goldsmiths, University of London. Curated and produced by East Street Arts, IKLECTIK, and Platform Asia.