SOUNDkitchen’s SONICpicnic

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Friday 29th July 2011 ~ VIVID

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Join SOUNDkitchen for a summer SONICpicnic of Birmingham’s best electronic sounds!

SOUNDkitchen presents all of its favourite treats for the ears in a summer SONICpicnic. Bring a rug and a wicker basket for a mini festival of eclectic and experimental electronic music as part of VIVID’s Garage presents… series.

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12 – 2: Join us for a spot of lunch accompanied by screenings of SOUNDkitchen’s collaborative STONEsoup project with video by Ross Millar, and of modulates latest AudioVisual project.

STONEsoup ingredients include:
Francisco Lopez / Peter Cusack / Bobby Bird / Peter Bachelor /
Cormac Faulkener / Richard Whitelaw / & MORE

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2-5: Spend the afternoon relaxing under Hear This Space’s Speaker Tree in the immersive 24-channel listening room or pull up your deck chairs to hear some of the evening’s artists talking about their latest recipes.

Listening room contributors:
Jonty Harrison / Shelly Knotts / Chris Tarren / Iain Armstrong /
Mark Harris
/ Antti Saario / Els Viaene / James Carpenter /
Julien Guillamat
/Charles Céleste Hutchins / Norah Lorway /
Annie Mahtani

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6 – late: SOUNDkitchen takes you into the night with live performances featuring some of SOUNDkitchen’s favourite sound temptations from the opening series mixed with new ingredients. Performances start at 6pm.

Acts include:
Martin Clarke
/ Thee Moths /
Annie Mahtani & Julien Guillamat / Panos Amelides /
BiLE (Birmingham Laptop Ensemble) / Rodrigo Constanzo /
Simon Whetham & Nic Bullen (Napalm Death) / Ben Ramsay (DJ set)

Between courses we’ll be showing films charting the history of electronic music and there’ll be second chance to experience Hear This Space’s Speaker Tree in the 24-channel listening room.

Live visuals throughout the night from Glitch artist Antonio Roberts.

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Tickets – before 6pm: FREE / After 6pm: £3adv/£5

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VIVID | 140 Heath Mill Lane | Birmingham | B9 4AR