Emma-Kate Matthews as an architect, artist, and composer has built an amazing array of transdisciplinary projects between the interconnected fields of architecture, acoustical engineering and…
Interviews, Key Artists, Sound
In The Last Angel of History (1996), a film-essay by John Akomfrah that deals with concepts of Afrofuturism tracing de deployments of science fiction within…
Next week, on 12 April 2019, legendary Cybotron returns to perform live at Barbican London, showcasing a creative collaboration between Detroit’s pioneering Juan Atkins…
BARZAKH by The Waldorf Project, Shredded Wheat factory Welwyn Garden City, 9 April – 12 May 2019 The Waldorf Project have been engineering the most…
Digital Culture, Key Artists, News, Sound
Ryoji Ikeda was back at the Barbican for a dual show. Both parts contrasting but complimentary of the work of the groundbreaking Japanese audiovisual composer. Ikeda…
On the 7th October 2018 Barbican Hall gives its stage to Estela Oliva, who as Clon presents two London premieres, jointly titled as ‘New…
Dawns, Mine, Crystal, Yunchul Kim, Korean Cultural Centre London, 18 September – 3 November 2018 The Korean Cultural Centre, London (KCCUK) presents Dawns, Mine, Crystal, the first UK…
Pioneering Japanese composer Ryuichi Sakamoto and experimental electronic musician Alva Noto were together again to offer their new show called “Two” at the Barbican….
Whose Scalpel, Yen Tzu Chang, Music Hackspace, Somerset House Studios London, 9 August 2018 Taiwanese artist Yen Tzu Chang presents an artist talk followed…
“My definition of beauty is something very simple, which can express something very complex.” There’s no better way to define Carsten Nicolai’s work, one…
Computing Art, Interviews, Key Artists
The work of artistic couple Anne Cleary and Dennis Connolly revolves around the intriguing art of looking. According to them, how we look at…
Next Friday 8th December, Unsound – one of the world’s most adventurous music festivals – comes to London’s Barbican with an evening of live…
Last month Barbican brought us the UK premiere of two immersive audiovisual performances. An evening curated by Estela Oliva, who was presenting her new project…
Next Monday 20th November, for the tenth anniversary of Stockhausen‘s death, the Barbican is bringing us the opportunity to enjoy rare performances of two…
British-Ghanaian artist and filmmaker John Akomfrah presents his latest commissioned work, Purple, at The Curve in Barbican Centre. The piece follows on the heels…
Technology is evolving fast, and we can only wonder whether we are able to adapt quickly or predict the implications of its exponential growth…
This June, London’s Barbican Centre opened Into The Unknown: A Journey Through Science Fiction. The exhibition, curated by Swiss historian and writer Patrick Gyger…
Computing Art, News, Scout & Trends
Barbican and The Trampery have launched alt.barbican, an arts accelerator that will encompass work across artificial intelligence, radio manipulation, wearable tech and more. They…