Meg Russon is an actor, writer and composer from Somerset, based in London. She is currently developing an a cappella folk musical exploring the experience of growing up queer in rural spaces. This work has been described as ‘recall[ing] the work of artists such as Hildur Guðnadóttir, whilst the a cappella close harmonies have resonances […]
Kim Burgas is an interdisciplinary artist and design strategist who creates participatory and embodied spaces for imagination, encounter and reflection. Working across music, immersive experiences, roleplaying games, workshops and participatory research, she creates situations that invite people to encounter familiar subjects from unfamiliar perspectives. Recent work has explored relationality with plant kin through a field-based […]
We are delighted to work in partnership with The Sound Lab on its New Sounds Academy, a one-year professional development programme for care-experienced musicians aged between 16 – 30. First launched in 2021, New Sounds Academy was created to support emerging musicians who face barriers to establishing their careers. Through opportunities to record with professional […]
Jennifer Wicks is a Glasgow-based interdisciplinary artist, musician and lecturer whose practice spans expanded cinema installation, live audiovisual performance, moving image and sound. Her work investigates the interplay between analogue and digital media, employing obsolete and unstable technologies – such as 16mm film, reel-to-reel tape, and custom light-to-sound systems – to challenge linear narratives. Rooted […]
Raed Jazbeh is a Syrian musician, double bassist, artistic director and cultural practitioner based in Hamburg, Germany. Growing up in Aleppo, one of the Arab world’s most significant musical cities, he pursued his academic music studies in Damascus alongside studies in visual arts. His practice spans orchestral performance, artistic direction and interdisciplinary cultural projects, examining […]
Molly Astley is an artist and musician living in London. Guided by exploration of sensory experience and vibrational relations, her work is centred on the porous boundary between body and environment. Through sound, performance, drawing and text, she explores the connections between personal, environmental and collective wellbeing, attuning to both the ephemeral (memory, sensation, image, […]
Jo Mango is a Glasgow-based multi-instrumentalist and songwriter. Her work spans genres and forms including folk, pop, art- and alternative, via theatre, film, multimedia installation and live performance. Her third solo album ‘The Lightswitch’ was released in June. It follows up her acclaimed 2012 LP ‘Murmuration’, continuing a career that has spanned more than two […]
This residency is a partnership between the Glasgow-based radio art collective Radiophrenia and the Rotterdam-based arts organisation WORM. The first Radiophrenia radio art residency at WORM was back in 2020 with the artist Cucina Povera and since then Helena Celle, Jim Colquhoun & Jamie McNeill, Murray Collier & Hannan Jones have all spent time tinkering […]
Mairi McGillivray is a Gaelic singer from the island of Islay off the west coast of Scotland. Mairi comes from a strong gaelic background and uses her heritage along with her dynamic range of musical influences to put her own style on songs from her tradition, performing in Gaelic and other traditional styles. Mairi has […]