Water – Wasser – Aqua – H2O

exhibition of photography – video – sound – objects – texts – talks – water rituals – music

The Malthouse Gallery
Town Mill
Lyme Regis
DT7 3PU
Open 10.30-5pm

23rd September – 6th October 2024

Eva Fahle-Clouts in collaboration with David Rogers will share her love of water and reflections on protecting this precious substance.

programme of supporting events:

Sunday 22nd September [2pm – 4pm] World Rivers Day Walk
Meet at Gosling Bridge, Lyme Regis

Gosling Bridge is at the junction of Coombe Street and Hill Road
https://what3words.com/gossiped.romantics.repair

Tuesday 24th September [6pm-8pm] Talk – Carlos Guarita, photographs taken over a period of twenty years while on assignments to Angola, Mozambique, Nigeria, Uganda, Sudan and Burundi.

Wednesday 25th September [6pm – 8pm] Water Rituals in Catholicism, Judaism and Islam. With Fr Jacek A. Kostuch, Sara Moon and Neomi Alam

Thursday 26th September [6pm – 8pm] Talk – ‘Getting Healthy in Toxic Times’ Dr Jenny Goodman

Saturday 28th September [6pm – 8pm] Music – Jenny Bliss & Ron Phelan

download performance audio from BandCamp: https://divacontemporary.bandcamp.com/album/water-wasser-aqua-eau-h2o

Tuesday 1st October [6pm – 8pm] Talk – The River Lim Action Group and Simon Bethel [Surfers Against Sewage]

Friday 4th October [6pm – 8pm] Water Rituals the significance of water in Hinduism and Unitarianism. With Sandhya Dave and The Reverend Elizabeth Harley

supported by: Christina Roessler, David West, Stuart Case, Turn Lyme Green, The River Lim Action Group, SEAFAIR, electricbackroom STUDIO, The Malthouse Gallery, Carlos Guarita, Fr Jacek A. Kostuch, Sara Moon, Neomi Alam, Dr Jenny Goodman, Simon Bethel (Surfers Against Sewage), Sandhya Dave and The Reverend Elizabeth Harley

ecosonica WEEKENDER

7th – 9th june 2024

The Salt House – West Bay – Dorset DT6 4HB

an informal ‘drop in and out’ programme of ecoacoustic events….

friday 7th june {11.00 – 17.00}

11.00 – 13.00 listening / recording / soundwalk
Adrian Newton and David Rogers
meet in The Salt House at 11.00.

14.00 – 16.00 audio editing (for cassette making)
Adrian Newton and David Rogers.

14.00 – 16.00 audio cassette and printmaking demonstration
Lynn Davy and Adrian Newton.

14.00 – 17.00 extended performances / sound installations and screenings
Arthur Newton, Adrian Newton and David Rogers.

saturday 8th june {11.00 – 21.30}

11.00 – 13.00 listening / recording / soundwalk
Adrian Newton, Marcus Leadley and David Rogers
meet in The Salt House at 11.00.

14.00 – 16.00 audio editing
(for cassette making and performance)
Adrian Newton, Marcus Leadley and David Rogers.

14.00 – 16.00 audio cassette and printmaking demonstration
Lynn Davy and Adrian Newton.

14.00 – 17.00 extended performances / sound installations and screenings
Arthur Newton, Adrian Newton, Marcus Leadley and David Rogers.

17.00 – 19.00 Break (performance and concert set up).

19.00 – 19.30 soundwalk performance
Marcus Leadley and participants from the listening / recording / soundwalk.

19.30 – 21.30 ‘live’ performance

Tansy Spinks & Iris Garrelfs
Pete Treglown
Circles in Circles visuals by Lynn Davy and Arthur Newton
No Context visuals by Lynn Davy and Arthur Newton

sunday 9th june {11.00 – 16.00}

11.00 12.00 Blanc Sceol deep listening workshop
meet in The Salt House at 11.00.

12.00 – 16.00 experimental PROMS ‘live’ performance

Neon Lattice
Dog on a Deckchair
Tansy Spinks & Iris Garrelfs
David Rogers
Eva Fahle-Clouts
Pete Treglown
Geräuschhersteller
Trisha and Sebastian

http://www.ecosonica.net/

Dorchester Science Festival 2023

Families and people of all ages attended this free event, and experienced an array of exciting, hands-on activities where they could explore underwater worlds.

Participants worked with scientists and artists to investigate and learn about freshwater habitats and their biodiversity.

Sound Fishing: led by Adrian Newton (Bournemouth University), David Rogers (electricbackroom STUDIO) and Lynn Davy involved getting the public listening to nature through a variety of microphones and hydrophones.

BandCamp download: https://divacontemporary.bandcamp.com/album/take-me-to-the-river-2023

electricbackroom STUDIO @ Sonic Cartography Conference

audio download: https://divacontemporary.bandcamp.com/album/from-montage-to-palimpsest

Friday 28th October 2022
Workshop 1: From Montage to Palimpsest

Saturday 29th October 2022
Installation: From Montage to Palimpsest

Confluence 2 :: wireless headphone concert

Confluence microfestival of experimental sound returns to Wimborne – a day of experimental electronic / ambient / sound art.

Curated by Nemeton (Adrian Newton)

Venue:

Walford Mill Crafts Courtyard, Wimborne BH21 1NL.

10 september 11am – 4.30pm

Dark Dawn : : Bright Future
Environmental sound art marking the 60th anniversary of Silent Spring by Rachel Carson.

[further details]

SOUNDING SHORE :: coast to coast 2022

Whitstable Bieannale [Satellite Programme] 11th June 2022

programme:

LIVE on the beach – channel 1 (11.00 – 18.30/19.00)

11.00 – 11.30 Marcus Leadley (Hidden Sounds of Whitstable)
11.30 – 12.00 Two Wheels (Mercedes Maresca/Tote Rubio)
12.00 – 12.30 Michael Zbyszynski
12.30 – 13.00 Szalwia (Kacper Werkowicz)
13.00 – 13.30 Concrete and Green (Edwin Hind)

13.30 – 14.00 break

14.00 – 14.30 Sarah Holly Sayeed/Daniel Mulligan/
Benjamin Sayeed/Elizabeth Blackwell
14.30 – 15.00 Luca Venerus
15.00 – 15.30 Monty Williams
15.30 – 16.00 Tansy Spinks and Iris Garrelfs
16.00 – 16.30 Ingrid Plum
16.30 – 17.00 Hardworking Families (Tom Bench)
17.00 – 17.30 Oishi (Hao Zheng/Ren Shang)
17.30 – 18.00 LFIEL (Luke Fielding)
18.00 – 18.30 Dog on a Deckchair

We’ve been a part in the biennale since 2010 and there’s always a good crowd of spectators. This is an international art biennale – and it’s a great excuse to hang out on the beach and around the town where multiple events will be taking place on the day.

Further details: https://electricbackroom.wordpress.com/2022/06/11/sounding-shore-coast-to-coast-2022/

Dorchester Science Festival 2022

Two sessions of four workshops – Working with Professor Genoveva Esteban (Bournemouth University), using microscopes as she explores the beginnings of life and biodiversity on our planet – Working with Will Beaumont (The Game and Wildlife Conservation Trust), as he studies the salmon and trout migration – Working with Professor Adrian Newton (Bournemouth University) and David Rogers (electricbackroom STUDIO), listening to underwater sounds using hydrophones – Working with Sam Lloyd (Dorset Wildlife Trust and RSPB), identifying birds and their call sounds. Cape Farewell Director David Buckland and eco-poet Helen Moore will also accompanying the groups.

Further details: https://electricbackroom.wordpress.com/2022/03/12/dorchester-science-festival-2022/

U N D E R C U R R E N T S :: sound fishing [3]

Wimborne Green Week 2021

Adrian Newton, David Rogers and Lynn Davy will be ‘soundfishing’ again on the River Allen.

Venue: Walford Mill Crafts and in a gazebo in the courtyard (Cafe).

Further details: https://electricbackroom.wordpress.com/2021/10/16/u-n-d-e-r-c-u-r-r-e-n-t-s-sound-fishing-2/

sound fishing [2] BEAF festival event

Saturday 26th & Sunday 27th June 2021

Live Broadcast – GPS Listening Walk – Bournemouth Emerging Arts Fringe Festival Event

with Adrian Newton, Arthur Newton, Lynn Davy and David Rogers

The Rivers Allen & Stour

Online Livestream Broadcast:
Saturday 26th and Sunday 27th June 2-4pm from the River Allen, Dorset.
[sound fishing Facebook event page].
https://www.facebook.com/events/2953779638243528?ref=newsfeed

Downloadable GPS-triggered Listening Walk:
Available anytime over the weekend and after the event.
Located along the River Stour, Wimbourne. Accessible from near Bankes Road.
[See the echoes link below for further information and map].
https://explore.echoes.xyz/collections/CJYQWPc0qMnxJ3O9

Download:
Available from the studio BandCamp Label [FREE].

https://divacontemporary.bandcamp.com/album/s-o-u-n-d-f-i-s-h-i-n-g-2