Mandy Wigby

Helios Installation - @Victoria Baths - By Luke Jerram. Open now. Check it out.

OFF OUR STREETS!! Manchester against far right fascists today. They were stopped taking over Piccadilly Gardens. We cannot afford to be complacent. STAND UP TO FASCISM.

✨ Any Bowie fans out there? This will be a fine tribute to the Moonage Daydreamer. Carlton club Monday 2nd Feb. Tickets are flying out! Get yours soon. Our AoR Howard Jacobs will be playing in the big band too.

If you’re heading into town pop into Manchester library & experiment with sound! The listening desk contains samples and sounds from the Delia Derbyshire Archive and the Delia Derbyshire Day Archive. These archives live at John Rylands Library here in Manchester. I was thrilled to be asked to curate the sounds for this 🎧 Delia Derbyshire Day is a Mancheter based charity now in its 10th year, elevating the legacy of Delia Derbyshire as a catalyst for empowerment via creativity, heritage and technology. So far they have taught electronic music to 3300 children and provided work for 65 artists/creative professionals. Delia Derbyshire (1937-2001) was a brilliant electronic music pioneer. Her most famous work is her production of Ron Grainers Dr Who theme in 1963. #deliaderbyshireday #manchesterlibrary #carocsound

Today I want to celebrate my friends @futureverything — a forward-thinking cultural agency crafting new ways of living with technology for human and planetary flourishing. Imagining, researching and prototyping alternative futures, their work explores the interplay between ecological crises, cultural narratives, and technological acceleration. Organisations like FutureEverything are a priceless resource for artists and essential cultural infrastructure — needed now more than ever. I was recently lucky enough to be commissioned by FutureEverything, to develop and co-create a community art project in Stockport called Emotional Biodiversity. I was genuinely moved by how the process was supported by FutureEverything with such generosity — thoughtful conversations, real listening, and a belief in where the work might go. I felt met with care at every stage, not just as an artist, but as a person. Organisations like FutureEverything need sustained funding and public backing. Without them, artists lose the spaces where meaningful, long-term, experimental work can happen — and we all lose the cultural imagination that comes from it. Deep gratitude to the whole team at FutureEverything . Please support, follow, and any help them in anyway you can... @futureverything futureeverything.org #FutureEverything #SupportArtsOrganisations #FundTheArts #ArtistSupport #CulturalInfrastructure

Mount Fuji rocks!

Japan has been pure sensory overload in the best way 🇯🇵✨ Tokyo was crazy - neon chaos, nonstop energy that hits you from every direction. Kyoto slowed everything down - ancient temples, the most beautiful ceramics + fabrics, and we got the chance to try calligraphy & being a ninja 🥷🏻 What an incredible place. Heading to Osaka to seek out some Japanese noise music!

🌟Our very own AoR Howie Jacobs will be performing with this group of next level musicians on Monday @3rd Nov. This is not to be missed - it will be magnificent! Get yer tickets. Big Ideas presents large ensemble jazz, improvised, & experimental music performed by a rotating lineup of musicians based across the North of England. The award-winning Tom Sharp Jazz Orchestra began life over a decade ago as a rehearsal band, and is now one of the most respected big bands in the north of England. Following the release of their album ‘Daybreak Express’ earlier this year, the band are excited to premiere their most recent project, an exploration of the great Charles Mingus record ‘Let My Children Hear Music’. With an enlarged line-up, and after some tireless transcription from saxophone queen Anna Chandler-King, the band are excited to share nigh on a year’s worth of work unpicking this dense work. Reeds: James Boyes (alto sax, soprano sax, flute, clarinet), Laurence Mason (alto sax, soprano sax, baritone sax, contrabass clarinet), Sophie Speed (tenor sax, flute), Nadim Teimoori (tenor sax, flute, clarinet), Anna Chandler-King (baritone sax, soprano sax), Howard Jacobs (contrabass clarinet) High brass: Ciarán Diston, Joe Martin, John Hulme, Stuart Wilson, Tom Sharp (trumpets), Nat Martin (tenor horn) Low brass: Tom l’Anson, Tom Smith, Pat Martin (tenor trombones), Benji Arnold (bass trombone), James Seabrook (tuba) Rhythm: Joe Boyes (piano), Will Powell (guitar), Elliot Roffe (double bass), Josh Smout (drums) Doors 7.30pm, music 8pm-10pm

🎼SOUND ON to hear the surreal sounds of @architectsofrosslyn Descend into the depths — where the earth and the subconscious intertwine. If you’re in the Birkenhead area, please visit Subterranean Elevator at the Williamson Art Gallery & Museum. An immersive installation which I created with an incredible team of artists and technologists, Subterranean Elevator was commissioned by Wirral Borough Council. The work explores soil, biodiversity, the climate crisis, and our deep connection to all living things. Enter a dark, elevator-shaped space where surreal visuals, hypnotic sounds, and tactile sensations guide you on a mesmerising descent into the earth — and your inner world. 📍 Williamson Art Gallery & Museum, Birkenhead 🗓️ Free & open to the public until December 20th Huge thanks to my brilliant collaborators: Jonathan Hogg Interactive design, procedural animations, installation technology Nick Delap CGI, 3D design, 3D animations, video editing Architects of Rosslyn, Mandy Wigby & Howard Jacobs Music composition Seaming To Narration, vocal composition Benedict Heaney Improvised electric violin noise sound music Lorien Edwards Additional mixing Bernie Steer Surround sound mix Rosie Terry Toogood Dancer portraying animated character Scenegraph Studios MoCap, render Charles-Jean Boucher Modelling, conceptualisation, prototyping Make & Xyleia Creative Design Exhibition Design If you’re nearby, come experience it — and let the Subterranean Elevator take you somewhere unexpected. #subterraneanelevator #immersiveart #installationart #environmentalart #subconsciousart #climateart #digitalinstallation

Toolshed in a Toolshed @strinesnightingale #TreeMusic thanks to @mrandyvotel excellent doo !

Really grateful to the lovely @elizabethalker for sharing sounds from Di Mainstone’s ‘Emotional Biodiversity’ at @stockr__m Stockport on her Radio 3 ‘Unclassified’ show last week ( link in bio) ✨ A magical experience with music & sound by us @architectsofrosslyn , @chazzatown , @deltaviolin & @lorienedwards , and stunning visuals & film by @dimainstone , @ndelap & @flyingfilmlab 🌿🎶 Commissioned by @futureverything & @stockr__m It’s on until end of September- go and see! /sounds/play/m002h7d0?partner=uk.co.bbc&origin=share-mobile

🎶 Che3kz ‘My Block’ is OUT NOW! 🔥 During lockdown, while Sol was staying with us, we produced a drum & bass track together to keep our spirits up. Fast forward a few years… 💥 The super talented & rising star @officialche3kz heard it, loved it & wrote a rap 🔥 🎛️ @two4kay sprinkled some extra production magic, and - My Block was born! Props & a huge thanks to @maryannehobbs for playing it on her show this last Sunday 💫 Go check it out - link in bio! @DrumAndBass @MyBlock @NewMusic @LockdownCreation @BBC6Music @maryannehobbs_ @officialche3kz @two4kay @Architectsoftosslyn @sol__ct @studio88mcr