[Changes to programme]
There are still tickets available for 6pm today and 4pm tomorrow.
3pm session today is now cancelled.
Deconstructed Radio + Channelling Shortwave by Simon Whetham
@simonwhetham
Exhibition & Performances :
28 March Saturday 6pm
29 March Sunday 4pm
£10 | 8 places only per session | Please email
[email protected] for tickets
For two days, Whetham will be presenting a number of Deconstructed Radio pieces followed by performing a new version of Channelling Airwaves, as part of DIVFUSE Sound Project Open Call 2026.
‘I have been developing the Channelling project since 2021 in which I present a collection of mechanisms and devices salvaged from discarded and obsolete technology and reanimate them by playing amplified sound through them. This causes the motors to activate in random and unpredictable ways, which I respond to live, amplifying them using various microphones.
Channelling Airwaves was a commission for Deutschlandfunk Kultur in early 2025 which I subsequently adapted for live performance, presented at You and Me Festival, Beijing, China and Echoes without Borders for A4 Art Museum, Chengdu, China.
Also during a residency at Artists House, Pärnu, Estonia last year I developed a series called Deconstructed Radio, two of which are part of a permanent installation in the city and one was presented in Klangmanifeste, Vienna, Austria last year and will be part of a Konnekt event in Geneva, Switzerland this February, where I will create more pieces for the series.
Deconstructed Radio allows viewers to see the inside of the objects, demystifying the ‘black box’ idea of hidden inner workings.’ – Simon Whetham
Awards received:
2025: Social Dive commission, Chiba City Art Triennale, Japan
2025: Commission for “Klangkunst” series, Deutschlandfunk Kultur, Germany
2024: Artwork for Public Space commission, Narva Art Residency, Estonia
2009-2015: Grants from British Council, PRS for Music Foundation and Arts Council England to support Active Crossover
Poster designed by/ Photos from Simon Whetham
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