As part of our varied activities for the “Rest and its discontents” exhibition, we’ll of course be doing a good old-fashioned In The Dark curated listening. This time it will be on the theme of restless inner voices. From unwanted thoughts to flights of fancy, radio has long been a medium that likes to explore […]
For our final event for the “Rest and its discontents” exhibition we’ll be exploring the Hubbub of News. News is available 24 hours a day. It’s hard to avoid, but would we be happier without the hubbub of news disrupting our rest? Are there new ways of creating news that can avoid making us feel […]
Bristol folk. We’ve missed you. We’ll be back after the summer with a special event at the Cube Microplex…. The RadioCinema, a communal, lights-out listening event celebrating the best in audio storytelling from around the world. This is cinema for the mind’s eye. Road movies, horror, sci fi, romance, noir, art house – we’re hitting all […]
Later this month we’re off to Otherfield documentary festival to bring a little audio magic to the proceedings. There will be the return of our hugely popular “One Night Stand” x-rated listening event, we’ll be holding a workshop on “Sound as a Character” and hosting a film version of our “audio wake”. We hope to […]
After 2 years as collaborators of Hubbub at the Wellcome Collection, we’re delighted to be a part of the final exhibition Rest and its discontents happening at the Mile End Art Pavillion. And there won’t be much rest for us! We’re doing a record number of events, activities and happenings over the month of October […]
Our friends at the British Library are holding a wonderful series of listening events exploring the work of writer and radio producer Louis MacNeice. Each of these radio programmes from the archives will be introduced briefly by Amanda Wrigley, the curator of the season, and will be followed by discussion with an expert in MacNeice […]
Bring along your audio or just come along and listen as we play and give feedback on a selection of works in progress in front of a friendly crowd. This is a creative gathering where you can share your ideas and independent projects, however developed, with like-minded producers. Audio played will be eligible for the Dark Room […]
We’re digging into the radio and audio archives to bring you a special series of events exploring the history of Danish radio. We’re starting out with “In a relationship with…” a classic love story taking place in a modern world. Beginning on facebook and continuing into real life, it’s a story filled with unpredictable twists […]
Do Americans make the best radio….? We all know about This American Life, Serial and Radiolab but what else are those sonic geniuses cooking up over there? In the Dark is returning to Bristol’s Food Connections Festival for the third year running with a celebration of all things USA – the very best American radio stories accompanied […]