A Celebration of Stories told Through Sound.
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The Invisible Picture Palace
There’s only one month left until our current project “The Invisible Picture Palace” draws to a close (at least in its current guise!). So if you haven’t already, make sure you get down to the Wapping Project and pay us a visit. We’ve got audio and radio stories galore on vinyl, tape and handmade CD […]
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The Invisible Picture Palace @ Interrobang
This weekend the Invisible Picture Palace will be popping up at the Interrobang festival – London’s premier festival of words and whimsy. The festival will be held at the Betsy Trotwood and we’ll be there from midday – 3.30 and our Director, Nina Garthwaite will be giving a talk about our spoken word vinyl collection from […]
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Sound Bank 3 Launched
In The Dark is very pleased to announce the launch of the third Sound Bank Grant Scheme , an international fund for adventurous audio. The Sound Bank scheme is offering funding of between £500 and £1500 towards the production of new audio pieces of 3 to 15 minutes duration each. The fund is open […]
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In The Dark @ The Third Coast Festival!
In The Dark is traveling to Chicago this week for the brilliant Third Coast Conference. If you’re going to be in Chicago, don’t forget to come and say hello at our gather round session at 3.45 on Saturday at the McCormick Tribune Center (NU campus) where we’ll be launching the third round of the Sound […]
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New Series of Short Cuts
From 11th September In The Dark’s Director, Nina Garthwaite, will be presenting a new series of Short Cuts on BBC Radio 4. Every Tuesday at 3.00pm for the next 6 weeks you’ll be able to hear lots of inspiring audio shorts (and on listen again for a week – check here for the latest >> […]
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In The Dark’s founder takes Monocle 24’s Katie Bilboa on a tour of our Glasshouse
A lovely feature on the Invisible Picture Palace – the radio record store we set up during a 6 months residency at the Wapping Project in 2012. The piece includes clips and conversation about some of our favorite LPs and CDs that we had the pleasure to discover, hear and play during our stay there […]
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Thursday 23rd August: Little Waves of Indulgence with Connor Walsh
There’s a world of indulgent radio on shortwave – from international broadcasters with vague remits, hobbyists and pirates. Former shortwave broadcaster and long-time listener Connor Walsh (In The Dark) presents some examples of what producers have been getting away with, and spills the beans from his experience working in shortwave radio stations from here to […]
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Thursday 16th August: The [Un]Observed
The [Un]Observed is an internationally recognized Radio Magazine of candid conversations and explorations, works in sound and produced pieces from around the world. Editor in Chief, Tania Ketenjian will be playing a selection of pieces from the site and talk about the project. Tickets: £3.00 or £4.00 on the door Where: The Invisible Picture Palace, The Wapping Project, […]
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Thursday 9th August, 7.30pm: The Great Stethoscopic Heart Experiment
One of the most intriguing records in our collection is surely the Stethoscopic Heart Record, an educational device used by medical students to help them identify heart conditions. Using this as her inspiration, artist Kitty Walker embarks on an experimental exploration of the heart as sound and metaphor (and we’re her guinea-pigs!) When: Thursday 9th […]