Sonic Interventions abstract imagery poster for the festival of experimental music, sound art and collaborations between Ukrainian and Scottish artists.
 
 

 Time Based: Sonic Interventions

— a festival featuring Ukrainian and UK artists that explores the sounds that shape us, move us, and disrupt our world —

11–15 June 2025 | Various venues in Glasgow

 

Explore the Festival

 

Time Based: Sonic Interventions is a festival of experimental music, sound art and cross-cultural collaborations between Ukrainian and UK artists.   With a focus on the imperative to speak out and have your voice heard, the festival offers a unique platform for collaboration via live concerts, sonic happenings and audio-visual installations – weaving together the rich cultural heritage of both nations.   A talks and public engagement programme further encourages audiences to pause, reflect, and connect, to demonstrate solidarity in the face of aggression and to engage with the beauty and danger of sounds beyond our control.

The concept was conceived by Ukrainian curator Olha Bekenshtein as part of Time Based, a platform dedicated to advancing contemporary performance arts in Ukraine and providing international opportunities for live and electronic sound creators, as well as experimental performance artists.  Time Based: Sonic Interventions expands on this vision and is curated and produced in partnership with Arts & Parts, led by curator and creative producer Martel Ollerenshaw.

Five new projects have been commissioned for the festival, to be presented across indoor venues and outdoor locations in Glasgow.  Key works include those by Genevieve Murphy (UK) & alice haspyd (UA), Photinus Studio (UA) & Zoë Irvine (UK), Anna Khvyl & Piotr Armianovski (UA), Alla Zahaykevich (UA), Yuriy Seredin (UA) & Raymond MacDonald (UK) with Improvising Chamber Ensemble (UK).

To delve deeper into the themes of the festival, a free talks & engagement programme will feature discussions with the artists and curators, as well as a [synonym] session hosted by A-J Reynolds & Eliza Coulson, the women behind the innovative art writing platform Gallery Bagging.

Time Based: Sonic Interventions invites audiences to experience a programme of compelling works that span cultures, genres and ideas, providing an exploration of sound, place, collaboration and resilience.


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Time Based: Sonic Interventions is funded by the British Council’s International Collaboration Grants, which are designed to support UK and overseas organisations to collaborate on international arts projects.

More information, here.