Continuing our association with the innovative art writing platform Gallery Bagging, we invited founders A-J Reynolds and Eliza Coulson to create a response to Time Based: Sonic Interventions — a festival featuring Ukrainian and UK artists that we co-curated and presented with Ukrainian organisation Time Based.

After five inspiring days of experimental collaborations, world premieres of live performances and installations, sonic walks, talks, writing and listening sessions, we are pleased to publish Gallery Bagging’s latest words about our latest project.

‘…as formative an influence as Bowie and Bolan, Roxy Music and Joy Division.’ (Guardian)

After over 60 years of sharing his music live with fans across the world — where he has played in concert halls and clubs, at indoor and outdoor festivals, in churches, cathedrals and in front of, and with, audiences of all ages and abilities — John Surman has decided to stop touring…

“The ear is a faithful collector of all sounds that can be gathered within its limits of frequency and amplitude. Sounds beyond the limits of the ear may be gathered by other sensory systems of the body.”

Raise the Alarm — a day of deep listing and deep viewing of time-based art made by interdisciplinary artists, who make work in response to the natural world and the climate emergency.