We are a sonic arts organisation with offices and studios in Manchester and London. Arts Council England supports us as a National Portfolio Organisation.
Sonic Arts covers work where sound is the main material: multichannel and ambisonic composition, acousmatic music, installation, sound sculpture, field recording, audio and radio art, and listening practice. In the UK, most of it is made and discussed in universities and electroacoustic studios. We want it in galleries, festivals, libraries, community centres and public space, in front of people who didn't know it existed.
Projects include participatory foley events, deep-listening workshops, social histories, installations, and a new dedicated sound art festival where we programme and commission other artists.
How we work:
- Practice-led research. We learn by making work.
- We're committed to auraldiversity.
- We commission artists and pay them fairly.
- New practitioners and volunteers develop their practice through our projects.
- We build ways in for audiences with no background in the form.