Wet Sounds 2008
The UK’s first underwater sound festival, Wet Sounds 2008, recently launched its national tour in London at the London Fields Lido where the public was invited to experience a collection of especially made sound art from around the world. The tour returns to London Fields Lido on Saturday 19 July, where it will end with a special live performance by Nurse With Wound and Andrew Liles. There will be a charge for this closing performance and tickets are available from www.SeeTickets.com
Wet Sounds is a mobile gallery for sound art, which has been put together by artist Joel Cahen at Newtoy Ltd from a range of work submitted by artists worldwide. The work is exhibited at leisure centres and universities nationwide. The exhibition will be a touring underwater sound festival, 6 - 19 July, visiting nine pools across the country.
Wet Sounds makes sound art accessible to the public through a unique listening experience. As part of the normal public pool admission, the audience floats or dives through water immersed in sound.
Joel Cahen, curator of Wet Sounds 2008, said: “It’s fantastic to be able to open up the unique experience of sound art with this, our first national tour. We hope local people will visit the pools in their areas and support the Wet Sounds festival.”
Wet Sounds is kindly supported by Hackney Council’s Cultural Development Team, Arts Council of England and the PRS Foundation.
To find out about pool admission costs on 06 July and travel directions, contact Hackney's Lido directly at Greenwich Leisure Limited, London Fields Westside, Hackney, London E8 3EU, T: 020 7254 9038, www.gll.org.
For more information on the event visit the Wet Sounds website or contact the Cultural Development Team on 020 8356 7209.
Page updated: 11 Jul 2008