a workshop connecting maths, creative writing and comedy 10am - 4pm Friday 31st January 2025 in Soundart Radio studios, Room one Higher Close, Dartington, Totnes, Devon BOOK PLACE...
Meditations on silence and existence. Join Kerry and Stephen Priest in a deep-dive into Being and nothingness. 10am Saturday 1 February 2025 in Birdwood House Gallery, Totnes, Devon ...
Use electronic techniques, find weird glitches and make your own instrument as we celebrate the spontaneous art of circuit bending. 12 noon Saturday 1 February 2025 in Birdwood House...
Devon folklore and rituals in the work of 17th Century poet Robert Herrick. 4:30pm Saturday 1 February 2025 in Birdwood House Gallery, Totnes, Devon BOOK PLACE Learn...
Fun, experimental workshop exploring camera-less image making. 11am Sunday 2 February 2025 in Soundart Radio studios, Room One, Higher Close, Dartington, Totnes, Devon BOOK PLACE We will...
Join us for a nourishing morning of creative writing with writer Lucy Lepchani. 11am - 12:30pm Friday 31st January 2025 in Soundart Radio studios, Room one Higher Close, Dartington,...
Soundart Radio proudly announces the return of the station’s annual First Spark festival.
Initially held in 2009, when we began broadcasting on our Community Radio licence, First Spark is a weekend of radio experiments to coincide with the ancient festival of Imbolc, or Candlemas (also ‘Groundhog Day’) that falls at the beginning of February. It marks the midway point between the Winter Solstice and Spring Equinox, and is when we begin to feel the earliest signs of Spring. Small shoots, the earliest flowers, frogs coming out of hibernation. It is a better time than New Year’s Day to kick off a good habit; a better time than Twelfth Night to take down Christmas decorations. For us, it is a time to consider the First Sparks of ideas, energy, electricity, transmission – a radiogenic point in the calendar.
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“For many years we have played Sonic Tag, a game which invites audio creators to join a collaborative sound journey.” says Soundart Radio director, Alice Armstrong.
“Sonic Tag is a chain reaction with each new person making an original 90 second audio piece which responds to the one before. We are playing Sonic Tag for First Spark 2025 and invite anyone to join in. Sonic Tag will begin travelling in the darkness of Winter Solstice, gathering energy and ideas as it moves between people; until it reaches the first spring glimmers of Imbolc when it will be transmitted in its collective entirety at our First Spark celebrations on February 2nd.”
You don't need any audio experience or special kit. Contact alice@soundartradio.org.uk for more information on how to join in.
