Auris Festival

Aurisis Manchester's first festival dedicated to sound art in all its forms, bringing together some of the most distinctive voices in contemporary sound art through a range of practices that explore immersive listening, the environment, architecture and space, technology, and the body.

Between the9th and 11th of Oct, expect three days of installations, performance, spatial audio, talks, workshops and sound. Developed by Modus Arts, Auris Festival brings the dynamism of the sonic arts to Manchester in a festival format for the very first time, making the city a new destination for the art form.

Expect intimate, durational object-based performances that ask us to consider the delicate and fleeting nature of sound, performances using blindfolds and multi-channel sound systems, instruments built to replicate and translate the frequencies experienced during tinnitus, workshops, talks and participatory sessions look at the connection between vibration, frequency and visual patterns; the sonic possibilities of waste and discarded items; the acoustic qualities of abandoned spaces and much more.

Performances

Francisco López/Lee Patterson/Lola de la Mata/Nik Colk Void/Ryoko Akama/Robin The Fog/WEȽ∝KER

Installations

Kamila Narysheva/Vicky Clarke/Wajid Yaseen

Spatial Audio(recordings)

Brona Martin/Text-Sound-Art/Miko Tchórzewski/Markus Decker/Bernard Kelly/Totaleee/Nye Parry/Cameron Naylor/Scald/Horse Lords/Arconic Sound/Jose Macabra/Mick Harris

Talks / Workshops

Emma Margetson/Hannah Kemp-Welch/Mark Wagner/Signkid/Kate Carr/Iain Chambers/Jez riley French/Matt Barnard

Soundwalks

Maya Chowdhry/Markus Hetheier/Hayley Suviste/Ryan Woods

The festival takes place within some of Manchester's most iconic spaces, bringing sound art into buildings that have been shaped by a history of industry, science and innovation. Unfolding across the Anthony Burgess Foundation, SEESAW;,The Renold Building at Sister, and SODA, Manchester Metropolitan University’s pioneering centre for digital arts.

Auris is developed byModus Arts,an award-winning Arts Council England National Portfolio Organisation, funded by Arts Council England and supported by Resonance FM and The Wire, and is part ofThe Cultural Welcome, a special week of student events around the Oxford Road Corridor, Manchester’s Knowledge Quarter.

To find out more and to book tickets to Auris, follow the link to EventBrite with full weekend passes, day passes, and individual performance tickets.