Wet Sounds ~ Underwater Sound Art Gallery ~

Touring swimming pools nationwide, Wet Sounds begins its 16 date UK tour with an Opening Event at The London Fields Lido in Hackney on the 4th July.

The audience will float and dive in the swimming pool immersed in sound art played from underwater speakers. The theme for the 2009 gallery curated by Joel Cahen is Audio Cinema - narratives in sound.

Starting at 1pm. The 75min sound art gallery session will be followed by an Aquadelica DJ set by Spax playing a collage of music and narrative sound compositions.

The event is open to all ages and is priced at regular pool admission. Bring your goggles!!

The Closing Event on the 22nd July at Clissold Pool will feature live performances from some of the most prominent sound artists these days. They will play a live performance through an overwater sound system as well as an underwater one, effectively creating three distinct sound spaces each of which may be differently experienced by members of the audience, as they move above and below the surface of the pool.

Francisco Lopez & Stefano tedesco www.franciscolopez.net/ www.stefanotedesco.net/ Leafcutter John & Tom Haines http://leafcutterjohn.com/ http://www.brainsandhunch.com/

Sonic Fiction - is proposed as a novel and new form of creative auditory expression. while drawing inspiration from electro-acoustic music, horspiel and experimental radiophonics, text-sound composition and cinema, the work succeeds in defining its own territory as a exploratory extension of these pre-existing creative practices.

http://www.newtoy.org
http://www.wetsounds.co.uk
http://www.hackney.gov.uk

WET SOUNDS *Opening Event*
4th July 09 :: 1pm - 4pm
London Fields Lido
Entry at pool admission

WET SOUNDS *Closing Event*
22nd July 09 :: 7.30pm - 10pm
Clissold Pool, 63 Clissold Road N16 9EX
Entry £16.50 :: tickets from www.seetickets.com


Wet Sounds is brought to you by Newtoy and is kindly supported by Hackney Council's Cultural Development Team, Arts Council of England and the PRS Foundation.