LightSounds - Audiovisual Art Festival

LightSounds is a festival dedicated entirely to audiovisual art, bringing attention to it as a standalone artform, and not a derivative, peripheral form stemming from either music or visual art. It aims to invite artists who, either in collaboration with other festival artists or solo, will present concerts, performances and installations that fuse the musical and visual arts into one integral, aesthetic experience.

The first day of the festival begins with a workshop by Blanca Regina and a talk by Gwendolyn Kassenaar, who will perform for the audience immediately after in the opening set, which brings together curated especially for this concert, including the jass legend Jacek Buhl, the young Canadian firebrand Jack Campbell and Sue Lynch’s particular saxophone. The second and third concerts both heavily feature percussion, though perhaps not of the sort that is normally thought of in contemporary art - the ancient joṛī, an instrument that was nearly extinct until just a few decades ago, followed by another novel group, consisting of Beibei Wang and Doron Sadja.

The second day of the festival includes a Liquid Lights workshop run by Insight Lighting, while Sadja returns to lead a lucky group through an exploration of various tools used in the art. Followed by another three stellar sets, the second day will include two London premieres, Dr. Truna’s TrioTruna and Martin Messier’s Elusive Matter, separated by the exceptional duet of Blanca Regina and Peter Cusack.

LightSounds is organized by Cheslav Singh, funded in part by the Arts Council of England and its partners are Our ‘PL’ace Foundation, Richmix and Insight Lighting