The Sonic Garden is a specialist creative project in community settings, schools and colleges. We work with people to explore the creative possibilities of home made accessible DIY instruments and installations. We collaborate with other organisations and people that specialise in this field and host ‘Sonic Fair’ celebration events in public spaces such as community centres, performance venues and galleries. If you are interested in the Sonic Fair coming to your town, school, community centre please get in touch
30.9.22 - 02.10.22 @ His Place, Hastings Community Church & Cafe
Event Programme
Lifesize, Brutpop and 3615 Señor collective welcome you to an interactive exhibition celebrating fun and accessible DIY instruments, activities, and games for all ages, along with live performances and workshops. The Sonic Fair is a culmination of a week-long residency and is part of Coastal Currents arts festival. All events are free entry!
Friday 30.9 LIVE PERFORMANCES, DOORS OPEN 6pm, PERFORMANCES FROM 6.30pm
Live performances and chance to meet the team at this relaxed and informal event. This is an alcohol-free event, non-alcoholic refreshments will be available.
LINE-UP INCLUDES:
>ICHI - taking the notion of one-man-band to new limits, ICHI combines his quirky handmade instrument inventions (Stilt-bass, Kalilaphone, Balloon-pipes, Hatbox-pedal-drum, Tapumpet, Percussion-shoes & Hat-trick-hat) with steel-drum, ping-pong balls, toys & everyday objects all in the space of one short set. 'What on earth is this? It's Brilliant' - STEVE LAMACQ
'Hilarious & bonkers & brilliant' - LAUREN LAVERNE
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Od3iKp56tZ8
>3615 Señor collective - Sonic Snooze
>Iain Paxon - ‘Inside the Wheel’ – bike music
>Jason Williams
>The Parchment Trust - DIY Sound Boxes
Saturday 01.10 ALL-DAY INTERACTIVE INSTALLATION 11am-6pm
The Sonic Fair is open to all ages - a multi-sensory experience - come and play, discover and explore. Featuring eclectic homemade instruments, sound games, and interactive improvisations, the Sonic Fair is full of curious sounds, noisy and low tech with visible wires and inexpensive materials.
Included are especially commissioned pieces from Japanese artist ICHI whose eclectic handmade instrument inventions include the stilt-bass, percussion-shoes, and hat-trick-hat, and Demi Spriggs, who creates multi-sensory installations and feeling performances inspired by her background in anthropology and teaching early years.
Cafe operating on site until 4pm
Sunday 2.10 WORKSHOPS 1pm-6pm
The final afternoon of the Sonic Fair is dedicated to workshops.
IN THE CAFE AREA DOWNSTAIRS:
1.30-2.30pm and 3.30pm-4.30pm - DIY instrument making with Hannah Collisson - A family workshop for younger children making musical instruments out of recycled materials such as milk cartons, cardboard tubes, and yogurt pots – and they really do work!
2.30-3.30pm and 4.30-5.30pm - Join sound artists Chris Sciacca and Josie Hooper as they lead a workshop on how to design and construct your own acoustic “Ear Trumpets” out of DIY materials. Suitable for all ages to select and customize designs from different shapes, sizes, colours, and patterns or choose from pre-made templates. Feel free to take them home to explore your own sound environment!
The above workshops are free but spaces are limited so please email hannah@lifesize.org.uk to book a spot if you know you would like to attend.
UPSTAIRS SPACE:
1.30pm-5.30pm - Open DIY Instrument Workshop
LifeSize, BrutPop and 3615 Señor artists and instrument makers will host an open workshop sharing their various practices around building DIY and experimental musical instruments. Anyone is free to drop in to experiment with tools and materials and to learn different techniques and approaches. We’ll be making electric stick guitars in twenty minutes, synthesisers out of sponges, custom controllers using sensors, and much more. There will also be opportunities to learn how some of the installations from the Sonic Fair work and how you could build them yourself !
The Sonic fair in Paris
Venue
His Place, Hastings Community Church and Café, Robertson Street, Hastings, TN34 1HL
Please see the venue website for access info:
About Lifesize and Brutpop
Both organisations work in their respective communities, with a focus on supporting people with complex support needs / acute challenges to access music for wellbeing activities. We work in locations such as schools, education seminars, healthcare settings and community centres.
Thanks to our project funderThe British Council and thanks to Coastal Currents arts festival for featuring this event in their programme
