Fragile Asymmetry: Experimental Sound in Cinema

30th Jan 2026 30th Jan 2026 13:30 14:30

Kathleen Wallfisch (Music in Vision,) Oliver Coates, and Sam Slater in conversation with Lucia Udvardyová

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  • Stelios Antoniou

    Music

    Where broken fundamentals and heavy improvisation collide.

  • Kat Válastur & Aho Ssan

    Performance

    Fragments of the archaic world clash and entwine with the present’s pulse.

  • Lottie Sebes

    Discourse

    Investigating historical entanglements between technology, power and sound.

  • Övül Durmusoglu

    Discourse

    Within the realms of contemporary art, politics, critical and gender theory and popular culture.

    • Free forms of experimental and electronic music with roots in musical subcultures such as techno, industrial, drone, noise, metal, and neoclassical, have increasingly attracted the interest of the film industry over the last decade, and continue leaving a lasting impact. The panel aims to discuss independent experimental music scenes – spaces for sonic experimentation, collaboration, and adventurous production – as springboards into the film industry. 

    Design: Vojd

    While much attention is given to film industry figures, voices from experimental artists who are creating these soundtracks are often less heard. What are some of the stories from this experimental scene, the catalyst communities and localities that created the necessary room to experiment? What are the highs and lows, the tensions of straddling an artistic role that can range from being an auteur to executing a director's ideas? What is it about these experimental music scenes that enables these artists and creative/cultural workers to nurture their talents? What new sonic approaches are experimental artists bringing into film? 

    Given the obvious value of experimental grassroots aesthetics as a source of renewal for mainstream creative industry, should the film industry not develop models to actively support the fragile and mostly precarious experimental music scene?

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    Presented with Resident Advisor.