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Soundhouse: Intimacy and Distance

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Enter Soundhouse to listen to experimental podcasts and radio from around the world and explore different ideas of intimacy and distance.

Tune in online at any time to share a moment of collective listening with others by visiting one of three ‘listening rooms, curated by audio artists, Ariana Martinez, Axel Kacoutié and Arlie Adlington

Encounter thought-provoking and atmospheric stories and sounds as you listen at the same time as others in the ‘room’ - similar to how we enjoy the radio. Listen to each loop all the way through - or come back another time to discover more. 

Soundhouse was co-created and co-produced by Eleanor McDowall (Falling Tree Productions), and Nina Garthwaite (In The Dark), and the Barbican. Supported by Wellcome. 

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Soundhouse is a platform for creative radio and podcasting, and a space for critical analysis of audio culture. Co-created by Eleanor McDowall and Nina Garthwaite, Soundhouse took the form of a pop-up venue at the Barbican in 2018, with a focus on communal listening events, and creating a sensory environment for sound.

This year, Soundhouse has moved online, exploring new ways of listening together in this new physically distanced world.