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La Sala de Ecos: Exhibition Listening Experience and Tour

Beatriz González x Young Barbican

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A woman stands in front of a recreation of Picasso's Guernica.

Installation view, Beatriz González at the Barbican, London, 25 Feb - 10 May 2026. Image credit - Barbican Art Gallery, David Parry © Beatriz González

Join us for a bespoke guided tour of our major exhibition Beatriz González and a listening experience hosted by DJ KSLICE. 

Oliver Slape and Gabriele Uboldi will lead an exhibition tour informed by their time in our Guides School, a nine-month programme inspired by González's own expansive approach to art education and her Escuela de guías (Guides School) which she founded at Bogotá’s Museum of Modern Art (MAMBO) in the 1970s.

In the Garden Room overlooking our iconic Conservatory, London-based DJ and cultural curator KSLICE is hosting La Sala de Ecos (The Echo Room), a guided post-exhibition listening experience offering a space for reflection, emotional processing and collective exchange through sound. The session invites you to transition from the act of viewing into a more intimate, sensory environment where listening becomes a tool for engaging more deeply with the themes encountered in González’s work.

Tagged with: Art & design Young Barbican

Content Notes 
The exhibition includes works that feature depictions of grief, suicide, femicide and armed conflict.

Public areas to rest and reflect are available nearby. Please ask staff for directions. 

Gallery Policies 
This exhibition contains fragile works. Small backpacks can be worn to the front or held down to the side. 

Event information
Tours will take place at 6pm and 7pm – please book a slot and attend the tour you have booked which will last approximately one hour. After your tour join us for the listening experience in the Garden Room.

Oliver Slape is an architecture critic and Barbican tour guide. He studied Modern History, focusing on topics of culture and identity in the twentieth century, particularly through the lens of art and design.

Gabriele Uboldi is an award-winning multidisciplinary theatre-maker and producer based in London, working internationally. They head queer and migrant company Undone Theatre, whose shows have toured as far as Japan, Ireland, Italy, and Luxembourg, as well as prestigious British venues such as the Barbican and Soho Theatre. Gabriele's work is experimental and socially engaged, reflecting their wide interests and experience which includes being an architecture tour guide at the Barbican, a community organiser for the Migrants' Rights Network, and their training as an anthropologist. Selected credits include the 2024 Edinburgh Fringe sell-out Lessons on Revolution, The Butterfly Project at Toyooka Theatre Festival (Japan); site-specific audio installation Hidden St James’s with Jermyn Street Theatre; and LONDON/LONDRA, a digital project on queerness, migration, and psychogeography.

KSLICE is a London-based DJ, producer, and cultural curator whose work explores the intersections of sound, identity, and diasporic storytelling. With a practice rooted in creating inclusive, cross-cultural spaces, her work centres underrepresented voices and fosters environments where music becomes a tool for connection, reflection, and exchange.

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Location
The Art Gallery is located on Level 3 and can be accessed by stairs and lifts from Level G or via the Sculpture Court if coming from outside. 

Address
Barbican Centre
Silk Street, London
EC2Y 8DS

Public transport
The Barbican is widely accessible by bus, tube, train and by foot or bicycle. Plan your journey and find more route information in ‘Your Visit’ or book your car parking space in advance.