Sandbox: The Ear as Muse with Lola de la Mata
About this Event
Join us at Sandbox, an open and informal gathering where artists, musicians and curious listeners come together to share ideas and explore sound. On 23rd July, we are delighted to welcome Liverpool-based artist Lola de la Mata to Seesaw Space Manchester.
Lola will share her work exploring tinnitus, aural diversity and experimental instrument making. Through a discussion and demonstration of her self-built Tacet Friction Harp, she will reflect on how living with chronic tinnitus has shaped her creative practice and opened up new ways of approaching listening, performance and composition.
Facilitated by Vicky Clarke and Wajid Yaseen.
Vicky Clarke (aka SONAMB) is a Modus Arts Associate Artist. She is a sound and electronic media artist from Manchester, UK, whose work explores materiality, electrical phenomena and ritual. Her current work, Latent Spaces is her first solo installation, and marks the third in a series of works exploring machine learning and musique concréte.
Wajid Yaseen is founder and director of Modus Arts a National Portfolio Organisation with Arts Council England drawing on interdisciplinary and collaborative approaches to developing public-facing sound-based artworks and events, encompassing installations, live performances, acousmatic musics, sound sculpture, sound archives, oral histories, and workshops.
About Lola de la Mata:
Lola de la Mata is a conceptual sound artist, composer and musician (theremin, violin and voice) based in Liverpool. She takes the anarchic being - the ear, as her muse, while tinnitus and aural diversity form the core of her research practice. Her quiet, teetering on the inaudible and imagined sounds emanate from self-made glass and metal instruments.
In 2024, Lola received both an Oram Award and a Sound of the Year Award for her debut album Oceans on Azimuth, which was featured by The Quietus, Electronic Sound Magazine, New Scientist, BBC Radio 6 Music and Crack Magazine. Her work has also been broadcast on BBC Radio 3, BBC Radio 6 Music, NTS and Resonance FM.
Lola has received commissions from Riot Ensemble, Lisson Gallery, FACT, SFTOC and Selina Thompson Ltd, and has composed soundtracks for experimental film, documentary and the award-winning feature film Stopmotion (2024), directed by Robert Morgan.
For more information: https://www.loladelamata.com
Instagram: @loladelmata
Where is it happening?
Event Location & Nearby Stays:
GBP 5.00
